Opinions??? watch dog seems to be the favored unit in New England. they are priced pretty much the same .. anyone have experience on both?? which one would work well for turkey runs??
I read your post over on NEDB. Talk about flying blind! I went with the ICO, after years of watch and odo (also an ICO) timekeeping. I prefered the bigger display the Checkmate XL and it fit nicely between the crossbars on my Flexx bars. ICO can run FIM and AMA/NEPG start control rules, as well as AMA and New England Interval (Brand X) timekeeping rules. Watch Dog can do AMA and Brand X, but not sure about the rest. Both should work as an odo for Dual Sport and Turkey Runs. You might want to go Watch Dog in New England, as there will always be lots of programing help at NETRA enduros, as you learn to program. ICO Checkmate has the ultimate newby crutch...... Someone already programmed can infared flash the program into your Checkmate. Not the best way to learn, but easy! Either one should work well.
alot of ecea guys use the ICO and seem to have a bit of an advantage over us watchdog useres,not sure if its just riding very hot with the standard AMA rules,and you can go early into the woods based on possibles and listen as the rows pass you that are on time to hear if they are blasing out of a checkin,while brand x you are potentially given a new number every check,preventing you from catching up to the next row in front of you until you are in the next section,im pretty sure the ICO beeps if your early? i would like that instead of keep looking down at my watchdog,yeah the watchdog has a gncc modes as well for multiple laps
For ECEA riding hot is sport! Theb ICO has no audible early warning, but giving you a lot of info (early/late, possibles) on one screen without having to toggle though different ones.
