Hello experts! Greetings from Sweden! Any friendly power guru out there with some advise? What equipment do I trust and how can I feel confident in the accuracy? I have a Hammer H3 trainer, and a left sided Stages Ultegra crank. These are now reporting quite different numbers. Comparing the rides …

My advice is to detach your ego from the actual numbers and just use your Stages to train by (indoors and outdoors). One power meter is the way to go so you can set your training zones. Going back and forth between two devices that are 20 watts apart will just give you bad data. Believe me, I went …

I made this topic when I was trying to figure out my Stages. [image] Stages vs the world comparison testing - Stages Factory reset made a big difference Equipment Sadly, all this leads me to believe that my 20 minute power is no where close to 300 watts. frowning I’m sti…

Neither. Get a Neo :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:. Pick one and go with it

Cheers for the reply! I did read your thread before which caused me to try the terminal short. :slight_smile: Seems like a very similar case. You might be very right though. However I like to think I’m in it for optimal training rather than just a number. There’s plenty of tail wind segments out t…

What was your process and timing for calibrating the H3? Hot or Cold, as in before any warm up or after some amount of warm up?

Usually complete the step up ramp in the TR workout then calibrate. Usually 10-15m into the workout. Some cases after the workout.

OK, good. Not everyone does that, so you should be good in that sense. On the question of what to trust, not sure anyone can answer that. From the outside, I see a direct force power meter like the Stages to be more “consistent” since there is so little involved in the device. Strain gauge, tem…

[image] Mahls: I just want to have something I believe is consistent. After all your investigation, did you find the Stages is consistent enough for you day to day and at different levels of fatigue? Yes, I think the Stages is very consistent.

I see this on my personal stages/ H3 as well. Since I use the Stages both indoors and out, I use it to guide my workouts. But when I brag to my friends about power PRs, I use the H3 numbers :wink:

Cheers for the replies, both. Helping it sink in that both devices probably are “good” just showing different numbers.

Stages (L) vs Hammer H3 - Which can I trust?

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I made this topic when I was trying to figure out my Stages.

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Stages (L) vs Hammer H3 - Which can I trust?

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