Hiya
With all of the roadworks going on in London my Garmin can’t cope and it keeps routing me back to closed roads so I’m going to switch to Waze.
I have three questions to this group of experts. .
Please tell me if there’s something better than Waze.
Could you recommend a waterproof cradle with power lead for my iPhone?
Does anybody want to buy a Garmin 590 with motorcycle cradle, car suction cradle and case?
Cheers guys.
I changed from Garmin to Waze about 2 years ago for exactly the reasons you cite. It works fine for me, different to Garmin, better in many respects, inferior in a very small number of others, mainly to do with trying to work the touch-screen with old gloves! Oh, one thing, I have not found a way to copy .gpx files into Waze, I don’t know even if it’s possible and this only affects the rare occasions when someone sends me a route.
I use a Quad Lock charger hard wired to the bike for my iPhone8. It’s behind the bike’s screen so not too bothered by weather. Hope this helps
Cheers JJ I’ve just ordered it
Probably a good move. I’ve used Waze in the car for years, it does seem to drain the iPhone very quickly, even plugged-in it can manage to drain it.
But yes, by far the best up-to-the-minute road info, and I often put it on even for routes I know like the back of my hand because it does the best ‘current speed limit’ and ‘actual current speed’ display of all of them; in these days of cameras, that is important to me.
Yes. I’ve decided to use both, Waze for about town and Garmin for tours. I wish the Garmin was.easier to program routes on though.
Another uptick for Waze. I even got caught out recently by Google maps on a journey back through London. I’d checked my journey beforehand and it looked fine. It was anything but! Major road closures and diversion on primary routes not mentioned on Google!
That’s weird because google own waze and in theory both systems use the same data
Ah my post was a bit ambiguous I think. I meant I’d simply used Google maps before setting off, I didn’t use anything on the journey (I don’t have a phone mount and my bluetooth helmet is a bit iffy). Using Waze was a separate issue, as in it generally is far more accurate than anything else I’ve seen.
@BigRedS bullied me into trying a quadlock contactless charging holder on the bike, and its annoying as its really good, but they aren’t cheap.
and now i need one on the other bikes, and the van…
