Customer Reviews

Cateye CC-ED300 Enduro 8-Function Bicycle Computer

5 star:		(17)
4 star:		(13)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

Ive had the CatEye Enduro 8 for several years now, and ive had a little trouble with it. Sometimes it will not get out of the stand-by or resting mode. I will keep spinning the tire fast, and tinkering with it, and it takes sometimes 15 min to get it to start working, but it always gets going again. This happens when i have to take the display part off my bike when I lock up my bike in a rack, and I dont want it to get stolen. I got a free replacment wire, and it was good for a while, but now its doing it again. It only happens once in a while. Im not sure if it was a bad wire, or if its just that taking the display part on and off makes the connections get dirty, or not lined up just right again.

I didnt have any trouble putting it on my bike, and I really like all the features on it. I rode my bike to work every day, though snow and heavy rain, and the CatEye held up really well. When it was raining hard, I wrapped the display in saran wrap to make sure water didnt mess it up.

If it didnt have that annoying problem with it sometimes, ide give it 5 stars.

I bought one of this in Oct 2007. Lasted me about 10 months before it failed with semi-displayed digits that no amount of resetting or change of batteries could fix. I have since bought another one which is exactly the same model and I immediately noticed a difference between the 2 units.

The first unit that I bought had an incredible clock drift. Every week, the clock would drift about 10 minutes, even when it was newly purchased. This new unit's clock has so far been stable for the past 3 weeks. The clock drift is around the same as my PC. Now, I'm not sure if there's been a redesign of the unit since the last purchase (eg. changing from a simple RC oscillator to a crystal oscillator) but I suspect that the original unit had some faulty components in it and was doomed to fail early from the start.

Early failure aside, the things I liked about this model are:
1. Does its job well. Just plug it in and cycle. I think that the odometer's off by about 100m for every 5km but I think that a car's odometer is probably off by much more and you can tweak the settings here to match your bike more exactly.
2. Waterproof. I accidentally left my new computer in my bicycle jersey yesterday when I soaked it in a pail for 15 minutes or so. Luckily, it was still working when I tested it this morning.
3. Works in any weather condition. I've used the old one when cycling in -15C winters and it still worked after that. Granted that it failed early but I suspect it wasn't really the fault of the cold weather.

I'm happy enough to buy a new unit after the last one failed but I think that I would have rated it higher and have been less annoyed if they had better quality control. I rated it 4 here but I think that it's really a 3.5/5, an option that is unavailable.

Update: I received an email reply from Cateye within 1 week of them receiving my old unit. They identified the cause of the error and promised to replace my old unit with a new one. I'm impressed with the fast customer service.

I am at the begginer level on bicycling, and this mini computer is all that I want. Installation is very easy and the operation of the functions are easy too. I usually ride by night, so I guess a back light would be fine, but is not a big deal... I mean... for the price.
Great device...

Mounted this on the front tire of a Trek Mountain Bike. It seems like most of these bike computers are made for road bikes, but this one will work on a mountain bike. It has worked well for the month I have had it. The user interface is awkward and the instructions are difficult to understand at best, but after an hour of deciphering the included hieroglyphics, I was able to use the thing. Once I got the hang of the computer, it has been pretty easy to use. The display is laid out well, It will give you current speed, and time elapsed, or current speed and distance, which is what I use most often. I think this computer is worth the money.

The new Enduro 8 has a new design with larger numbers. Heavy duty wire works well for off-road riding. Dual trip distance keep track of intermediate or multi-day distances. The new speed sensor mounting will work with almost any size or shape fork

Functions...
Current speed
Maximum speed
Average speed
Odometer
Trip distance
Trip distance 2
Elapsed time
Clock


Features...
Heavy duty sensor cable
Programmable display
Auto start/stop
Auto power-saving mode
Pace arrow
Programmable odometer
Universal speed magnet and sensor
Dual tire size

This is my 2nd Cateye bike computer and I loved it.

The Cateye Enduro 8 is a great basic cyclocomputer. With all of the basic functions like speed, trip odometry, total odometry, average speed, and time functions, it's good enough for the casual rider.

And it makes an awesome gift for kids who love to ride bikes-- My younger relatives love it when they are able to see how fast and how far they are going on their bikes. A great way I think to get young people interested in the sport of cycling would be to put a cyclometer like this one on their bikes and let them rip!

My first bike from 10 years ago I had a Cateye Enduro 8 on it. Every new bike I upgraded to since then I also put the Enduro 8 on it. It's been reliable and does everything i need it to do.

I bought this one to replace my old Cateye which I had around six years. I find it easier to use. The operation was a little different so it took me a week or so to get used to it. I like the separate stop-start button. Also the mode button on the back can be pushed with a finger instead of a pointed object.

I had the Enduro 8 for two months, after replacing my old one which lasted for several years. I like the autostart feature where it counts the actual time the bike is moving (you can disable it). It's very easy to install and if quality is the same as my last one, it will take a lot abuse in wet and extreme weather.

The functions on this computer are fairly basic/old school. The arrow indicators that show when you current speed is above/below your average speed is about as fancy as it gets. Dual tire size might also appeal to some folks, though it's easier to just have a computer for each bike. The wire is extra thick compared to most wired computers and will hold up to some abuse. The main benefit of a wired computer these days is if you run high powered LED lights for night riding/commuting. I have a bar mounted headlamp and it isn't possible to position a wireless computer far enough away from it to avoid interference. This wired model is completely interference proof and I can set up the bike cockpit as it makes sense to me and not interference restrictions. I have not had any issues with it coming out of sleep. Being wired, it does not require a button press to tell it to wake up.

I've had 3 of these computers over 2 years and have been totally satisfied. I bought the Enduro 8 model because of its "heavy duty cabling" which I thought would work best on my bikes. And it has. It's easy to set up, easy to use, provides all of the essential info a biker needs and is also easy on the wallet. I haven't had to replace any of the batteries yet - they're supposed to last for 3+ years. My only issue is I had to buy a replacement cable because my yanked out because I hadn't allowed enough slack running down the suspension fork. But at least it was possible to order replacement parts directly from Cateye.