From experience - I found the screen “buttons” on 5” units a bit small to prod with gloved hand when mounted on the windscreen and on the move but fine if you mounted it on the handlebars. I did put some photos on ukgser of the 5” unit I had.
I went around Morocco with a Carpuride W702. No brightness issues at all. Screen was nice and visible.
I could be interested in buying your XT2 should you decide that it is no longer suitable for your needs.
Hi, it will almost certainly stay on my winter BMW RT, but if I do sell, happy to let you know.Im sure I’ve seen several for sale on ukgser
I went with the Aocci C6Pro as I thought the carpuride was a bit big. Used the Iconic mount. Very pleased with it
This morning I pressed the button on a Carpuride W602 S pro, seems to me the 5” is similar to my Garmin and the 7” might be too large. What finally pushed me over the edge was I have recently installed and setup an app based system to operate the gate and garage door. My expectation is I will in future be able to open both without getting off my bike. Let’s see, if it’s as good as I’m led to believe, is this the end for the very expensive Garmin/TomTom devices?
If you're intending to use the app through Carpuride, it'll have to be Carplay/Android Auto compatible. Not all apps are. Personally, if I had such an app, I'd prefer to use Siri/Gemini to open the garage door using voice commands.
IMO, probably not as long as there are riders like me who don't use a mobile phone whilst riding. That said my S25 Ultra doesn’t fit anywhere on my bike nor does it have a convenient waterproof USB. There is also the thorny issue of lack of mobile phone signal, especially in the mountains of north Wales and in the highlands of Scotland. I’m also not sure about data usage on the European continent. Some providers seem to let you use your data and some charge extra. I’m sure there are ways around the issues but I CBA Andy
I was a diehard TomTom user for years and now use the Carpuride and my phone. My Vodafone plan includes the EU for data and many apps give you downloadable offline maps where the mobile signal is poor. the phone can be charged on the go via a USB port. For me battery life on the phone is an issue but only on all day rides. The choice of mapping apps is pretty good as well, I now have TomTom Go, MRA, and now even Calimoto is on Android phones. There will always be some who prefer dedicated Garmin or TomTom devices but that market will continue to shrink IMO.
Kind of off topic, but I have just bought the W702 s pro, and was wondering the best way to connect phone and cardo Neo to it? plus occasionally with a pillion. And is it best just to stop the phone connection to the TFT on the Multi
I too have just installed the W702 S Pro with the BMW style mount. Very easy to install (and remove) but maybe a little large! My wife and I use the Cardo Edge. If you go on the Carpuride website they recommend you use Method 1 with the Cardo so that control remains with the phone/Cardo set up, i.e. phone, music, intercom and sharing music is still done via voice on the Cardo unit/app. If you are not sure, Method 1 is connecting your phone to BT channel 1 only. Anyone actually use the wired controller? Can't see a use for it myself
Please excuse my ignorance but what is the mount you have there and could we please see photos from the side with and without the unit mounted? Thanks
The W702 S Pro comes with the BMW style mount (BM05 Bracket). The mount is the Iconic Quadlock mount and using one central screw with a few washers direct into the Carpuride BM05 Bracket (yet to test how much it jiggles). Will try to get some more pictures when it stops raining (this is Wales, so never).
I’m quite pleased with this as a first effort, ignore the wiring. I’m using the Evotech mount but the piece that fitted the Garmin plate has different hole centres to the Carpuride. I’m off to see if Evotech or anyone else makes this as it looks as if it could have been 3D printed.
I’m really torn about a Carpuride at the moment. It looks like it would make a lot of sense for my Multistrada, but I don’t even get a great phone signal at home on the South Downs let alone the wilds of Wales. I simply can’t make my mind up if it would be better overall than my current set up. I currently use a TomTom on an Evotech mount which appears to work well, it’s connected to my Senna headset which is connected to my old Samsung phone. Andy's post above even shows that I could use my existing Evotech mount with a new adaptor. As an aside, the Satnav etc in our motorhome is Android Auto based connected to my phone. I've surprised myself with how well I get on with it, and it appears to work well. The Carpuride 702 looks far too big for my liking, I’d not want to go bigger than the 502 I only use really use the Senna to listen to the TomTom instructions at the moment and have ignored any calls that have come in whilst riding because I’d rather concentrate on riding. I might want to listen to something on Spotify, or even the radio if I was doing a long run, but probably still wouldn’t answer a call. But, I really struggle to do anything with the Senna on the move, or even stopped at the side of the road, partly because all the buttons are fiddly, especially in gloves, but mainly because I don’t use it enough to remember what combinations of what buttons that you can’t actually see do what. I’m sort of convinced that if I stopped at the side of the road to do anything I’d have more chance of achieving what I want if it was presented to me on a small touchscreen.
