I had the opportunity to retest the Garmin Vector VECTOR GARMIN pedals once again
following the release of a firmware update (2.4) with
the following expected improvements:
New ratios:
display of torque efficiency (TE) and
pedal smoothness (PS) on Garmin Edge 510 and VECTOR GARMIN 810 computers
(with the latest firmware versions).
Note: Torque efficiency
push phase power – pull phase power
Pedaling efficiency = maximum torque / average torque
Error message if
the angle of the emitters is changed whatsapp number list during the activity
Removed
artifacts that created erroneous power and cadence spikes
Improved
static calibration process (zero point and duration)
Fixed an issue
with crank arm length configuration that
could result in underestimated power.
Optimized
onboard temperature correction for more accurate measurements
I’ll be brief:
No positive improvement. Despite
several attempts, I note a single correction: the power no longer accelerates in hyper velocity but
unfortunately remains desperately low throughout:
250 watts measured SRM / 200 w vector…! even worse than on the first test.
On sprints and everything else, same remarks! It would also seem
that the tightening torque greatly because almost half influences the quality of the measurement. So a
torque wrench is mandatory for at least 35 Nm of torque! Still a
very negative opinion then!
01/16/2014: Hello everyone,
I finally received some Vector/Garmin pedals for testing.
Announced several years ago and delayed, they have finally been
on the market for a few months. Like the Look/Polar, the system is
built on strain gauges located in the pedal axle and
the information is sent via transmitters using the ANT+ protocol.
The packaging is well done: nice box, foam
padding. The pedal + transmitter set weighs 170g, or 340g for both.
This remains reasonable compared to the average be numbers weight of pedals on the market, around 250g.