Review About Wahoo ELMENT BOLT

Final yr, I reviewed the Wahoo ELEMNT, and it rapidly received me over. The unit grew to become my go-to cycle pc for every thing for every day commuting, to guiding me throughout Europe on the 'Coasts and Cols' tour, after which this yr on the #7Countries7Passes.

The Wahoo ELEMNT has just a little brother although. The ELEMNT BOLT is a smaller, lighter, and sleeker model of the unique ELEMNT. But, it retains nearly all of the good easy-to-use performance of the unique unit. I made a decision to down-size, to see if it was an improve...

The Aero Benefit

On my every day commute, and when trekking throughout Europe on a fully-laden touring bike, I'm not certain I've too many issues about how aerodynamic my profile is. That stated, I do like issues to look smooth and well-profiled; the Wahoo BOLT does that.

Wahoo market the ELEMNT BOLT as essentially the most aerodynamic cycle pc on the market. It has a singular design meaning on its out-front mount the pc and mount lock collectively to create a easy and slender profile.

I may not have observed the 'marginal features' from the aero benefit, however I've observed that the smaller measurement of the BOLT and the built-in out-front mount are extra pleasing on the attention. These OCD tendencies are glad...

Performance

The performance of the Wahoo ELEMNT BOLT is essentially an identical to that of the unique ELEMNT - you may learn extra about it in my unique assessment right here.

The precept distinction is the smaller display measurement, and that the BOLT solely has lights alongside the highest of the show, relatively than additionally on the facet of the unit. To be sincere, this latter distinction makes little change to me, as I usually have the facet lights turned off to avoid wasting battery.

Since my unique assessment of the ELEMNT, it's price saying that there have been some vital upgrades to the already nice performance of the unit. These embody Strava Stay Section integration, turn-by-turn LED steering, Wahoo KICKR controls, improved elevation profiling, and higher integration with cell Bluetooth notifications. These are all incredible software program upgrades, which can be found on each the ELEMNT and ELEMNT BOLT.

Any downsides?

The one downsides of the ELEMNT BOLT versus the unique ELEMNT, are the lowered measurement and lowered battery life.

While the smaller measurement is nice for a extra minimalist look, it does imply that it's harder to learn the mapping show on the BOLT.

Moreover, the smaller measurement additionally means a smaller battery life, so the BOLT will solely final for roughly eight hours with all bells and whistles going, in comparison with extra like 12 hours on the bigger ELEMNT unit.

Total

The Wahoo ELEMNT received me over, with its unimaginable ease-of-use, and nice cell app integration. The ELEMNT BOLT options all the identical nice performance, however in a smaller and lighter package deal.

For day-to-day use, the BOLT has grow to be my most well-liked choice. For lengthy distance excursions, I feel I'd nonetheless go for the bigger ELEMNT, due to its mapping and longer battery life.

They're each incredible models although, and much better than nearly all of the competitors, in my expertise.