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Cateye OS-1 Personal Computer

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Cateye OS-1 Personal Computer
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Average Rating: 3 out of 5
No. of Reviews: 8
RRP: £59.99

Description: Manual-Free Setup, Current Speed, Elaspsed Time, Trip Distance, Average Speed, Maximum Speed, Total Distance, Clock. Pace Arrow to show whether you are going faster or slower than the average speed. Auto start/stop Data Review function allows you to review past data such as your last ride, weekly distance etc.

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Andrew Davies

Posted: 10/08/01

'Nice big and clear display - really good computer'

Strengths:
Wealth of information available.

Incredibly easy to set up and operate. The display is clear and large.

Weaknesses:
Had a problem with it losing data - now fixed.
Gave some erronous readings (unless I was doing 900mph +) but it was soaking wet at the time.
Expensive (£60) though I have seen it now for £40. Definately worth it for that.

Overall:
Cateye support fixed the losing data problem (user error - if you get one, don't press enter on the 'confirm date' screen, press the 2 mode buttons together instead to go backwards)

Really nice computer. Wired version only, but I think I prefer that, as it is a secured connection.

The layout and ease of use do it for me!

Performance		80%
Reliability		60%
Value		80%

Overall Rating

73%

pete appleby

Posted: 10/10/01

'WILL BE GOOD IF THEY CAN SORT THE RELIABILITY'

Strengths:
Easy to use and set up, clear display,no tools needed

Weaknesses:
Data gets confused,I have recorded 857mph max speed and that was up hill

Overall:
Now on my third head unit due to strange reading and the fact that data gets corrupted, things seem a little better now that I am not running a radial spoked front wheel.

Performance		60%
Reliability		40%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

47%

Stewart Taylor

Posted: 12/03/02

'DOESN'T DO WHAT IS SAYS ON THE TIN'

Strengths:
Manual free setup is pretty simple and when Working the ride info is of interest if it keeps it.

Weaknesses:
Freezes up without any warning and resetting looses previous information, and eroneous maximum speed reading is annoying - mine reads at 960 MPH

Overall:
Hate to be negative but it has obviously been rushed out without proper testing - next time at Edinburgh Bike I'm taking it back - it doesnt do what I bought it for and what it purports to do - keep an accurate record of previous ride info.

Performance		40%
Reliability		20%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

33%

Darrell Burns

Posted: 24/03/02

'NICE LARGE CHANGEABLE DISPLAY'

Strengths:
Easy to read display, interesting analysis of stored ride data in bar chart form.

Weaknesses:
None found so far.

Overall:
Have found this computer easy to install, set up and use. The mounting appears very secure, data has shown no sign of corruption, in short it does everything I require(and it cost me only £32)

Performance		80%
Reliability		100%
Value		100%

Overall Rating

93%

John Hanson

Posted: 19/04/02

'NICE IN PRINCIPLE, POOR IN EXECUTION'

Strengths:
Impressive data storage capacity
Doddle to configure
Loads of nice features

Weaknesses:
Unreliable: prone to freezing up, sensitive to pressing enter in the wrong place, tendancy to lose trip data.
Curious bug - I have the French language version, but on the graph for the daily statistics, the days are M T W T F S S (in English)

Overall:
The specification promises so much, but the reality is disappointing.
I'm going to persist until the ens of the year, but of faults keep re-occuring, then I'm afraid it will be consigned to the back of a cupboard and replaced with something a tad more reliable. Despite this, I still haven't lost faith in Cateye, however

Performance		40%
Reliability		20%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

33%

Frosty Boy

Posted: 20/07/02

'MORE FEATURES THAN BENEFITS'

Strengths:
Good dot matrix display. Good basic functions.

Weaknesses:
Buggy. Occasionally forgets to stop automatically, so you get a ride time of 8 hours and an average of 2kph. Hard to remove with one hand. Goofy animated menus. 'Weekly' mileage, which is what I'm interested in, is not weekly, but by weekday, no matter what week it happened in. Confused yet?

Overall:
An honest attempt to put a proper (8-bit?) computer and display into a cycle computer, by people who don't ride.

Performance		60%
Reliability		60%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

53%

Steve Evans

Posted: 09/08/02

'A PARTIALLY SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO MOVE THINGS FORWARD'

Strengths:
Big screen, large display. Very easy to set up despite its wealth of facilities.

Weaknesses:
Loses archived data! Acts as if battery is failing in data review mode - digits fade out etc, but fine in recording mode.

Overall:
Good, but not worth the price differential. Needs a bit more development before its brilliant - and a tenner off the price!

Performance		60%
Reliability		60%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

53%

Mark Cooper

Posted: 16/01/03

'FANTASTIC IF YOU COULD RUN IT FROM THE MAINS'

Strengths:
Superb display, very easy to set up and use

Weaknesses:
Batteries only last 3 months in my unit, which is about the time the stupid speeds start coming

Overall:
Massive display, even other riders in your group can read it! But too many problems to recommend it

Performance		80%
Reliability		20%
Value		40%

Overall Rating

47%

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