I met up with the CEO of a small bike computer company over the weekend. We had a nice chat and it was great to hear how he thought he could differentiate his product from Garmin and do well in some of the larger, more competitive global geographic markets in 2020. It’s pretty obvious that…
In this updated XPLOVA X5 EVO Review I have refreshed and extended the XPLOVA X5 review from last year in line with the notable improvements made to the X5 with the EVO (evolution) edition. To be fair to XPLOVA (Acer), I asked for an improved X5.5 and they delivered the X5 EVO. Many other brands…
I, sort-of, loved the XPLOVA X5 and then, sort of, didn’t. Aspiring awesomeness mixed with annoying quirkiness at time let it down. Acer have updated the X5 to the EVO version. I suspect that there is not going to be too much interest in this product so I have not invested much time in looking…
There are a series of recent XPLOVA bike computers that neither you nor I probably knew much about – XPLOVA G5, G3 and E5 . Then, last year (April, 2016), some rather exciting images of the XPLOVA X5 appeared. These followed the acquisition of XPLOVA by ACER the previous year (Sep 2015). I finally got my hands…
Garmin’s stranglehold on the bike computer market looks shakier by the month. Whilst the likes of MIO, Cateye and Lezyne have largely not dented the Garmin steamroller too much, we could argue that Polar have made a half decent attempt at keeping Garmin honest with their M450 and other products. WAHOO’s ELEMNT will definitely keep…
