Turbos for Zwift....

Do Wiggle have an eBay store with refurbished trainers??

Just to add my two penneth, had a Tacx flow as my first smart trainer, works perfectly with Zwift and Bkool, and if it works with these, then it'll work with anything else I'm sure.

It's not going to be as good as a direct drive turbo, but I found it perfectly good, sometimes a change in gradient was rather sudden, rather than gradual, which is why it's a basic smart trainer. 

But once you're spinning up on Zwift, and following the peleton, you'll forget it's short comings.

For the money (especially if you can get a 10% British Cycling and/or 10% flash sale) you can't get a better value smart trainer for Zwift than the Tacx Flow T2240 IMO

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/turbo-trainers/trainers/tacx-flow-t2240...

@slowclimb what did you go for in the end?

Late reply, but I have a Tacx Flow T2240 and it works perfectly with Zwift.  Yes, its max resistance and gradient are comparatively limited but they're more than enough for a decent workout and I hate sprinting on a fixed bike anyway.

Muin user here. Above posts are right, if you just want to Zwift it's not the trainer for you. I had been using a Bkool for the past 3 years and this was much better for Zwift.

The Elite is better for intervals or base training and is very quiet (I've moved to a flat), if you are just wanting to keep the legs turning and have more fun on the turbo I would go for something smart like the Tacx. If you want to do more serious sessions rather than just ticking over your legs the Muin may be a better choice

I think people get very excited about having the best trainer but when you think about it you will probably only use it a few times a week during the UK rainy / winter season so why overspend? eg do you really need a true 15% incline or is 7% fine and Zwift works out the difference so  just get the basic smart trainers eg

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tacx-T2180-Vortex-Smart-Trainer/dp/B00MCF5Q2I/r...

PS just make sure you buy a good fan as it gets hot after a while without a headwind

I don't think the Muin is an opton for Zwift.  You need a trainer with resistance that can be controlled by Zwift to get the proper experience.  For Elite that is the Direto or Drivo on direct drive trainers.

I collected a Drivo from Halfords or Friday.  The older model, but at 50% off and £600 (£540 with BC discount) I though it was a great option at that price point.

https://www.halfords.com/cycling/turbo-trainers/trainers/elite-drivo-dir...

It is showing out of stock this morning.  They may be all gone, but last Monday they were showing no stock, but by Tuesday they were available again so you might get lucky.

As I understand it, the Tacx Flow Smart can be controlled by Zwift etc. to change the resistance when going uphill or doing a structured workout, but the Elite Muin can't. As described in this review, "There’s no remote adjustment, as resistance increases automatically the harder you ride in any gear" https://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/category/accessories/resistance-trai... That takes away one of the big selling points of using Zwift IMO, although I haven't used a trainer like the Muin with it.

I recently went through a similar decision-making process to you and bought the Tacx Flux. Tack are bringing out a couple of new versions with an improved spec, so Halfords have the original Flux for £450, discounted from £700, which you can save an extra 10% on with British Cycling Discount. I'm really pleased with it. It has plenty of resistance for me and it's great having Zwift control the power when you're doing a structured workout session or going up a (virtual) hill (it adjusts the gradient up to 10%, which is enough for me). The only thing I don't like is that it's really heavy and fairly huge and I don't have a dedicated space for training so moving it around is a PITA: https://www.halfords.com/cycling/turbo-trainers/trainers/tacx-flux-smart...

Perhaps above your price range but I cannot recommend Tacx Neo's enough. I work in an indoor cycle studio in London (called Urban Cycle Club if you're interested) and we've got 8 Tacx Neo's that have all done a minimum of 10,000km so far this year, and take an absolute beating from some of our more powerful riders. The only maintenance that we've had to do is give them the ocassional wipe down and replace the cassettes attached. Worth noting that i may have seen a discount online somewhere, meaning you can pick one up for £800 or so which is an absolute steal IMO.

This is something I know a little about.

Zwift, Trainer-Road, BigRingVR etc all need to connect to your trainer via Ant+ or Bluetooth- You will need a dongle for Ant+ and an extension lead from your laptop/PC to get the sensor close to the turbo(improves signal/eliminates dropouts)  I use Ant+

Turbos, two basic types of 'smart' trainer-direct drive and wheel on

Three basic figures you're are looking for 'max gradient simulation', 'power accuracy' and 'max power'.  The last can be disregarded by most, unless you're world class track sprinter.

Max gradient should be above 10%, ideally 15%

Accuracy less than 3% deviation

Max power  greater than 1000W

Also ERG mode, which virtually all decent turbos do now.

Best brands, Wahoo, Tacx, Elite and Cyclops

I would look at £600 price range

Wahoo Kickr Snap

Wahoo Core

Tacx Flux smart

Elite Direto

These are mid range turbos and more than suitable for most folk

If you're looking to get the best then £800+

Wahoo Kickr

Tacx Neo/2

Elite Drivo

If you've done turbo training before then you will probably have a big fan to cool you down. 

The best Smart trainer you can afford.