do you have it set up on a road or TT bike?

I found that when set up on the TT bike with a BTA waterbottle (and computer above) it was absolutely shite.

however when it was on my road bike, and it was dry, and the moon was in its first quarter, and I was riding downwind it was slightly less shite :)

I should edit...I said kickr and I mean wahoo.

Anyways, I have a TT bike and don't have a bottle in the bars, but I do mount the computer (watch in past) between my zero bars.

I love stages response to my issue,,,they actually suggested mounting my watch on the straight bar on the frame. What's the point!? So I can see my power after I'm riding but not during?

I've used ;

Garmin 510, 520, 810,1000 and currently a 820 with no issues. I however only do sprint tri's.and might eventually do Oly. distance (if my knee holds up)... so no BTA bottle

I've had an Edge 500, and currently have a 920XT and a Lezyne Super and have not had any issues with any, except for the battery cover issue that was early on.

I recently switched to an Wahoo Elemnt Bolt, and so far no problems. Mounted between the aero bars, although behind my bottle, not in front.

I have the 920 and had plenty of drops and then upgraded to the 500. Had minimal drops with that and have since then upgrade to the 520 with no drops. This is since their first shipments.

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When I had a Stages I used a 510 with zero issues.

How do you like the bolt? This is one of my top choices at a cost of $249

Garmin Edge 500. It's like the Nokia 3310 of cycling. It'll never fail.

Positioning is bigger than computer itself. Garmin 500 on the stem was fine, but on aerobars I got drops, on top of bottle between the arms it was awful. Garmin 510 was fine unless mounted on top of bottle or waaay out front (near hand position) on aerobars.

Ditto. My mount is in front of my BTA (still between the bars) and I've had zero issues in 3 HIM's and many training rides.

I use an 810 with an Xlab Torpedo with zero issues.

Lezyne. Recent firmware update to "improve indoor trainer functionality" hopefully that means you no longer need speed sensor for indoor trainer rides. Maybe I'll confirm this evening.

I use the Polar M450, no issues reading the stages, mounted right above the stem.

On my road bike a Garmin 800 mounted on an out front mount gave me dropouts. Moving it to the stem resolved the dropouts.

I've since switched to a Wahoo ELEMNT on an out front mount and have had no issues.

Polar M450 here mounted on the aerobars for the tt bike and an outfront mount on the road bike. Both work great.

I don't use Stages anymore, but when I did I had zero issues with a Garmin 500 or Garmin 520 mounted between my aero bars, out in front of my BTA bottle.

I think you forgot to add that the dew point needs to be 63* and the humidity needs to be 4.6%. Solar flares also help so make sure you time it to coincide. If there was Elvis sighting in the last 10 days it is a definite GO. Honestly not sure if this should be pink or not.........

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I have a Garmin 500 and a stages. I would not go so far as to recommend you buy a 500 for the connectivity, but I have resolved my dropout issues. I did two things, one is I found a way to mount my computer between my aerobars with a direct line of sight to the stages. I have a BTA bottle but can position the computer where it always has a direct line to the crank.

Second, during my outdoor rides, when I use to get more dropouts, I will disconnect all other paired devices, turn off the 500, then turn it on so the stages is the first thing to connect then connect my other devices (which for me is just my HRM).

Since doing these two things, I have been very happy with my stages and 500.

All that said, I use TrainerRoad indoor via a Bluetooth connection. I have never once dropped out using the bluetooth connection to my phone. This makes me wonder if a computer that supports bluetooth connections would be a better option for a stages than relying on ANT+.

I agree on the use of the Bluetooth for better reliability than the Ant+ connection. At least that is why I believe the polar 450 has no issues.

Ive had the same experience which is why I'm really leaning to the wahoo element. Everyone I've talked to that has that and a stages has had zero problems. Pair that with its $249 price tag and great functionality I think we have a winner.

Looks like the 820 and 520 do not play well with Stages:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/devilish-details-of-chris-froomes-different-tour-de-france-pinarellos/?utm_campaign=Devilish+details+of+Chris+Froome%27s+different+Tour+de+France+Pinarellos&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=AppleNews

Interestingly for me (using a 500), I have dropout problems with it mounted on top of my BTA bottle when I have a full bottle on my seat tube. If I have an empty seat tube bottle, or none at all, I don't have any problems.
When I tweak my cockpit this summer, I'm going to try to find a position with a more direct line of sight, offset from the BTA bottle if possible.

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Here's the thing: Everywhere here will give you answers, but honestly, none of them will matter.

Why? Because figuring out what head unit your Stages will work with is about as random as which color M&M you'll pull out of a bag. For some people the Edge 820 will work great (works fine for me with Stages PM). For others, it'll suck. For some the FR920XT will work great, yet for others not in aero position. Or not with a bottle.

There's no power meter on the market that's as finicky as it when it comes to connectivity. And honestly the only answer is to try it out for you and see if it works. Generally speaking non-wearables work better (Edge series), which is mostly a factor of body placement and blocking signals. And generally speaking, most roadies have less issues than triathletes (again, body blocking signal issues).

Said differently: Buy your head unit based on your requirements and likes, and if for some reason it ends up not working - deal with that then. Just ensure you've got a good return option.

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