difference in PM3 and PM4

[vo2max]

I was wondering -
What advantage does the PM4 give the home user. The only real difference I saw was the upgrade potential. What kind of upgrades might we be talking about here? Is there something in the works? Otherwise the $150 could be spent on accesories (3rd party software for example). I was just wondering if anyone here was in the know.

Looking forward to getting a CII after all these years of lusting over one.


Thank you in advance,

[Citroen]

For the home user the PM4 only has two advantages over PM3:

1. Rechargable battery.
2. ANT transceiver which can pair with a Suunto HR belt.

The other features

3. Ad-hoc wireless racing with up to 8 other PM4s
4. Connectors for wired venue racing

don't apply to the home user.

[PaulS]

For the home user the PM4 only has two advantages over PM3:

1. Rechargable battery.
2. ANT transceiver which can pair with a Suunto HR belt.

The other features

3. Ad-hoc wireless racing with up to 8 other PM4s
4. Connectors for wired venue racing

don't apply to the home user.

"3." Applies to my home.

I don't care much for HR monitoring, but the Suunto belt supplied with the Model E is quite nice, the PM4 stores the ID on your log card so it knows who's who when a couple are in use, but using my normal pulse counting at the end of a piece gave me values close enough for my purposes, which was nice to have confirmed. That said, if I do use the belt then I don't have to bother with writing anything down as it's recorded for me. not quite sure if that's a good thing or not at this point.

[vo2max]

The Suunto is not that important to me therefore.

With the PM3 you need to buy the additional reciever if you want HR to show on the monitor if I read things correctly though. Still, the $150 would cover that cost and one of the 3rd party software packages.

Thanks for the quick response