# Does anyone regret getting a single sided power meter vs dual sided?

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**Category:** Equipment\
**Tags:** power-meter\
**Created:** [January 17, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/does-anyone-regret-getting-a-single-sided-power-meter-vs-dual-sided/28110 "2020-01-17T18:51:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hosant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/hosant/32/7725_2.png) [@Hosant](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Hosant)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/does-anyone-regret-getting-a-single-sided-power-meter-vs-dual-sided/28110/96 "2020-05-22T16:18:20Z")

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I did regret getting a single sided power meter. I was having a lot of trouble to hit the required power on some intervals because my left/right offset is not constant. When I need to push high wattages at high cadences my left leg starts to slack compared to my right leg, which means that when TR wants me to hit 300w, I really need to hit 315w so the left sides power meter can reach 300w. This was really affecting my training so I recently upgraded to a dual sided one and not only that problem went away, but also is now much easier to hit and maintain the required power at all intervals.

In the end, I would say that one sided power meter is much better than virtual, but there is a significant jump from one sided to two sided.

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