XmisterIS Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 I am getting tired of printing out pages from Multimap, then sitting in a layby in the middle of nowhere, scratching my head (well, helmet), trying to figure out where I am, then letting go of the printout in the wind and watching it blow into the nearest cowsh1tty puddle. (The A4-sized Hampshire A-Z that I carry in my car doesn't fit on my bike very well!).Can anyone recommend a decent satnav that I can put in my pocket and listen to with an earpiece? I would rather listen to it than put it on the handlebars to look at. (because looking at the handlebars for too long quickly results in ground/sky/ground/sky/etc). It would be much more convenient to have a voice in my ear giving me directions so I don't have to take my eyes off the road. Quote
Guest Posted July 16, 2009 Posted July 16, 2009 I am getting tired of printing out pages from Multimap, then sitting in a layby in the middle of nowhere, scratching my head (well, helmet), trying to figure out where I am, then letting go of the printout in the wind and watching it blow into the nearest cowsh1tty puddle. (The A4-sized Hampshire A-Z that I carry in my car doesn't fit on my bike very well!).Can anyone recommend a decent satnav that I can put in my pocket and listen to with an earpiece? I would rather listen to it than put it on the handlebars to look at. (because looking at the handlebars for too long quickly results in ground/sky/ground/sky/etc). It would be much more convenient to have a voice in my ear giving me directions so I don't have to take my eyes off the road.get an A5 one, i have a tough map (tuff map??) from all good bike stores, not the best detail due to the scale, but have plenty of town maps as well.. Quote
XmisterIS Posted July 17, 2009 Author Posted July 17, 2009 Hmmm ... perhaps! The trouble is that storage on my bike would best be described as "minimal". Lol! Also, I like technological gizmos Quote
Tomsk82 Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-Satellit ... 689&sr=1-8I've got this. Was thinking I could add a bluetooth adapter to hear the directions (I don't fancy the whole sky/ground/hospital thing either) but don't seem to be able to find any such thing XmisterIS - there seems to be quite a few including bluetooth, then you could just get some bluetooth headphones. I got some Sony ones for my mobile a couple of years back which work really well, and they were only about £60 back then. Quote
Guest Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I have considered just using the TomTom 1 i have for the car in a tank bag, OK you can't hear the instructions but nevermind.The latest TomTom's don't have any aux ports, so a bluetooth adaptable version would be your only option, unless you get the TomTom Rider - but they are really expensive.Or just enjoy getting lost! Quote
lib Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I got a bluetooth GPS receiver and installed a few bits of software onto my phone for it. It all works fine. So far I have tried CoPilot, Garmin and iGO. Copilot and iGO are the best.It will be even better when I get a phone with a GPS antenna built in. That way I will have it with me always, just in case. Quote
XmisterIS Posted July 17, 2009 Author Posted July 17, 2009 http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-Satellite-Navigation-Without-Bluetooth/dp/B000TXDOW4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1247831689&sr=1-8I've got this. Was thinking I could add a bluetooth adapter to hear the directions (I don't fancy the whole sky/ground/hospital thing either) but don't seem to be able to find any such thing XmisterIS - there seems to be quite a few including bluetooth, then you could just get some bluetooth headphones. I got some Sony ones for my mobile a couple of years back which work really well, and they were only about £60 back then. Sweet! If I can get one of those with bluetooth, that will be perfect - small enough to fit in a jacket pocket quite easily.Does that cost include all the maps too, or do you have to buy those separately? Quote
Guest Posted July 17, 2009 Posted July 17, 2009 I used to have a phone based sat-nag in my pocket with an earpiece - great set up as you don't need to take your eyes of the road to follow instructions and look at the map Quote
