Carpuride vs Chigee or a phone?

[waggy]

Hi,

I am interested in a way to use Google Maps rather than a dedicated sat nav. I have just purchased a Carpuride 702B Pro but it has failed after a firmware upgrade and reading online there support seems a bit hit and miss.

What do people use, I have seen a couple of Chigee units for sale on here, are people upgrading or changing back to a dedicated unit?

I know a phone has lots of issues when attached to the bars, but perhaps someone knows of a phone that does work and if so which one and how is it attached

What are my options??


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[TLSgazza]

I have only used my phone as a sat nav using Google maps when I've been touring in Vietnam etc. it works well.
Problems I have encountered have been occasionally not having good data connection. I
Over came that by downloading offline maps, which helped in remote locations.
Also I found it worked very well as my phone battery would last almost a full day of the screen being on without charging it.
Some phones won't last more than a few hours without being on charge as a few of my friends find out.
On a few occasions when I needed to boost my charge whilst travelling my phone would over heat if charging whilst using maps and shut down.
A quick break to boost the battery helped on those occasions, I did learn to just plug my phone into my battery pack for a boost during food or drink breaks. This really only happened when the ambient temperature was in high 20's plus. I think the phone used battery power quicker when it was really hot.
The other thing was in bad weather keeping the phone dry, I managed with a cheap waterproof case in a mount on the bars. Not so practical for every day use I guess.
My BMW Navigator 5 that I have used for many years is perfect for everyday riding and I prefer to do route planning on it compared with planning a route on my phone.
I've not tried any of the new kind of gadgets to be honest.
I'm a bit old school in the respect.
I don't find the need to have everything that my phone can do at my disposal whilst I am riding.
Too many distractions that way.
Some people like to have everything available whilst riding. For me it can wait.

 

[Joepi5]

Went from a phone back to a dedicated unit, did this for a couple of reasons.

The camera in my phone got damaged (either from the GS or the Tuono, I'm not sure). Even though I had a vibration damper installed.

Besides that I had things burned into the phone screen. I can always see the circle where the maximum allowed speed was displayed.

Distraction was another factor for me. The phone is fully in sight, you see the messages pop-up and think about them. Or just go to that next album on Spotify or something.

In heavy rain the drops made the phone think I touched the screen, so the screen went berserk and was useless during rain.

Went back to a TomTom rider 550, got a light used one for dirt cheap. Otherwise I might have gone for a carpuride or similar. Distraction would however still be an issue for me personally.

 

[Fiddlesticks]

I find the Android Auto devices very good. Have the W702BS on the 1300GS and a £35 Aliexpress jobby on the Ninja. Can't really argue at that price.

 

[Pops]

I’ve had no trouble using my phone. It’s an iPhone mounted on a quad lock charger with damper and I always use the quad lock waterproof cover when it’s on the bike. Whenever it’s mounted it’s charging so no issues with battery.

 

[EKIMYRF]

I have also used an aocci
I did a vid on it here
TBH I prefer the carpuride I use now

 

[icedfusion]

i used to use dedicated GPS, then used my phone...which, when it rains has a mind of its own if it gets water on the screen and now use a Carpuride W702BS Pro on my GS and the W702 on my K1300 - as others have said, always download the maps so lack of connection is not an issue if it occurs. Would always use Android Auto now, even use AA in my car too - the main reason is I can swap between myrouteapp, waze, google maps - would not go back.

 

[Smithmas]

I used the Carpuride on my GS following the disasterous Nav VI torment and issues - not looked back since.

 

[developer]

I replaced a Chigee AIO5 for a RidernavR7M - they seem to be basically the same thing, but the Chigee turned out to be too small for me to read clearly.

The Ridernav looks in proportion to my TFT and works seamlessly.

Cheap too, at just over £200.

 

[ThreeDawg]

I use a 'rugged' Android phone with DMD2 and Google offline maps. If I had the bunce I would get the 7" DMD nav tablet. Rugged phones (eg Blackview, Doogee) are cheap and bombproof. DMD2 is good for gpx tracks and the road routing graphics suit my colourblind eyes well, and if I want to I can hotspot the nav phone to get everything Google offers like traffic updates on road. Seems to work well in all situations and was essentially free as I just used my old phone.

 

[grantmac]

I like the Chigee but have issues with the phone overheating and phone battery This has nothing to do with the Chigee just the phoine.