# Too many power options **URL:** \ **Category:** Equipment\ **Tags:** power-meter\ **Created:** [March 24, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947 "2020-03-24T01:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jkauffman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jkauffman/32/129534_2.png) [@Jkauffman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jkauffman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:37am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/1 "2020-03-24T01:37:11Z")
Because of my living situation, I have 2 kickrs and 2 bikes with different power meters (Shimano and power2max) . What would be the best (and easiest) way to keep my training “consistant”. I’d like my power outdoors to match what I feel indoors but most important is that my indoor workouts are accurate from one house to the other. ---
**Author:** ![N8lewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/n8lewis/32/34316_2.png) [@N8lewis](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/N8lewis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:50am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/2 "2020-03-24T01:50:16Z")
Buy power meter pedals and transfer between bikes and then use power match. That’s the best way to keep everything consistent. Or determine you could determine the difference in power readings between the 2 on bike pms and adjust based on the differences ---
**Author:** ![Jkauffman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jkauffman/32/129534_2.png) [@Jkauffman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jkauffman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/3 "2020-03-24T02:20:33Z")
Buying more power meters isn’t an option. 2 is plenty ---
**Author:** ![summerson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/summerson/32/38680_2.png) [@summerson](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/summerson)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/4 "2020-03-24T02:23:35Z")
How similar are your two power meters? If they’re close enough to each other, I would pair one with each Kickr and set up “Control w/ ANT+ Power Meter” in the Wahoo app. That basically tells your Kickr to ignore its internal PM and use the one with the ANT+ ID you provide. That should give consistency both indoors and outdoors for at least one PM and both Kickrs. ---
**Author:** ![N8lewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/n8lewis/32/34316_2.png) [@N8lewis](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/N8lewis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/5 "2020-03-24T02:24:01Z")
Then I would do the same workout on 1 trainer with both bikes and then compare the power files to see how much the variation is between the 2 power meters. Hopefully they will be only similar if not then if you can adjust the scaling of a power meter adjust so it gets pretty close to the others. The. You can just use powermatch and remove the variable of the trainer ---
**Author:** ![Jkauffman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jkauffman/32/129534_2.png) [@Jkauffman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jkauffman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/6 "2020-03-24T10:28:54Z")
What would be te best way to get the pier files? ---
**Author:** ![alexgold123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/alexgold123/32/1265_2.png) [@alexgold123](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/alexgold123)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 10:35am UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/7 "2020-03-24T10:35:27Z")
When I’ve done similar I’ve recorded on TR and another device (garmin, phone etc) then imported the files into golden cheetah and exported the power to a simple XLS sheet to compare. DC Rainmaker has a tool that does similar but isn’t free ---
**Author:** ![Pasque](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/pasque/32/47338_2.png) [@Pasque](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Pasque)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 1:54pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/8 "2020-03-24T13:54:28Z")
Well if indoor consistency is most important why not just use the power from the kickrs? I suppose two Kickrs should read very similar. At least more so than two different powermeters 🤔 you can maybe also record the power from the power meters on a separate headunit to see how much they compare to the kickrs for the outdoor fun. ---
**Author:** ![Jkauffman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/trainerroad/forum/user_avatar/www.trainerroad.com/jkauffman/32/129534_2.png) [@Jkauffman](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/u/Jkauffman)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://www.trainerroad.com/forum/t/too-many-power-options/31947/9 "2020-03-24T14:24:38Z")
Separate head unit is a good idea