Correction: Beeline isn't actually powered by Google Maps, but Mapbox. But soon they will be using Beeline's own motorcycle optimised routing, starting in the UK.
I REALLY can‘t wait for it to be implemented in Switzerland as well. The maps are just SO BAD here :( it is barely useable if you already don‘t have a clear idea where you should go…
If there's one feature I wish they could add it would be fixed camera warnings. Waze does it nicely in their app. It would be nice if Beeline could add a simple alert based on proximity to the camera location. How have you been getting on with the Tiger?
If I may ask, does this work in other countries and do you perhaps have any idea about shipping? More specifically, shipping to Vietnam. Your help is appreciated.
I have had it for almost a year and I‘ve made 8882 km with it. With all those km, I‘ve had many of times when I wanted to throw it against a wall. Here are the problems I‘m having with it: 1) The map quality in Switzerland is abysmal. In some places it still doesn‘t knows that there is a roundabout that has been there for at least 5 years. In others it was sending me down some stairs accessible only to pedestrians. 2) the precision is approximative at best. In many occasions I was standing with my front wheel on the stop line, and yet apparently I was between 20 and 50 meters away from the junction. When I‘m driving I‘ve learned that usually the next turn can be between 0 and 100 m… since I live in Zurich, that imprecision is problematic and has caused me great frustration… many times. 3) signs could be more precise. Many, many times I have been at a splitting road (especially on the highway or in the city centre) without knowing which one I had to take (for the beeline, those junctions simply do not exits…). Unfortunately sometimes you can only come back after 10 km…. Thank you very much! I buy a sat nav because I want it to make life easier so that I can focus on all the other dangers, not focus on where do I have to go, is it this one?, was it the previous one?, ecc. 4) Tunnels are a problem, especially if there is a junction inside one of them (like in many around here…). To solve this problem, you would simply need to assume that you drive through at the same speed. It’s an assumption, but it’s better than nothing.. 5) The direction is sometimes approximative. The arrow is often slightly offset and that is a serious problem with splitting roads (see point 3) This being said I absolutely love the idea of the simplicity it brings. It’s just a fantastic idea, which need some improvements… at least here in Switzerland. I would be curious to check it out in the UK…
I have many of the same problems, especially with precision and signs. Too often it says to turn in 100m, only for me to have already passed the intersection. What it really needs is to display the street name of the next turn to take.
Looks like it's a great bit of kit ,I've been looking for something, need something not too complicated to fit I have the kawasaki sx 1000 and im finding the majority of stuff available not easy to install due to the handle bars ,
Last thing you want is to guess where your going while staying focused on your surroundings ... You need to know exactly where your going can tell you will be doing alot of U-turns lol ... Its a hard pass for me
This video was one of the "sellers" for me getting a Beeline. And, I'm happy to report. I like it a lot. However, it does have some quirks that I've learned to live with and other newcomers need to be aware of. 1. Routes and Journeys. Not sure why they separate these as two different things. You just need to know that journeys are driven routes and have to be saved as routes, in order to be able to drive them or replan or "improve" them again. 2. Beeline could have also allowed the saved route name to be carried over to the journey name, when finishing the route (to make it a journey). Instead, you get "morning, lunch, afternoon or evening ride" as a predetermined title. Why that is? I don't know. A very small PITA in the overall cool tool it is though. I'd like to see the name of my saved route come up as the journey name too. 3. When planning be sure of your way points!!!!! Drill down as far as you can to look at where the waypoint is placed. If you happened to quickly poke a waypoint into your planning and in a town or village, it might look like it's on the road you want to travel with the map zoomed out, but it might be on a side road and then Beeline will obviously try to get you there. And, it tries very hard. You'll be going "WTF Beeline" and it's not Beeline's fault. So, always, and I mean always!!!! drill down to your waypoints as far as you can and make sure it's on the road you wish to travel. Even better, don't put waypoints in towns or villages, if you don't want to stop in them. 4. There is no indication of hitting a way point. I'd love to see some indication I've hit a waypoint. More on that later.... 