Hi, I’m looking to get my first smart trainer after a few years on my KK road machine. In the UK I can get a Cycleops H2 or a refurbished Wahoo Core for about the same price (£600). Any advice on pros and cons and which one to go for would be welcomed. Thanks.

No comparison. H2! Pass on the Magnus. Workable but you will be MUCH happier with H2.

Hey @Nate_Pearson , Just for transparency, and I ask this question in the politest tone possible. Myself and others would put a lot of weight on what trainers you stand behind, hand to heart: Have the trainer company’s provided you/or your colleagues with trainers to ride? Regards Gary

Some companies give them to us, some companies give us discounts. We’ve bought our own Hammers at retail so far, but we’re trying to get a pro deal with Saris. No one pays us to use them or talk about them (and we wouldn’t accept it). We basically get things at bike shop pricing if we can, and al…

I had a core. It died in three weeks. H2 has been going strong for 8 months.

I bought H2 a few weeks ago and it is good stuff. A few points though which might be important to you and your setup: ANT+ connection has been terrible for me. With USB cable + garmin dongle positionned next to the trainer, I was getting dropouts every 15mn. Tried to play with wifi 5ghz and so on…

Thanks for the info guys. I was looking to just use Bluetooth anyway with my iPad so that’s good to know it works well on that protocol. Seems there’s a lot of love for the H2 out there!!

I only got a Kickr Core last week and it’s my first every trainer so i can’t really compare them to anything else. So far the unit has been good tho. Quick response to ERG changes and i did a bit of riding in Zwift and that also felt quite good. The bad thing thus far has been their Android app sup…

Cycleops H2 or Wahoo Core

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stevemz October 7, 2019, 10:35pm 11

H2 is a great unit.

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Cycleops H2 or Wahoo Core

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