There is that argument - that sat navs themselves are out of date tech, and just use your phone. Personally I do not give a crap - if the thing I am using is not up to my liking it goes in the bin (or sold cheaply to get rid). If what I had was not good enough it would go in the bin - make no mistake about that. If I didn't like it it would no be on my bike - If I did not like my bike that would go as well. Personally the relatively low tech of a sat nav is easy to use, it tells me where I am and the route to where I want to go. I can put in routes, or let the Nav do it. I can put in places of interest, hotels, event locations - and off we go. It can sit there in the sun / rain warns me of mobile radars, speed zones - all that stuff. I have used Waze on my pushbike actually. All good by my iPhone 16 Pro Max is not going to be spending any time on any handlebars ! I am quite happy with Sat Navs for navigation purposes.
I’m old fashioned enough not to rely on just sticking a postcode into a SatNav if I’m going anywhere, I always have a look on Google maps or similar first and get an impression of where I’m going and how I’m going to get there. My youngest son particularly annoys me in this respect as he just follows the Satnav blindly and can’t get himself home from anywhere without using the SatNav again as he’s not a clue about how he got where he is. Because of that I’ve decided that the TomTom that came to me with my Enduro does everything I want a SatNav to do on a bike. I get an arrow telling me what I need to do next in plenty of time, and don’t really want anything else. I might even decide to ignore it and go the way I’ve already decided on anyway. I would like to hear the instructions too, which is why I’m looking at Bluetooth systems for my Helmet, but am aware I might find that annoying and turn it off. I treat the SatNav in my 10yr old Discovery exactly the same, and feel no need to use the more detailed functions or my phone as well. The Raymarine GPS/Multifunction display in my boat however gets used in far more detail, but that’s a completely different story/usage. .