5. Beeline will try to turn you around, if you miss a waypoint (like from point 3) or a planned turn on your route with rerouting on. So, let's say you are on a country road and you miss your turn onto another country road. Beeline will show the arrow going backwards and "hollow". This is the "you missed your turn (or waypoint) idiot" signal. And, once you enter the next town or village, it will start pointing you to the side roads to get you turned around, however it won't be showing you anything telling you it's trying to turn you around. So, if you just happened to not be paying attention to the Beeline, all of the sudden it's trying to get you down some side-road in a town (and you are thinking WTF?), that means it is trying to get you back onto the original route. Either you need to stop, get your phone out and look at what happened, or follow Beeline blindly and go..... backwards. This can be frustrating. Especially if you intententially wanted to change the route to get to your last stop faster, because you knew you planned in some extra twisties, but now need to avoid them. What you then need to do in this case is get through the town and back onto the country road and wait until you see Beeline tell you to continue forward/on. Then the rerouting for that new more direct route is calculated. I wish Beeline would just reroute completely toward my goal, even if it takes longer, instead of trying to get me turned around. I usually don't care if it takes longer and if I miss a turn, maybe I purposely wanted to do that too. Just keep me going forward, don't make be "back up". Maybe we could call this the "hybrid mode" between the compass mode and the full route mode? 6. In driving into low level sunlight, and yet it's still too bright for the backlighting to turn on, it is almost impossible to read the display. I'd wish the level of turning on the back lighting would be set to something a bit higher (or lower?). I mean, unless it's really bright out, turn on the backlighting. Or let me set what threshold of lighting it should turn on at. Ok, I could turn it on all the time. But, that defeats having a sensor, right (and saving some battery life)? 7. There is no app for a web browser for planning on the PC. The app's own planning tool isn't bad to work with on a phone, but I'd like to see that better overview and also quicker planning I can do on the PC with a mouse and also surfing faster for nice places to go to. There is the roundabout path to go into an app like Calimoto to plan the route, to then to export a GPX file and load it into Beeline. But, that is cumbersome. I wish they had a PC/ Browser app. 8. Lastly, I can't plan a route with multiple stops (not waypoints, but places I want to actually stop at). I have to plan separate routes. This isn't a huge problem, but then it means I have multiple journeys in one day. Also not a problem either, but over time, you can't tell what "full journeys" you rode in a single day, without having to look at the actual dates. They get all jumbled up into "months of journeys" and thus, going back to possibly re-riding the journey becomes more difficult, especially if you diverted purposely from the planned route. You then have to go and resave the journey as a route (again, why I don't understand the difference....) I'd like to see "stops" as a form of waypoint in my routes and show me the waypoints/ stops in the display, when I reach them. Maybe show me a quick update in longer sections of following a road, toggle between distance to next WP (waypoint) or ST(stop). And please count down just before reaching them too. So, that's enough. I could get really niggly about certain things, but all in all, Beeline makes riding and more importantly, exploring your ride, fun. It's not a full navi. And I think if you take it for that "let's go riding to somewhere for fun" purpose, you won't be disappointed! I've sent these to Beeline as suggestions too. They are very open to such feedback, which is really cool!
I've been considering one for a while and love the minimalism on the dash. I've downloaded the app and tried it using the arrow mode on the phone and it was faultless once you're used to the UI. I just wish it could give you a sound alert to prompt you to look at it when there's a turn coming up. I don't need the full voice prompts but if Beeline are listening, that would be a useful feature and I'd definitely buy one then. Great review BTW !!
This is what I don’t understand though. I bought the beeline Moto for my speed triple because of the small tidy design. Then when I got I downloaded the free app, started the navigation and saw that it had the arrow display option on my phone. Now, why did I just spend $250+ for this device when the app does the same thing and I can have one less thing connected? I still like the look of the little Beeline device but kind of a let down that I could just have a quad lock and use the same simplistic nav option.
