[eBay Plus] TomTom Rider 550 Motorcycle GPS Sat Nav (AUST STK) $427.88 Delivered @ No Frills eBay

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    Buy2Much on 15/06/2020 - 20:41

    +1

    Ok let’s start with the more obvious:
    1. The touch screen is unusable if the smart phone is encased.
    2. Say you have the more expensive water resistant smart phone, the app and the phone are not purposely designed to be glove-friendly and sunlight readable.

    Anyway it’s up to the individual’s use cases. It’s the same reasonings for dedicated devices vs general purpose ones - the former designed to be good at specific tasks, like:
    1. Playing games on Nintendo switch vs smart phones
    2. Taking photos with dedicated cameras vs smart phones
    3. Reading books on tablets vs smart phones
    4. Having 4x4s vs SUVs
    …

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  pipingmad on 15/06/2020 - 20:19

  +1

  I use a blue-tooth headset in my helmet with Waze on the phone in a Ram mount. Waze gives up to date alerts based on other users.
  Also get music, messages and compatible with Google.

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  dogzilla on 15/06/2020 - 20:29

  +1

  kudos for the deal to OP, however i gotta agree. These things used to cost $1000 way back when

  I have a ram mount ($50) + waze (free) + BT headset = extreme happiness

  These units have their place however - long distance touring would be tough with smart phone which these would be good for i guess.

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  naplutetium on 16/06/2020 - 00:33

  +1

  I was given the TomTom Rider version 1 as a freebie when I bought my second motorbike (around 2006). The mount was terrible and on one trip I almost lost the TomTom. Bought a second mount and that broke too. I upgraded to the Rider v2 about 8 years later (I think I paid about Au$800). The mount on the v2 was much better. It lasted me many years on many long distance touring trips all over Australia. We still use the v2 in the car.

  Yes, for local trips a phone will be fine I guess. But the fact that you can operate it with your gloves, it has a big screen and is robust make these great devices. You can hard wire these to the battery through the supplied mount, which is nice too.

  What you might want to check though is if the TomTom Rider 550 comes with a bluetooth headset. I don't see that in the "what's in the box" list. Both the Rider v1 and v2 did come with that. Perhaps that is no longer standard.

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    Buy2Much on 16/06/2020 - 01:14

    I don't think it come with bluetooth headset in the box from what I read. I am also interested in this feature "Discover the world's best curated riding routes".

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      naplutetium on 16/06/2020 - 20:33

      +1

      Both the Rider v1 and v2 had this feature too. I can tell you it works! Well, at least in Australia.

      The "Winding and hilly roads" feature is great too. I once plotted a route without knowing this feature was on, it was a great ride, but it took a long time to get where I had to go.

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  [Deactivated] on 16/06/2020 - 17:04

  +1

  Offroad/remote nav setup on a bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvC0HaR5CoY&feature=youtu.be

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    naplutetium on 16/06/2020 - 21:02

    +1

    Thanks for that!