IceDot - Any good?

Tiltzey Boy
Tiltzey Boy Posts: 120
edited April 2014 in Road general
Mornin' all.

Just read the BikeRadar review on the IceDot

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... sor-48300/

Sounds like it could be a good thing, so, has anyone got one and are they any good?

Cheers

Tiltz

:D
Scott CR1 Pro (Build in progress!!)
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  • monkeyeatsps3
    monkeyeatsps3 Posts: 46
    i wander if some head banging would set it off. :D
  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    I read this review the other day.

    Good idea and of course you can't put a price on safety... however, seems overpriced.

    Why not bypass the hardware. Could an app be produced for a smart phone to the same effect? SPs have all sorts of sensors inside.
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  • lawrences
    lawrences Posts: 1,011
    ^I look forward to seeing people riding around with smartphones cable tied to their head.
  • dilatory
    dilatory Posts: 565
    lawrences wrote:
    ^I look forward to seeing people riding around with smartphones cable tied to their head.

    Presumably if your head comes to a sudden halt your back pocket wont be far behind in deceleration.
  • lawrences
    lawrences Posts: 1,011
    dilatory wrote:
    lawrences wrote:
    ^I look forward to seeing people riding around with smartphones cable tied to their head.

    Presumably if your head comes to a sudden halt your back pocket wont be far behind in deceleration.

    There will be so many false alarms if it's in a jersey pocket.
  • metronome
    metronome Posts: 670
    lawrences wrote:
    dilatory wrote:
    lawrences wrote:
    ^I look forward to seeing people riding around with smartphones cable tied to their head.

    Presumably if your head comes to a sudden halt your back pocket wont be far behind in deceleration.

    There will be so many false alarms if it's in a jersey pocket.

    Well I don't know about gadgets and that sort of stuff but I'd speculate that moving my head from side to side and generally looking around is more stimulating to a sensor - compared to my phone in my rear pocket which I think moves very little.

    If the IceDot's sensors work by detecting short sharp gyroscopic movements, I wouldn't have thought that it really matters where on you body the sensor is located so long as it's relatively high up.

    Maybe an App programmer can have a pop at such a project. I'm sure if they're successful they'll find more people willing to part with £2 as opposed to the £150-odd cost of the IceDot.
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  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    If these ever become common cyclists will never be safe, every kid and every passing idiot in a Vauxhall Corsa will be trying to set them off for a laugh by throwing cans etc.. :)

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