Anyone ditched ERG and powermatch and gone back to trainer power?

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There’s a discussion about exactly this issue here:

Tacx Flow Smart power problems

Hi. Just started the indoor season today. Using the flow smart and new for the season, favero assioma. I have been using the flow smart for the last indoor season. Really pleased, until i matched it with my power meter. And it is not the difference/accuracy between the power meter and the trainer that is bothering me, it is that the trainer cant keep up with the power demanded by the app/meter. Example: Ramp test in erg mode. The flow is not able to match power to the pedal. Constantly lower…

I dis a few tests of how power tracked with the power meter in this post:

Tacx Flow Smart power problems

I’ve been looking into this very issue with my Stages power meter and Tacx Vortex and a very interesting thing came up… I set up a short workout with minute long intervals with varying step sizes so that I could see how small and large steps affected performance as well as how well power tracked at different percentages of FTP. The first graph shows the power with Powermatch turned on (Trainer in purple, powermeter in Blue): [Trainer%20Calibration%20Powermatch] This shows the power readings …

Mike