@@Inthewind24 long navigator battery life, not wasting your phone's battery, way smaller which means it will fit along other accessories, less distractions since there are no phone notifications, and depending on which part of the world you are in less temptation for people who would try to take your phone from the mount but has no idea what this is, which actually applies to most places in the world.
I've had mine since they launched and I love it. A couple of things I'm hoping they add, (they have said they are looking to add them) are a free ride option so I can just ride, then review and save. The other is a quick way of cancelling waypoints if you have to miss them for any reason (it tries to keep taking you back to the missed waypoint) These are small niggles on an otherwise great little nav device
Nice video. Biggest problem I have with this is how small it is - looks good on the bike, but very difficult to read when on the go. Not only because it's so small, but also because the screen just isn't bright or contrasty enough. I also find it pretty easy to miss turns. Better than nothing, I suppose, but not nearly as nice to use as a proper map-display satnav.
Hah! I've asked my Dad and he said, "Very cool product. Many varieties in today's market. But I still prefer an old map and the locals. It makes me feel connected to the road and my motorcycle. I like that." 😌
Been using this for a few days now and must say hugely disappointed for a few reasons: 1) Device keeps disconnecting and I regularly miss turnings. 2) Drained my fully charged iPhone 11 Pro to zero in about 3 hours. 3) Despite numerous mails and messages to beeline, have had no response to my requests for help
Have had mine for about 2 years and really like it's simplicity, battery life and the fact that it is waterproof. Many of its weaknesses have all been listed below, not great at complex junctions etc. However, it just needs to be a bit bigger and the characters more bold on the screen. That would make it near perfect for me. Oh yes as someone else said, it is very overpriced!
The price to me seems quite reasonable. I was looking at going quadlock, with the anti vibration dampener and mirror mount for my phone, which comes out at £90! Or dedicated Garmin Sat Nav at about £350.
Hi, when using google maps to plan a route I can choose to omit motorways but not duel carriageways which as a learner is exactly what I want. Can Beeline do this as well (you said highways but is that motorways or duel carriageways or both)
I really like the tap-to-make-a-route feature. I always find myself fighting with traditional nav systems where we disagree about the route I want to take ;-) Also, I just enjoyed seeing many of my old haunts in Bristol. Good to see the Buttery is still going :-D
Interesting vid... Bought the standard Beeline device more than a year ago & very disappointed, simply does not work in France specially in route mode: loosing heading/waypoints all the time, gives totally false distance, GPS signal erratic, etc ... Took it on a trip down to Italy through Germany & Austria, same issues, awful ... Loaded the app on my sons Samsung's latest model phone as I thought that my 3 years old Sony Xperia was the problem, same hassle ... Seen Henry Crew's videos before I've purchased the device & now really sad as even Beeline support did not want to answer my claims... Probably made only for UK & US riders, as it's not working in Europe.
I live in France and my current Beeline works fine. My first one sometimes got lost and stuck. I told their customer service who said it was probably a calibration issue (I've no idea what that means) and promptly replaced it.
Had mine for 6 months and mixed functionality in/ around Glasgow with 1 major roundabout given as a junction and slow response so exits missed. Used it for a trip up north and it was better. Agree with comments on knowing where you're going, since if a diversion is in place, it will circle you back to where you diverted and doesn't learn to reroute you unless you stop and select a different destination yourself to bypass the diversion. But the minamilist look and function I do appreciate over a full sat nav, although price is quite high and will hopefully reduce as sales volume increases.
I was quite sceptical about these, thinking it would be too much of a drain on my phone's battery or simply not clear enough, but I decided to buy one before a full day in the saddle exploring mid Wales and I was surprised how useful and easy to follow it was. It's certainly no replacement for a dedicated Sat Nav or even your phone, but on bikes where mounting a large device simply isn't possible / realistic, then it's fantastic. I managed to use the sticky arm mount on my faired Thruxton R to install it behind the clocks and it looks very neat and tidy. A perfect location from a visibility point of view and almost OEM looking. I'd certainly recommend one for anyone wanting a subtle navigation aid.
