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Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 2:15 pm
by Mr Moofo
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?
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 9:04 pm
by Mr Moofo
That's a no, then!
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sat May 13, 2023 9:07 pm
by Skub
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sun May 14, 2023 9:49 pm
by Scootabout
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.
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 6:57 am
by Trinity765
I don't have one but I've got a couple of friends who have used them and they say they're very good.
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 11:25 am
by Mr Moofo
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.
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.
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.
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 6:01 pm
by Dodgy69
I use Waze when data available and MAPS ME when it ain't.
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 6:22 pm
by Mr Moofo
Dodgy69 wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 6:01 pm
I use Waze when data available and MAPS ME when it ain't.
But I am not using a phone on a handlebar mount
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Mon May 15, 2023 7:18 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Mr 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.
"You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way..."
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 8:34 am
by Mr Moofo
The Spin Doctor wrote: Mon May 15, 2023 7:18 pm
Mr 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.
"You can go your own way
Go your own way
You can call it
Another lonely day
You can go your own way
Go your own way..."
And I certainly don't want it playing "Rumours"
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Tue May 16, 2023 11:24 am
by Dodgy69
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.
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 6:24 pm
by Mr Moofo
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 ...
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:35 pm
by Scootabout
How are you getting on with it?
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:56 pm
by The Spin Doctor
Scootabout wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:35 pm
How are you getting on with it?
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:59 pm
by Bigyin
Scootabout wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:35 pm
How are you getting on with it?
He hasnt found his way to a keyboard since he bought it
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2023 9:20 pm
by dern
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
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 5:48 pm
by dosruedas
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.
The TomTom app I have on my phone does that too. Very useful feature.
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:15 pm
by Scootabout
Bigyin wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:59 pm
Scootabout wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:35 pm
How are you getting on with it?
He hasnt found his way to a keyboard since he bought it
Maybe he's so smitten with it he's been riding all day ever since, and hasn't had time to post on here?
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 9:22 am
by Mr Moofo
Scootabout wrote: Sat Jun 10, 2023 10:15 pm
Bigyin wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:59 pm
Scootabout wrote: Fri Jun 09, 2023 7:35 pm
How are you getting on with it?
He hasnt found his way to a keyboard since he bought it
Maybe he's so smitten with it he's been riding all day ever since, and hasn't had time to post on here?
Reply later today - when I get home.
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
Re: Bee Line navigation
Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2023 3:27 pm
by A_morti
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.
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.
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!
