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Elite Suito-T

The Suito is of nice compact size, convenient to fold and at the time of purchase so good on sale that I might as well buy it new as second-hand. The sound is also not too bad for me, but then I am used to a rowing ergometer. The installation disappointed me enormously. Mechanically, it was doable, I put the right cassette on it and it took some fitting and measuring with the frame. However, there is too little information if you have a slightly different bike (mine has both a quick release and 142mm axle for example) and if you google you end up in a spider web of Italian forums. The app is out of date, they didn't bother to hire a UX designer or at least someone to translate it properly from Italian instead of Google Translate. For a firmware update, you have to install some crazy app "updato" again, for example. Connecting to bluetooth and ant+ was easy, but kallibrate I couldn't immediately find because of the unclear app design. They ask for circumfence.... Of which is nowhere stated, including that it's a crazy calculation of your wheel circumference. After calibrating, you get and figure on the screen, no idea of what. Should I calibrate in lowest gear or not? All basic info I'm missing. The trainer was leaden, but after another google search, it turned out this was because I had connected my Garmin and that didn't match the Suito's speeds. Just like you have to register your trial month with Elite first because someone thought it would be handy to put the serial number at the bottom of the machine. Yep, so I could go lay the whole thing on the floor for that one little number :-) I haven't tried Zwift yet, but now after 3 evenings of fiddling I have the trainer pretty much up and running. The video workouts in the Elite app also work fine. I think I'll keep it because otherwise all the effort was for nothing, but...... easy is different haha!

Pros & Cons

Nice and solid device, plug in, turn on Zwift (on iPad), pair up and ride! On normal rides it usually works fine, but in ERG mode the device has a lot of trouble finding and maintaining the indicated power. It also sometimes takes a lot of effort to get it going from standstill. In addition, support from the manufacturer and associated website is really substandard. The site is unclear and difficult to use on smartphones and it has taken several weeks to respond to questions. Service and advice from Mantel was good, although there was a mistake on the site that almost made me order the wrong body for Campagnolo. Unfortunately, the correct Campagnolo body was not available from Mantel and had to be ordered from Elite (for a lot of money!). All in all, an adequate for what I do with it, but definitely room for improvement. Both hardware, software and service.

Pros & Cons

Not had long enough to make a honest opion of the Suto trainer.