walkon40
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Aldi are selling a Medion PDA/GPs next week (see link). Has anyone any opinions on this one? http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/productnl_461.html
Martin
Martin
walkon40
Guest
But it seems to come with an 'outdoor cover' = waterproof? It's meant to be used on bikes, so it should be useable outdoors/in rain?
Martin
The bike mount isn't suitable for a motorbike (not even sure it's suitable for a pushbike), and the cover is a piece of cheap tat. Eventually you'd want to put it in an Otterbox, and it'd cost as much as a Quest.
Don't get me wrong, it is a good piece of kit for the money, but IMO it isn't suitable for mounting on a motorbike.
Don't get me wrong, it is a good piece of kit for the money, but IMO it isn't suitable for mounting on a motorbike.
I 've had one for a while and as previously said they don't claim to be water proof.
If the weather is going to be nice I put it into the map pocket of my tank bag to watch the map and visual directions and wear earphones to listen to it as well. If the weather is bad I put it into a modified watercolour paint box and tuck it into the inside pocket of my jacket and rely on verbal instructions only.
In the car it is just as good as any other system I have seen and has probably paid for itself by the amount of fuel and blood pressure tablets I have saved by not arriving at a strange place and driving round for hours trying to find a location.
There are only a few faults that I can find with it but I have read that some more expensive models have similar faults. and they are...
The screen is very shiney and is hard to see sometimes on sunny days.
The touch screen can't be turned off so if you have it in your pocket and it moves about it can open up the menu and stop navigating. Hence the modified box.
Whilst riding through the narrow streets of Old London Town it can sometimes lose sight of the satelites and can get confusing as it can't verbally keep up with the amount of turnings you might have to do.
There is not the facility to input Northelies and Easterlies but it will tell you where you are in that format. It will however accept post codes as well as normal adresses and by pointing on the map.
It is easy to put in routes including way points and has all the usual fuel stations, restuarants, theatres, etc..
You can do most of all the other stuff that other machines do and the battery life is about three hours.
So all in all you can spend a lot of money buying a very similar spec'd machine or you could buy one of these.
It would still be my choice for what I use it for.
If the weather is going to be nice I put it into the map pocket of my tank bag to watch the map and visual directions and wear earphones to listen to it as well. If the weather is bad I put it into a modified watercolour paint box and tuck it into the inside pocket of my jacket and rely on verbal instructions only.
In the car it is just as good as any other system I have seen and has probably paid for itself by the amount of fuel and blood pressure tablets I have saved by not arriving at a strange place and driving round for hours trying to find a location.
There are only a few faults that I can find with it but I have read that some more expensive models have similar faults. and they are...
The screen is very shiney and is hard to see sometimes on sunny days.
The touch screen can't be turned off so if you have it in your pocket and it moves about it can open up the menu and stop navigating. Hence the modified box.
Whilst riding through the narrow streets of Old London Town it can sometimes lose sight of the satelites and can get confusing as it can't verbally keep up with the amount of turnings you might have to do.
There is not the facility to input Northelies and Easterlies but it will tell you where you are in that format. It will however accept post codes as well as normal adresses and by pointing on the map.
It is easy to put in routes including way points and has all the usual fuel stations, restuarants, theatres, etc..
You can do most of all the other stuff that other machines do and the battery life is about three hours.
So all in all you can spend a lot of money buying a very similar spec'd machine or you could buy one of these.
It would still be my choice for what I use it for.
walkon40
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Hi Lolgeoff,
did you ever try to use the bike mount, or is it as stated before - not suitable for a bike.
thanks
Martin
walkon40 said:
Only on my pushbike Martin and to be honest it didn't look that secure, I was worried that it might jump off the handlebars so if I was going to use it that way I'd think about a tether like Steptoes wire fishing trace.
I believe that ram man was thinking of making a mount for one of these so it might be worth asking him.
Another problem that I have found is that if you show The Wife how to use it you may end up arguing on who is going to have it.
If you don't get one of these definitely get a GPS of some description. I have wasted many a happy hour sitting at home plotting a route then putting in the shortest route option and then riding that route the following day, great fun and it takes you places that are on your doorstep that you didn't even know were there.
Great fun.
RAM-man
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Wizard said:
Ditto .. the thoughts. I frequently get the monday rush of those that have been to the high street shops at the weekend, bought it, got it home, found the mount is crap and call me as if I have a b***y magic wand of bits that can get it mounted/held on their bike. Sometime's I get lucky, but its not water/weatherproof - then they suggest a plastic bag solution - but that creates moisture/condensation!.
Otterbox, Peli and RAM Aqua Boxes can work (as Blowzorn has shown in this forum) for a pda.
Some Navman units have a moulded plastic ball as part of their car sucker mount and *does not* marry onto any RAM ball part or snaplink mount as I tried to explain to a recent caller who went thru umpteenth mounts in the sole belief it will work cos its got a ball - it doesn't !, so buyer beware and just be warned.
RAM-man
I thought this may be useful to any prospective buyers...........
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/medion-mdpna-150.php
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/medion-mdpna-150.php
RAM-man
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Thanks for the review link which comments "Medion have also included a handlebar bracket for a bicycle (I say bicycle here because the bracket looks too small to fit around a motorcycle's handlebars but it may be possible)".
You may also stand another chance .. cos., between the Medion cradle and the suction mount there is an adaptor plate which has a four slot bracket which I have seen used by Herbert Richter (www.hr-autocomfort.de), and with the right bracket, some small screws & nuts, you can attach a diamond base (see RAM-HOL-UN1 as an example), and a mount, it will be fiddly but you'll get onto bike's handlebars.
RAM-man
You may also stand another chance .. cos., between the Medion cradle and the suction mount there is an adaptor plate which has a four slot bracket which I have seen used by Herbert Richter (www.hr-autocomfort.de), and with the right bracket, some small screws & nuts, you can attach a diamond base (see RAM-HOL-UN1 as an example), and a mount, it will be fiddly but you'll get onto bike's handlebars.
RAM-man
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