Forum search function and Google are your friend on this topic...no shortage of documentation already written on this subject.

I recently wrote an article on this if you want to read: http://www.powermetercity.com/...rate-vs-power-meter/

Full disclosure - Yes, this is a post to my site. I typically never post stuff from my site - this article however directly relates to the OPs question.

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