What is recommended to use with the kicker v5, Bluetooth or Ant+? I have noticed that there is sometimes a lag when the power changes and it can tak3 10 seconds for a change to happen in erg mode. I am using a PC,and I have a Bluetooth and ant+ USB dongles. Edit: I need to use my phone with the k…

I will plug outthe ant+ tomorrow and see if it is any better

i’ve tried both ant+ with a laptop and bluetooth with an ipad over the years. i found a lag of about 5sec with ant+ and 2/3s for bt. i’d probably have a preference to run bt where possible

I find Bluetooth works better than ant+ on my pc.

I use BT for my trainer because I found with ant+ that I sometimes get that 5 second lag between the power target change and my trainer’s resistance shift. I don’t have that problem with BT. However I find my HR and Cadence get random dropouts when connected thru BT, so I connect them with ant+ whi…

I also experience the 5 sec lag with ANT+ but not with BT. Is this a bug that we should expect to get fixed or is it expected behaviour with ANT+? I would prefer ant+ as I find with BT if I pause the workout for a couple of minutes the power, cadence and HR fields freeze and there is no way to fix…

I’ve run both and I agree :ant: + definitely has a lag that Bluetooth doesn’t.

Stopped using ant for the trainer and all is good now, cheers

Always used Ant+ but after reading this thread thought I’d change to BT to avoid the lags - TACX Neo 2T and Mac OSX. Agree re less lags but the dropouts (all only a second or so with immediate reconnection) are multiple - 10 in the last 50 minute workout I did. Using BT connected earbuds - just int…

BT headphone can cause interference. Try without them and see if that helps.

Use Bluetooth or Ant+

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emacdoug October 8, 2021, 10:55pm 11

This is an Ant+ behavior based on how often it communicates.

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Use Bluetooth or Ant+

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