Don’t forget the sensors have a big influence as well. Different sensors with the same antennas will give different results.
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I use a 4-5 year old windows laptop that was low end when I bought it. Computrainer (wired) and Ant+ HRM and Cadence sensor. TrainerRoad locked up once when I resized the window and on rare occasions power drops out for 10-20 seconds (Of course one of those times was during a ramp test). Overall very stable. I used to be jealous of the newer trainers but the more I read the happier I am with my old computrainer.
I was running safari in the background with youtube or netflix to watch during recovery periods. Now I have a separate Roku. The laptop is only running TrainerRoad and music, I can’t remember any dropouts since I changed it.
I’m considering migrating to an old ipad for TR. I currently have an ANT+ HRM, so will need to buy a BT HRM or a ipad dongle. Either option is roughly the same price. Any idea which is more stable (BT-HRM or dongle) for the ipad?
Wahoo Tickr is dual band (ANT+ and BLE simultaneously) which is handy for other use. And it is very reliable for all other use too.
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Galaxy S9, Kicker 18 and Vector 3 doesn’t give me any ’noteworthy problems’ when using BT or ANT. I occasionally get split-second spikes or drops but nothing that causes a pause/crash. I clean out the spikes in WKO before doing deeper analysis which is sort of annoying but that’s normal.
Got that plus their cadence sensor, both bilingual, both very stable on ANT+ as well as BLE. No issues since I got them 3 months ago.
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+1 for the dual band Tickr. Having both is great.
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I just received a “Megane” brand dual BT-HRM ordered off of eBay. One ride and no issues so far connecting on BT
For device connection; Bluetooth is better than ANT.
For crashes all the apps are good, but iOS has the least relative amount.
So iOS + Bluetooth is a good combo. (But the others are good too)
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So far, all 2 workouts, the Galaxy Tab A BT has been good. I believe that is the Windows 10 handling of the dongle that isn’t as good as the native support on iOS or Android devices.
Hey @Nate_Pearson,
Ant has the benefit of allowing multiple connections though, and that prevents a lot of wasted time breaking and remaking connections as you move between equipment. An ANT+ HR strap will move between TrainerRoad, a Concept2 Rower, your outdoors bike with Wahoo or Garmin heads etc without fuss. But I’m sure you’re right in general for connectivity. BT certainly has a LOT more dollars behind it in development.
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I couldn’t find this info elsewhere in a consolidated area, please merge if I missed it.
What is everyone’s preferred platform to run TR on? I just purchased a new Saris H3 and am building out a new pain cave - trying to decide on what OS to run TR now. To date I have been using an iPad with an Ant+ adapter or my Android phone (built in Ant+) and a dumb trainer.
Is there a “recommended” or most fully featured OS platform for TR (desktop - either OSX or Windows, iOS, or Android)? I have access to all of the above and am curious what everyone else uses or prefers?
And more info in a similar thread:
Thanks Chad, I don’t know how I missed this one.
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No problem. Search terms vary sometimes and it takes a bit for me to find them too.