I would recommend an ANT+ and a USB extension so you can get that dongle as close to the trainer as possible, Zwift sells kits in the shop: ANT+ Bundle - Zwift
The peanutbutter lid hack is a fine idea, but I’ve got 2 little kids (one of whom is 3, likes to ride his bike on my old cycleops trainer next to me, and is like a tiny engineer/mechanic/gremlin in his spare time).
Anything on the floor is fair game to be tinkered with, taken apart, moved, or re-purposed - so I attach the business end of my ANT+ cord to my driveside chainstay with a velcro cable tie like this one .
It sits far enough back to stay away from sweat, and it’s as close as can be to my trainer, cadence sensor and HRM signals.
I don’t understand why everyone is recommending spending extra money for an extension. My ANT+ dongle is plugged into a computer 6 feet away from the bike and I have had no problems with dropping signals. Asides from that, I ordered my ANT+ from Cycleops.
Tacx flow can be connected via Bluetooth + ZCA, no need to buy ant+ dongle. Most people says that Bluetooth connection works more accurate than ant+. But if you want check ebay or aliexpress shops - there are lot of chinese dongles, mine works perfectly.
That’s interesting - I’ve not tried it on Bluetooth, purely ANT+
there is a fairly long 3 second delay between pedalling and avatar movement. Maybe it would sort that.
Other that that i’m not too concerned at this stage. 10W difference here or there means nothing to me, I’m nowhere near fit enough to worry about accuracy I’m mainly on here to do the structured workout and get a bit fitness to a decent level. Once I get to to a point of worrying about the accuracy i’ll more than likely upgrade to a neo or something
With ant+ and tacx vortex i have had 2-3 seconds lag in resistance, it was annoying to get uphill resistance to the legs, when you actually passed the hill). Issue has disappeared with neo and bt