@@smnfrb I've not found it to be that detrimental to be honest. Battery life is far better than running maps on the phone and the battery life of the Beeline itself is excellent. Almost too good because I so rarely charge it it's easy to forget before a long ride!
Thx for that introduction. You really helped me come to a decision! Just one question: Can you connect the beeline to multiple mobiles? I'm sharing my bike with my kids but I'm not willing to share my mobile 😅
looks a little small and hard to read when have to keep your wits about you on a bike, looks neat though, presume it doesn't link to your headset so won't give audible turns signals either...shame, but not for me I don't think.
I just got mine, and I was really bummed that the screen isn't all used for dislay, on;y a quarter-sized piece in the center...my 61 year old eyes may not be able to even read this thing! We'll see - I'll try before I b*tch too much here 😀
I've been using a Beeline since the beginning of the year (family b'day present), the prompts take a little bit of getting used to, especially at complex junctions, but I really am super impressed with mine, as you say, much more engaging than a Sat Nav. I used mine to ride 2000 miles up to Scotland and back in September (no Motorways) and it got me through some horrible towns and city's. I planned all those routes on google, converted each days routes to GPX files and imported them... there are a few issues with using that method, but you soon figure them out. I also had a little prompt list of towns and roads in my tank bag, exactly as you suggested. Next spring I am off to tour Wales for five days and then probably the Crieff Cloverleaf later in the year... all using the Beeline.
Great review. I've got one too as I don't like having my phone out on the bars and don't want too much information in front of me. I've got a few observations on where I find it a bit tricky to use: - Due to the design it only shows the next junction so if you have got turns one after the other you can end up in the wrong lane after the first turning - If there are two junctions right next to each other it can be difficult to know which one to take - Roundabouts - on the approach to a lot of roundabouts it shows that you have got to bear left. This is due to the typical layout of roundabouts with an island between the two sides of the road on the approach. It then isn't until you get to the roundabout you get shown which exit you need. I believe this is more to do with the mapping and how it is presented but is something that could be worked on. On the plus side I really like the form factor and the app is really good at route planning, it is so easy to put in a start and end point and then manipulate the route in between to get the exact route you want. I recently used it on a couple of weekend trips covering over 500 miles each and it was really handy it just sits there unobtrusively. I have got mine on a short extension bar as I found having it right down on the bars in the middle slightly more difficult to read while negotiating junctions and traffic.
Agree with you on that, especially in regards to the roundabouts! Bonus is it makes me alert at roundabouts. Near where I live EVERYONE takes the outside lane of all roundabouts, no matter what exit they are taking, bloody nightmare!
Yeah, I think you can't really use it as a nav per se, but rather a helpful backup to remember an entire route (like the old days where you had the study the map before any journey)
Agree with simons comments, great bit of kit that make you focus on the journey, but my old eyes sometimes struggle with things like roundabout exit numbers...I like the other idea of mounting it on a stalk so it's a bit closer!!
my only complaints as a beeline owner is the fact that it isn't possible to import a gpx with a route defined by me without the software trying to re-route and change the initial route. Also at least in my city the bicycle mode is useless as it requires bicycle lane data (a issue that could be easily solved if I could simply use a route from a gpx file)
A quick question, Rob. Presumably this is connected via Bluetooth. Do you know, can you run this at the same time as the Triumph App (to receive text messages, not for route finding), or will trying to run the two Bluetooth apps together cause problems? Cheers.
