Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Elilee EK01 spider power meter grabbed my attention after a flood of questions, but both the alloy and carbon units showed the same problems: power lag, erratic cadence, and badly under-reported peak power - all issues that persisted indoors, outdoors, and even after a firmware update. Steady-state numbers were mostly OK, but anything above ~1000W fell apart, and residual torque problems post peak sprints required regular manual zeroing. Given these faults across two units and verified against stable baselines, I halted further testing and sent the data over to Elilee for review. In short: promising on paper, but the sprint and cadence issues make it a non-starter for now. I'll keep an eye on how things progress with any future updates. Fingers crossed they can drop another firmware update to address the issues they're having.
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Links:
Slayer of Grams X310 Crank Video: youtube.com/watch?v=QaMs26IPL4c
Video Index:
0:00 Intro
0:20 EK01 Technical Specifications
1:10 EK01 & X310 Weight
1:22 Pricing
2:25 Slayer of Grams covers the X310
2:44 Test Data - 2.5hrs Indoor Ride
3:28 Firmware Update!
4:09 Outdoor Testing Summary
4:35 Outdoor Testing Data Analysis
8:19 EK01 Carbon Spider Testing
8:31 Outdoor Testing Data Analysis (Carbon EK01)
10:33 Summary
11:13 Choosing a Spider Meter is Too Hard!
12:04 Wrap Up
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#Cycling #PowerMeter #Elilee
The Elilee EK01 spider power meter grabbed my attention after a flood of questions, but both the alloy and carbon units showed the same problems: power lag, erratic cadence, and badly under-reported peak power - all issues that persisted indoors, outdoors, and even after a firmware update. Steady-state numbers were mostly OK, but anything above ~1000W fell apart, and residual torque problems post peak sprints required regular manual zeroing. Given these faults across two units and verified against stable baselines, I halted further testing and sent the data over to Elilee for review. In short: promising on paper, but the sprint and cadence issues make it a non-starter for now. I'll keep an eye on how things progress with any future updates. Fingers crossed they can drop another firmware update to address the issues they're having.
✅ SUBSCRIBE to The GPLAMA YouTube Channel: goo.gl/QS5YZg ✅
Links:
Slayer of Grams X310 Crank Video: youtube.com/watch?v=QaMs26IPL4c
Video Index:
0:00 Intro
0:20 EK01 Technical Specifications
1:10 EK01 & X310 Weight
1:22 Pricing
2:25 Slayer of Grams covers the X310
2:44 Test Data - 2.5hrs Indoor Ride
3:28 Firmware Update!
4:09 Outdoor Testing Summary
4:35 Outdoor Testing Data Analysis
8:19 EK01 Carbon Spider Testing
8:31 Outdoor Testing Data Analysis (Carbon EK01)
10:33 Summary
11:13 Choosing a Spider Meter is Too Hard!
12:04 Wrap Up
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#Cycling #PowerMeter #Elilee
