Bee Line navigation
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Bee Line navigation
I would like some sort of simple navigation - I can buy a discounted Garmin Zumo XT with a Blue Line card - but it feels like over kill.
I tried my iPhone 11 on a quad lock mount and it buggered the phone. Still had the mount with the damper - but decided not to risk it.
Hence there is the Beeline system.
Anyone had any experience of it?
Yeah or ney?
I tried my iPhone 11 on a quad lock mount and it buggered the phone. Still had the mount with the damper - but decided not to risk it.
Hence there is the Beeline system.
Anyone had any experience of it?
Yeah or ney?
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Re: Bee Line navigation
Yeah. Linky here.
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Re: Bee Line navigation
I have one, and really like it. The app's great, and you get used to the minimal information on the device. The only issue is that when you've got a couple of junctions in close proximity, as in left then immediately right, it can be easy to miss the second one, so you have to keep an eye on it in complex situations. Despite that, for me, it's pretty much all I need from a satnav.
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Re: Bee Line navigation
I don't have one but I've got a couple of friends who have used them and they say they're very good.
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Re: Bee Line navigation
Which is kind of where I am - I don't intend to go to Ulan Bator via the Silk Road but avoiding all tolls. I just want something relatively simple.Scootabout wrote: Sun May 14, 2023 9:49 pm I have one, and really like it. The app's great, and you get used to the minimal information on the device. The only issue is that when you've got a couple of junctions in close proximity, as in left then immediately right, it can be easy to miss the second one, so you have to keep an eye on it in complex situations. Despite that, for me, it's pretty much all I need from a satnav.
I can normally navigate quite well innately - but for example, when I am in France in a couple of week time - what happens if I lose the (GPSed up to the hilt) BMW boys.
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Re: Bee Line navigation
"You can go your own wayMr Moofo wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 11:25 am I can normally navigate quite well innately - but for example, when I am in France in a couple of week time - what happens if I lose the (GPSed up to the hilt) BMW boys.
Go your own way
You can call it
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Go your own way..."
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Re: Bee Line navigation
And I certainly don't want it playing "Rumours"The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 7:18 pm"You can go your own wayMr Moofo wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 11:25 am I can normally navigate quite well innately - but for example, when I am in France in a couple of week time - what happens if I lose the (GPSed up to the hilt) BMW boys.
Go your own way
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Another lonely day
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Go your own way..."
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Re: Bee Line navigation
I known what you mean, if I lost my phone I'd be fcuked. I used it for nav, finding campsite/hotels, bars.
Mines a cheap wireless charging mount from China, should be ok.

Mines a cheap wireless charging mount from China, should be ok.
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Re: Bee Line navigation
I bought a Beeline and will be seeing how it functions over this weekend.
Anything else seems a little bit like overkill - I have absolutely no ambition to travel to the arctic circle only using B roads ...
Anything else seems a little bit like overkill - I have absolutely no ambition to travel to the arctic circle only using B roads ...
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Re: Bee Line navigation
Sort of on topic but I’ve noticed something that my Tom Tom rider 550 has started doing. I’m not sure if it’s always done it or I’ve just noticed. It tell me when I’ve entered an average speed camera zone, how far until the exit and what my average speed has been since I passed the first camera. Pretty neat I think.
Re: Bee Line navigation
The TomTom app I have on my phone does that too. Very useful feature.dern wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:20 pm Sort of on topic but I’ve noticed something that my Tom Tom rider 550 has started doing. I’m not sure if it’s always done it or I’ve just noticed. It tell me when I’ve entered an average speed camera zone, how far until the exit and what my average speed has been since I passed the first camera. Pretty neat I think.
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Re: Bee Line navigation
Maybe he's so smitten with it he's been riding all day ever since, and hasn't had time to post on here?
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Re: Bee Line navigation
Reply later today - when I get home.Scootabout wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:15 pmMaybe he's so smitten with it he's been riding all day ever since, and hasn't had time to post on here?![]()
But it is exactly the tool I wanted ( and the right size)
The only issue is how much battery power it uses - so I will have to hard wire a phone connection in
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Re: Bee Line navigation
For me the beeline looks good, but doesn't give enough information in confusing settings. It's the last mile or two where you usually need the most help, and it's just not enough for that, IMO.Mr Moofo wrote: Sat May 13, 2023 2:15 pm I tried my iPhone 11 on a quad lock mount and it buggered the phone. Still had the mount with the damper - but decided not to risk it.
So, I use the quad lock with vibration damper. Usually on Waze for directions, since it's better at Malta than Google maps.
It works!
