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Old Stryd vs new Wind Stryd

Been running with Stryd for a year. Love the thing. Can't see myself ever going back to pace based running, training, and racing. However, my Stryd has decided its battery won't hold a charge. Its good for 1 run and that's it. It must be on its little charging doc at all times. If its not, the battery drains quickly. 

I spoke with Gus at Stryd and they will replace it with the same version for free (they must have some sitting around because you can't purchase it), or 50% off the new Wind version.

I like free. Free is my friend. But getting the newest version for $110 is pretty tempting.

Is it worth it vs free? 

Consider: I don't use Stryd to its fullest capability or even close to it. I'm not a deep dive data geek. I give the data a glance in the powercenter, but really only consider and pay attention to power.   While running the screen on my FR945 reads Power (3s) and HR. I don’t use the Stryd Zones thing that recently came out, or get into any of the other fancy data points one can display and track while running. Much like my power meter on the bike, I have target watts and I try to hold that number as best as possible. 

Will the new Wind version just be a waste of data collection that I won’t use, and real time data that could confuse or overwhelm me, making me revert to the watts and watts only way I currently run? $110 is really cheap for this so tempted. But I like to save money like everyone else. Thanks!

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