Tomsk82 Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-Satellite-Navigation-Without-Bluetooth/dp/B000TXDOW4/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1247831689&sr=1-8I've got this. Was thinking I could add a bluetooth adapter to hear the directions (I don't fancy the whole sky/ground/hospital thing either) but don't seem to be able to find any such thing XmisterIS - there seems to be quite a few including bluetooth, then you could just get some bluetooth headphones. I got some Sony ones for my mobile a couple of years back which work really well, and they were only about £60 back then. Sweet! If I can get one of those with bluetooth, that will be perfect - small enough to fit in a jacket pocket quite easily.Does that cost include all the maps too, or do you have to buy those separately? Just bought this off ebay:http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!BWg!sT!CGk~$(KGrHgoH-DsEjlLl1JwPBK(v2EyIOg~~_1.JPG PDA with a seperate GPS receiver. Set me back £60 inc delivery. PDA with GPS receiver. Gonna get a bigger battery although this one's supposed to have a decent battery life anyways. I'm getting TomTom maps thrown in with it aswell, but you'd normally have to pay for that. Will see if it does my journey from Bournemouth to Brum next weekend Quote
Guest Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 What do you guys think of this?http://techsohos.com/index.php?page=sho ... ct_id=4530 Quote
Guest Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 Personally, I use a TomTom rider. Awesome bit of kit. But then i do circa 16k a year. If ya can justify the outlay, then they are well worth it. Quote
Guest akey Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 Personally, I use a TomTom rider. Awesome bit of kit. But then i do circa 16k a year. If ya can justify the outlay, then they are well worth it. I have a tomtom rider V1 as well, and its defo the best for the money. I did the same as you and considered all sorts of options. One thing to be aware of is the claimed batt life of satnavs, they will say batt life of up to 5 hrs but in reality this is much less (I tested a tomtom go550 from work and would only get 2 hours out of it). I can vouch for the batt life of the tomtom rider though I dont power mine off the bike and get 5 hours out of it with good brightness and running the bluetooth.Have a look around on fleabay you can get V1s pretty cheap compared with v2 or the Zumo Quote
adams Posted July 20, 2009 Posted July 20, 2009 I have considered just using the TomTom 1 i have for the car in a tank bag, OK you can't hear the instructions but nevermind.The latest TomTom's don't have any aux ports, so a bluetooth adaptable version would be your only option, unless you get the TomTom Rider - but they are really expensive.Or just enjoy getting lost! I tried this to get to work avoiding motorways (L Plates) the other day, but the problem to start off with was it slipping all over the tank bag, which I solved by wedging it in ( occassionally picked up the tank bag cover as a 'touch' on the touchscreen, but just click done) - but the main problem was the satnav itself, basically the bloody tom tom wouldn't pick up any signal from the tankbag, and kept drifting in and out of consciousness, actually annoying me more than following the road signs! but give it a go! might work better in your area! Quote
rosszx9r Posted July 22, 2009 Posted July 22, 2009 i tried using my tom tom Go in the tankbag map pocket.... didn't work for me... the screen isn't bright enough and there is too much detail on the screen.luckily, i have a blackberry with vodaphone sat nav... it is brilliant... it's a simple display that is bright and also picks up traffic reports if i used a proper bracket for the tom tom Go nearer to the clocks it might be better but i was a bit disapointed with it. Quote
Guest Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 I have used Garmin Sat Navs for quite a few years now in the car and never had any problems. Givi now do a special waterproof bag for about £45 +VAT that is designed to hold the Garmin range. The other advantage of Garmin is it has the capability to have 2 bluetooth devices connected so you can connect your phone and helmet/earpeice so everything goes thro the same ear. Quote
Stu Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 tomtom rider for me too only used it a couple of times but its great mounted here too http://www.themotorbikeforum.co.uk/download/file.php?id=2387 Quote
uktriggersm50 Posted July 25, 2009 Posted July 25, 2009 hi i have a garmin nuvi 265 wt for a car can you get a bracket or mount so that it will fit on my bike it is an supermoto stylethats got bluetooth ect and if works could be the answer to your problem as it is cheapishthanks Quote
Sparky65 Posted September 13, 2010 Posted September 13, 2010 Hi, has anyone tried putting one of the sat nav apps from the iTunes store on their iPhone and using it during a journey?When I say "using it during a journey", I don't mean putting it on a mount on a bike. I mean just keeping it in a jacket/trouser pocket and taking it out now and again to check the route (while pulled over and stopped).I ask because I wonder if the iPhone is capable of holding the signal without being in a custom-made cradle which has a built-in GPS receiver.The apps I've been looking at are Co-pilot and Navigon.Thanks. Quote
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