Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC Reviews
Review score: 9.6/10 – Updated November, 2024
Latest Price: £43.99 (RRP: £43.99)
Take a look now to discover what makes Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC worthy of a review score of 9.6 out of 10.
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Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC features
Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC
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Spec 1
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Colour: Black Other Turbo Trainers found with this Spec: 6387 |
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Feature 1
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The Antenna is compatible with all ANT+ trainers (trainers that communicate via the wireless ANT+ Terminal) Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 2
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These programmes read out the training data transmitted by the ANT+ trainer Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1 |
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Feature 3
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The Antenna is connected to the computer via a long cable, which means the signal is transmitted accurately Other Turbo Trainers found with this feature: 1 |
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Price
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£43.99 |
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Number of Reviews
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7 |
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Review Score
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4.4 / 5 Average score in category: 4.1/5 |
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Quality
Quality is without doubt one of the most important factors that we consider when buying bikes, parts, accessories or clothing. As you’d imagine it’s especially important when buying Turbo Trainers. Let’s take at a look at the sort of things you can look at when trying to ascertain the quality of Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC.
The first thing is material. Looking at what Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC is made of will give you a really good idea of the quality overall. Take a look at the specs above and you should be able to see the material. It’s then up to you to decide if it meets your expectation.
Similarly you’ll also want to spend some time looking at the features too. Again the table above, listing the features will give you a really good overview. However you should think about the sort of features that you’d expect when buying new Turbo Trainers. It’s worth writing a list of the “must-have” features so that you don’t end up compromising and missing some important features, or alternatively end up buying an unnecessarily high specced product.
There’s also a lot of merit in checking out the brand of the product and looking at the various brands that are selling Turbo Trainers. Brands like Tacx are of courses extremely well respected in the cycling community so you know you’re getting a fantastic product with them. But if you’re undecided on your product you should write up a list of brands that you’d be happy to buy. It’s a great way of filtering and narrowing down the number of products when you’re searching.
Next up you’ll want to think about the price and use that as a guide to set your expectations of the quality. If you’re buying the cheapest of the options in the Turbo Trainers category you should probably expect it to not be of as good quality as the most expensive. It sounds obvious of course. But this is where you can get a bit clever and use your combination of features, specs, materials and other factors to work together to get a really good quality product at the best price. We often draw up a list of “must-haves” and use these as filters when shopping online so that you’re only seeing products that meet your criteria. You can then sort by Price>Low to get the best deals.
Comparing Prices
Price, as you would imagine, is the most popular reason for someone buying one product over another. It is the single most important factor in choosing the majority of products we buy. The same goes for Turbo Trainers.
It’s at this stage of the buying process, when you’re looking at different options, that you should set a budget. Do some research to understand how much roughly you can expect to pay for the sort of level of product that you’re looking for. Then match that to your own personal circumstance and how much you can afford to spend. This will really help you in narrowing down the right product for you.
Price of Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC
So the first aspect of price that we’re going to look at is the price of Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC.
We run regular scans across the web to find the best prices for the products that we review, from a range of cycling retailers. The best price we managed to find Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC was over at Chain Reaction Cycles where the price was £43.99 in our latest search.
Based on this price we’ve scored it 9.8 out of 10 for price.
Average price of Turbo Trainers
Next we wanted to look at how much you can expect to pay, on average, for Turbo Trainers.
We found 109 in the Turbo Trainers category over at Chain Reaction Cycles. We looked at the average price of the products within this category and found the average is £241.36, making it below average at £43.99.
It’s sometimes helpful to look at how much the prices can vary. Especially when setting yourself a budget, or when trying to understand just how much you could spend on Turbo Trainers. We found that the most expensive product currently available was £2999.00, whilst the cheapest we managed to find was £3.99.
With 109 products available we worked out that 61 cost more than Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC and 47 were cheaper.
Cost of Tacx products
At Chain Reaction Cycles we found 41 products from Tacx, of which 24 were in the Turbo Trainers category.
For now though we’re looking at Tacx branded products in all categories. The average price of these products was £164.71 making this product below average.
You’ll also be interested to know that the cheapest Tacx product we found was £1.99 and the highest price we could find from them was £2299.00.
Of the 41 from Tacx, 17 were more expensive than Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC and 23 were cheaper.
How much are Tacx Turbo Trainers?
We then wanted to get a bit more specific and only look at Tacx products that are listed in the Turbo Trainers category.
The average price of the 24 products that match this search was £257.53, with the cheapest coming in at £5.99 and highest price was £2299.00. With the average being £257.53, Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC comes in below average.
13 products that meet this search were more expensive than Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC and 10 were cheaper.
Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC Reviews
Reading reviews is an amazing way of getting a good feel for a product without actually being able to try it or see it first.
There are two different types of reviews, and we also recommend reading both.
1. Expert reviews – In the cycle industry there are loads of really reliable trusted resources for expert reviews. For example if you’re looking to buy a new bike, BikeRadar Bike Reviews are great.
2. Customer reviews – these are probably your best resource for information. There’s no finances or influence involved, they’re purely just honest reviews from customers that have bought and used the product. The reason we love customer reviews so much is because no matter if their view is good or bad, there’s a very good chance that it will be honest and unbiased.
Our best advice is to head over to Chain Reaction Cycles and read the Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC reviews there.
Based on what we’ve seen in terms of reviews for Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC, it really does look like a great buy. So for the review score, we’ve scored it 9.9 out of 10. The average review score for all products in the Turbo Trainers category at Chain Reaction Cycles is 4.1 out of 5.
Owner reviews, as we say, are one of the most important pieces of research that we can do before we buy. So, with that in mind, if you do go on to buy Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC or another similar product, like Tacx ANT+ Micro USB Dongle For Android reviews or Zwift 3 Month Membership reviews we’d love you to leave a review in the comments below. It will really help future buyers just like you, when they’re looking to buy Turbo Trainers.
Brand
As we said in the pricing part of the review, brand is a really important consideration, but especially so when looking to buy Turbo Trainers. But as you’re probably already aware, you’re on to a great choice if you do go with Tacx, as they’re a fantastic brand, making amazing products.
YouTube Video of Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC
Below we’ve embedded a video from YouTube where we’ve searched for Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC reviews.
Summary
Overall, we’ve been hugely impressed by the quality, price, reviews and features of Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PC. We’d say that as long as it fits your budget and meets your expectations in terms of features/spec…it’s a really strong contender. That’s why we’ve scored it a massive 9.6/10 overall.
Further product details
- Product ID 1: 25010856221
- Product ID 2: 640827UK
- Brand: Tacx
- Model number: T2028
- RRP: £43.99
- EAN: 8714895043111
- Description: Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna For PCThe Tacx USB ANT+ Antenna enables you to connect your ANT+ trainer to a ¬†computer. This enables you to use training software such as the Tacx Trainer, ¬†but also Zwift, TrainerRoad & Bkool. The length of cable makes it ideal to ¬†position the trainer further away from the PC for more freedom from anything ¬†around you without losing signal since it’s cable connected; it enables you to ¬†focus on the ride/training session.Features: ¬†The Antenna is compatible with all ANT+ trainers (trainers that communicate via the wireless ANT+ Terminal) ¬†These programmes read out the training data transmitted by the ANT+ trainer ¬†The Antenna is connected to the computer via a long cable, which means the signal is transmitted accuratelyBuy Tacx Nutrition & Training from Chain Reaction Cycles, the World’s Largest Online Bike Store.
- Full Category: Nutrition & Training > Turbo Trainers
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