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What is a good GPS that is cheap ?
Cheapest solution is the one you already own: your phone.
Or even a cheap small tablet. Sometimes however, the cheap ones don't have a gps receiver so you have to watch. Does that 7" Amazon tablet have a gps receiver now, it didn't used to. Like 30 bucks if you can Make it workYou can pickup a good prepaid phone for less than $100. No service required. Bluetooth network to download any number of GPS apps very cheap. I use CoPilot and Osmand. I use CoPilot for routes and Osmand for tracks. Screens are not great in sunlight but readable. Can Bluetooth both apps to in helmet or earbud receivers for turn by turn directions. Lot of times I just turn mine on, plug in battery pack turn screen off put it in my jacket and get turn by turn until I need to look at the route. Then I put it in the holder and continue on. You can also load minutes on it if you want to for a backup. If you have an ATT network phone you can get a phone that works with Verizon network. Lots of inexpensive choices.
This work with BaseCamp?I use cheap reconditioned Garmin GPSesseses, I have never paid over 100 bucks for one. I have a RAM mount, and plug into the cigarette lighter. They aren't waterproof, so I use a zip lock bag and twist tie when it rains. The touch screen works through the baggie. They do break, sometimes, I am on my third one in 13 years and 95,000 miles on my Harley.
This work with BaseCamp?
I'm reminded of the guy in the Houston BMW club who used to plot his route using a map on the kitchen table, write the turns onto a length of adding machine paper and then display it on the bike with a roll chart. He used to teach clinics in Garmin Basecamp and GPS, but this was his personal solution.
Yeah, I've done that too - and it's surprisingly liberating. I did a 5 day ride from Austin, to Denver, then up Pikes Peak, then back thru some circuitous dirt roads, all with just turn-by-turn directions on quarter-sheets of paper visible on top of my tank bag.
That is amazing!That's a lot like my Redneck GPS, except for the mileage. I use the Garmin as a moving map, and have the turns on the windshield. View attachment 227637
That's a lot like my Redneck GPS, except for the mileage. I use the Garmin as a moving map, and have the turns on the windshield. View attachment 227637
I can see that, you know where you are. Not just a blue line.Yeah, I've done that too - and it's surprisingly liberating. I did a 5 day ride from Austin, to Denver, then up Pikes Peak, then back thru some circuitous dirt roads, all with just turn-by-turn directions on quarter-sheets of paper visible on top of my tank bag. Like this:
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The interesting thing is that with the mileage count shown like that, I looked down a lot less often and felt I had a much better sense of where I actually was. Not just a place on a blue line on a screen, but on 40 West for 30 miles (or whatever). At the time, I found a way to copy/paste the turn-by-turn from Google Maps directions to make those lists. I really liked it, but it's a trouble to do. I did have to stop and verify turns on my phone from time to time - roads aren't always labelled the same way Google shows them...
Yes, but check it on an inconspicuous spot first, unless you want a reminder of that route for years...A reason to keep a whiteboard marker in your tank bag.
I WAS THINKING THE SAMEhad a much better sense of where I actually was.