VDO Z2 Heart Rate Monitor and Cycle Computer

by VDO

Product Features

• Wrist-style cycling computer with heart rate monitoring
• Real time comparison of actual and average speed
• Current heart rate in % of personal maximum heart rate; audible signal if above or below limit settings
• Two presettable wheel circumferences, six selectable timers; lap-timer for 50 laps
• Backed by 5-year warranty

Product Description

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Elegantly designed, the wrist-style VDO Z2 cycle computer will keep track of your training with integrated heart rate monitoring as well as calorie consumption and fully digital wireless transmission for speed, heart rate, and cadence (with optional accessory). It also features ANT+Sport wireless signal coding that transmits to your computer without interference from other training computers nearby. It's backed by a five-year warranty.

Features

• Current speed and distance; average speed
• Real time comparison of actual and average speed, indication by arrows showing speed difference of +/- 1 km/h
• Second, individually programmable distance counter; either forward or backward counting possible
• Cadence Data (optional, with cadence sender equipment installed)
• Two presettable wheel circumferences (wheel sizes)
• Six selectable timers
• Current trip timer (up to 24 hours)
• Current heart rate (permanently displayed), ECG-precise measurement
• Average/maximum heart rate
• Current heart rate in % of personal maximum heart rate
• Time in % of total training time:
  • within the preset heart rate limits (Limit Zone)
  • below the preset heart rate limits (Limit Zone)
  • above the preset heart rate limits (Limit Zone)
• Calorie-consumption on current trip
• Recovery time or recovery heart rate measurement (adjustable time or heart rate)
• Lap-timer for 50 laps with data for lap time, average speed and average heart rate
• Audible signal if current heart rate is above or below limit settings.
• Personal data presettable (age, weight, sex, personal maximum heart rate)
• Automatic calculation or manual setting of upper/lower limits for each of the three training zones
• Current time, selectable 12- or 24- hour display
• Alarm function

Product Description

For the cyclist that wants a heart rate monitor that is designed mainly with cyclists in mind! Cycling functions include: current/average/max speed, ride time (total bike 1/bike 2/bike 1+2),Trip (total bike 1/ bike 2/ bike 1+2), 2nd trip distance, cadence current/ ave./ max (with purchase of separate cadence kit), 5 different training timers can be selected. Heart Rate functions include: current/average/maximum heart rate, heart rate as a perchentage of personal max heart rate, 3 training zones can be set, training timers can be selected, lap timer for 50 laps, calorie consumption, recovery measurement (time or target rate. Further features: Digital wirless on 2.4 Ghz with Ant+Sport protocol, 6 functions at a time on display, sleep mode, clock/alarm, service interval indicator (programmable), can be warn as a wrist mounted sports watch, 5 Year warranty. VDO's Z Series offers the latest high frequency, digitally coded technology available so that much more of your ride data can be measured simultaneously without interference. VDO have been making cycling speedometers since before the automobile. While VDO are widely recognized around the world for producing the majority of German Luxury and Sports car instrumentation, VDO's cycle company only make devices for bikes and are focused on offering the cyclist uncompromising product that is cycling specific so it is easy to get the most out of the device during the ride. German precision engineering and reliability: 5 Year, industry leading warranty.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2 x 1.8 x 0.6 inches ; 1.4 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001CY64VM
• Item model number: 6005
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,169 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)

Customer Reviews

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0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good but not good enough for the price, December 13, 2010

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Joseph Suriol "Tiglath" (McLean, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: VDO Z2 Heart Rate Monitor and Cycle Computer (Sports)

This is not an inexpensive computer; and if a good definition of quality is to meet expectations, then I have been let down.

It works well enough but the bugs it has are quite annoying. Maximum speed and maximum heart rate are important metrics, yet sometimes when I push hard I see a speed or heart rate on the display and then I find that the maximum recorded is a couple of units below it. That's simply not good. If the computer captures a top rate well enough to display it, it should not be a problem to record it as the maximum. It's the easiest thing to do in software.

Also, ergonomics could be better. To start the next lap, for instance, you have to press two buttons at the same time. It is error prone and in the heat of the ride it is easy to fail to do it, so you do it a few times and then find that it skipped two laps. It's quite annoying.

I have emailed customer support about this complaints and I got no answer, so there you go. So much for German engineering...