Thanks for tuning in today we're going to be reviewing the SKS Compit+
Smartphone holder with integrated powerbank. Not only are smartphones great for making
calls and browsing the web but they can also be a excellent alternative to cycling gps computers.
They have large crisp displays navigation and voice commands which is a great way to
navigate to new places in town and monitor your real-time cycling progress. The sks Compit+
is a secure way to mount your smartphone to your bike and also has a built-in power bank
to ensure you don't run out of battery. You can see the packaging wise pretty simple it's quite
large big cardboard box with the SKS logo and their distinctive orange and grey color scheme.
You can see on the side it shows you all the contents of the box and then you also
have some illustrations on the fact that it is a rotatable design. So you can have it vertically or
horizontally depending on what you prefer. Lets go ahead and take it out of the box and go over the specs.
So retail price on this is 54.99 euro and in the US that's about $62 dollars currently.
It works with their other compete accessories so you do need either the cover or the adapter to
attach your phone to this. It has a 5000 milliamp power bank on there with inductive charging
so you can simply place your phone on there and that'll ensure you don't run out of battery.
It also has a little optional light attachment so you can even attach
your light to the front and it use a dual clamp design to attach to your handlebars.
It has a secure quarter turn style mount so very stiff design that will prevent the
phone from falling out and again it does require those optional accessories which
are not included so make sure you do pick up those if you decide to
pick up this Compit+. In terms of what comes in the box you can see it quite a lot so
we have the actual power bank and again inductive charging so you don't need to plug anything in it
which is really nice and this actually has that adapter directly built in so this will attach
to the mount and then you attach your secondary adapter for your phone. It has a dual clamp design
so you can see this goes around your handlebar and two options with that so you have the one with the
light accessory so if you want to attach a light in front. You can actually do that with this
provided accessory and this little extension and use a garmin adapter mount so you can see you just
put your garmin or your gopro style adapter to this and you're ready to ride with an adjustable
angle otherwise you can use the standard clamps and these are all plastic but do feel well built.
You have a charging cable so surprisingly it's a micro USB not a USB Type-C
and then quite a bit of hardware as well. So you need the allen wrench
for the clamps little spacers to handle different handlebar diameters
and you can see all the hardware you need and again additional spacers if necessary.
Now let's take a look at the weight of the Compit+ setup there's quite a few parts here
but what you'll definitely need is the top portion. If you want to do the light setup
you'll want the longer hangers with that front extension that little attachment piece of spacers
so you will need two spacers so we'll grab two of the matching ones
off here and then a bunch of hardware so the bolts
so that comes in at 86 grams and additionally you have the power
bank. You can leave this off as well if you didn't need the charge so that's 194 grams.
Now let's go over the fit and finish of the SKS Compit+. It is a pretty complicated setup as you can
see a lot of hardware and different components. The instruction manual is not that clear
so it may take a little trial and error to get it together. Otherwise a really nice setup so
it is plastic you can see a plastic construction with the metal bolts but feel secure. You have
a nice wide platform for your phone or the battery pack here dual clamp design so it goes
on each side of your stem so very secure. It really shouldn't go anywhere with all the different
spacers. They provided you can find the one that works with your handlebar looking at
the instructions. It seems like you basically have two options here you can use the standard clamps
so that'll go there or you can use these extension ones and that'll actually allow you to mount a
light on here so you can put this in front place this ahead of it and if you have a compatible
light that works with that little diameter adapter in between here you can easily mount that on there.
So definitely a slick setup they seem to also indicate that you could move this mount over here
and then that would leave the front stem open so if you already had a computer you could move that
down here behind you behind the front stem and that would accommodate e-bikes as well.
Now all the hardware is included but you do have to kind of figure out where it goes
and as far as the mounting it's very simple so you can optionally not use a
power pack if you don't need it but if you do need it it simply goes on to the adapter.
You can see it is a rotational design so you can put in either way you just want to line up the
tabs and then a little turn locks into place very secure even though this is quite heavy
and it has a secondary feature safety feature you can see these little indentations here the tabs
so it won't come out until you pull up on that and then give it a good rotation.
So very secure and then you simply attach your phone on top of this so you will need one more
accessory we have the little cover here that has a adhesive on the rear so you attach this
to your phone cover or directly to the phone if you prefer and then you can put your phone right
on here and then easily lock it in place and with the battery status indicator here inductive design
very easy to use you don't need extra cables. The battery pack does have ports
coming in and out so the outboard has a usb and on the end you have the micro usb to charge this.
Now let's go over the installation of the Compit+. We're going to install the standard
version without the light extension as we don't own the light so what you basically want to do
first is install the little spacers so these are little rubber pads. I used the smallest one to match
my bike but depending on your handlebar diameter you may want to use a thicker one. Place them on
each side and they have these nice grooves that hold them in place and you can see basically you
have to take off the bolts and then attach them. So i want to put this forward so i'm going to place
it there and they have these little alignment pins as well on the actual clamps too so you can't get
it wrong. So you want to align it and then just simply use the provided tool to tighten it down.
So here we have it fully tightened down and you can see i've angled it upward slightly
so i can accommodate some different angles and then you can see this is also tiltable
with these little index positions so you can go all the way forward or back.
So you could potentially mount this backwards if you have the alternate mount
but with this one it takes up the space right in front of your stem so if you have an e-bike this
might be an issue that's why you do need one of the adapters. Otherwise for a normal bike this
works pretty well it may block your out front mount though so you would have to either offset
that a little bit or use one that actually mounts to the stem directly. Now you can see with the
Compit+ we get the battery pack so it goes on there securely and again you can adjust the angle
and then remember to pull the tab to take it off you can rotate it so it's vertical
and you can switch positions depending on what you prefer with your smartphone. Here you can see
their Compit+ on the road this is mounted on priority ace and we found it to be a really
good combination especially when you're riding around town. It's nice to have the full navigation
and touch screen of your cell phone instead of a cheaper gps computer which can be harder to use.
With the battery pack of the Compit+ you can wirelessly charge your cell phone which was really
useful so you can actually end your ride with a higher charge on your phone than you started with
which is really key feature as using your cell phone on the bike really runs down the battery.
Otherwise the mount is very secure we didn't have any issues with the
phone coming off and with the rotational mount design you can easily do it vertically
or horizontally and even take off the power bank and use it off the bike.
Now let's go over the pros and cons for the Compit+. What we like about it is that it
offers wireless charging from the power bank and you can even use the power bank off the
bike so you get a lot of versatility. It also has a secure quick release rotatable mount which we
found really works well even over rough terrain or big bumps. It also has an adjustable design
which lets you either adjust the angle change the orientation of the phone or even flip it forward
or backward depending on how you install it. Some of the cons for the mount is the fact that it does
block out front mounts because it has that dual clamp design. Although you can use some of the
SKS adapters to kind of get around that it also does require proprietary SKS adapters so you do
need to buy from them in order to put lights or action cameras on there. Taking everything
into account would give the Compit+ an 8.9 out of 10. This keeps your phone charged
and secure on your bike. Thanks for watching this review don't forget to like and subscribe.
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