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Introduces the Wahoo KICKR Core, Tacx Flux 2, and Tacx NEO 2X, then outlines the main areas of comparison. Covers pricing, frame design, foldability, and connectivity features.
hey what's up guys this is a trick here for my smart by Transcom the jury 2x and kicker core and flux 2 are very similar in many ways and different in other ways in today's video I'm going towalk you through the differences between these three trainers and we'll go through the specs the accuracy all three and if you are interested in seeing or hearing how loud each one is then stick around and if you findthis video helpful I would appreciate it if you hit the like button and if you want to learn more about smart trainers and indoor training make sure to hit that subscribe on all three trainers retails for eight hundredand ninety nine US dollars the flux and the Ritu are housed inside a plastic frame where the core is in a solid steel frame the flux legs are not foldable where the kicker core and the reetou axe are
foldable all three trainers communicating nt+ fec and smart bluetooth however the wahoo kicker core has a multi bluetooth which basically eliminates most of the connection issues that you might encounter using bluetooth this allows the kicker or kicker coreto communicate with more than one app using bluetooth where other trainers can only communicate with one app we're using bluetooth so if you connect the DeRay to or the tag flux to one app it will not be availableto connect to a different app so for example if you connect the tags to the tanks utility app to update the firmware or calibrate it and forget to disconnect the connection then you won't be able to pair toSwift for example so that's a one big advantage to the core all of them measure power speed and cadence and broadcast that through an T plus FEC or Bluetooth FTMs this makes it easy to pair two devices especially
Explains how each trainer measures cadence and power, including connection behavior with apps and devices. Also compares maximum wattage and simulated incline support.
ones with limited number of connections like the Apple TV for example none of these trainers measure cadence directly instead they calculate it and that calculation can be off sometimes especially when that resistance is very low usually in Ericmode and in a steady state airport they are pretty good however if having very accurate cadence measurement is something that you care about then getting a separate cadence sensor might solve this issue for you the director supports upto two thousand one hundred watts while the flood supports up to two thousand watts and the core supports 1800 watts now this is not that big of a deal most of you be able to hit these numbers anywayand if you can do more than 1500 Watson probably looking at attacks Neal or wormhole kicker is a better option for you the flux and core both supports up to 16% gradient the Dorito supports up to 18% so
2% more so that is an advantage to the degree to axe but it's very minimal and most of you won't notice it but the Dorito when this category the steepest incline or the steepest climb in Swift is 17%
Discusses how flywheel weight affects road feel, inertia, and low-watt ERG control. Uses workout examples to show why the KICKR Core performs better in this area.
and it's very small section the flywheel is what sets these trainers apart on paper the flux when the scattering by a big margin with a heavy sixteen point eight pounds flywheel but it's a simulated flywheel and does notreally feel like a sixteen point eight pounds flywheel it actually feels like a smaller flower you like and actually like leader e2x nine pounds flywheel the flywheel is good for two things Road Hill and more commode the heavierthe better you get more inertia and just an overall better feel and more common whether it's in earth mode or slope mode a good and a heavy flywheel gives you a much bigger range of power regardless of gearselection so for example the flux entry to have a hard time getting you to a very low Watts that you might need you're in recovery sets between hardware intervals let's say your recovery is set at 100 watts the
flux and the reetou might have a hard time getting you there without going to an easier gear you also find this limitation when using a bigger gear for example here is a workout in trainerroad ignore the blue lineand pay attention to that thin green line I was not feeling that good there and I had to lower the intensity so that's why just pay attention to that green line so my target was here was 224 wattsand I was using a 53:12 gearing so that is a big gear as you see here this is an ERG mode I was pushing close to 260 280 watts the flying will just did not have enough momentum orspeed to bring down my loss to my target around 224 watts the kicker core however was best at this I did not experience these limitations with the kicker core also keep in mind that this twelve pound flywheel you
see and the kicker core is the same flywheel one use on the kick of 2017 and earlier models this was a high-end flywheel and one of the best in the market so even though in the spec sheet the
Compares power accuracy across the three trainers and notes calibration behavior. Then shifts to noise, explaining that the KICKR and KICKR Core sound very similar.
flux has the heaviest one wheel but the kicker core wins this category hands down as for accuracy the Dorito is by far the best wood is built in OTS power meter and accurate within one and a half percentthe core comes in next at two percent and the flux at two and a half percent the Dorito and core are just so good in measuring power all three trainers require calibration the first time you use them andthen just calibrate it once every couple of weeks or so the flux just did not do well in edit mode and I talked about that in details in my review which you can watch up here it was underreporting but the Dorito and kicker core are just so good both did very well in earth mode and responded very well as for the noise here is how all three trainers sounds and you will see me demoing the
kicker instead of the kicker core just because I did not have I don't have the kicker call right now to measure the decibels and when I made this video so but both sounds very similar and if you don'tbelieve me you can go and watch this video up here and you will see that they both sounds very similar if anything the kicker has the bigger flywheel so if anything it will be the louder trainer
Wraps up with the overall winner from a measurement and listening standpoint. Ends with buying advice, a price tracker mention, and the usual call to like and subscribe.
all three were very good the kicker or kicker core wins this from a measurement standpoint using my ears and the decibel measurement I think this covers at all let me know if you have any questions down in thecomment section and if you want to buy any of these trainers make sure to check out the price tracker on smart buy Transcom before purchasing any trainer now you look for the best prices and deals every day onall these major brands and that's all I have if you find this video helpful please hit that like bond and subscribe and see you in the next one