I really like it, gets my phone off the bars and stops any distractions. And agree that it also aids your own natural path finding rather than blindly following a sat nav. I went on a 10 day tour around the Highlands without using my phone once - i preppanned a variety routes using Tomtom online planner for free and then emailed the files to my phone and they opened up straight away in the Beeline app. Really simple. Two things that irk - if you miss a turning it can be very long-winded about getting you back on track. It would also be really good if it showed an eta - it’s on the app, why not on the device? Great review as always
200 pounds is a lot for the features the device is offering, it should be around 50 pounds for me to even consider lol screen has low resolution, bezels are too big, brightness doesn't seem that good, no point in using this if bikes nowadays come with a built in systems which connect to your phone
I have a metal cased one as a backup GPS on loan bikes or on my pushbike. The only gripe I have is that with my Samsung S9+ the beeline really sucks the juice out of phones battery. I am currenly running it on a Honda ADV350 that I bought this monday . Until I have my Tomtom installed on the ADV350... The Tomtom is installed on my main bike (KTM 890 Adv)
Great video although my experience is the quite opposite! I personally think it’s a slick and beautiful navigation device.. But tried it out for 6 weeks and got it back to the store. You will for sure not reach your destination without getting lost! The display is as big as my Garmin watch but half of it is just dead space. Get a phone holder for 1/4 of the price and it will actually get you where you want to go. And if you’re exploring just set a destination and make whichever turn you like and the chosen map-app will reroute in seconds, this thing managed to reroute about 50% of the time, the other 50% it was just spinning like an expensive digital fidget spinner. This is one of the most hiped (or best marketed) mc devices. Spend your money elsewhere.
As someone who has used nothing but just the smart phone to navigate across state lines in the USA, I have been looking at different navigational tools. I don't want a Garmin because of price and unnecessary gadgetry. I watched Fort9's navigational video and the Sonim XP8 with removable batteries looks like a good option. My preferred app is to use Waze and avoid Motorways for back country motorcycling goodness, but the Beeline seems to have a lot of similar features to Waze. Thank you for making a video that covered as much info on this gadget in a short amount of time. As a Triumph owner and rider, I will ask about the Beeline at my dealership when my next maintenance interval comes up.
I bought one in 2021. It worked fine for one season, after that it wouldnt charge anymore. The year it worked it was fantastic. Will consider by a new one, but maybe I try some other GPS first... Not sure.
Looks so simple and functional. Will it work in Canada my home / North America or is this a UK. only device right now. I find the phone or GPS unit on the bars a distraction more often than it should be.
A pitty that you don't talk about GPX tracks because there the use of the Beeline gets frustrating and limited. The 'recalculating mode' does not work with a preplanned GPX track. So if you encounter an obstacle on your road and you need to deviate from you route, the Beeline does not guide you back to your track. You have to take out your phone, put out your gloves and try to find an alternative road on the screen of your phone to get back on track. This might force you to stop a few times and look on you phone. Very annoying! If you wear or need reading glasses it is rather hard to see the small figures. And last, the user guide is very very basic.
I have classic bikes that I would never wire a Garmin or TomTom to, so, limited it may be, this Beeline looks the dog’s!! I would also to pay the top price.
Never used one but my concern would be having to keep looking at the thing instead of keeping your eyes on the road, I’ll stick with my sat nav and audio in my helmet for directions, good review non the less.
These are all distracting devices; no real functionality; you have a phone; pair it to your headset and off you go! No looking down, no distractions from the road where your eyes should be; gimic product.
For a chilled ride to avoid motorways very convenient and the app is super easy to use. In the summer when on more smaller roads and technical routes I prefer tomtom go on my phone. Convenience of beeline is great though and will always get you to your destination if you don’t mind missing a few turns but the re route function works well
Really considering this for my rides. Most of my riding will be in a city I pretty much no like back of hand. Having a traffic workaround on the fly like Waze embedded or connectivity would be amazing.
Nice video. The device is massively over-priced and would be greatly enhanced with audio (keep my eyes on the road). Why would I want to plot my route to a destination I already know?
I purchased the Triumph version of the moto, only used it occasionally and it was in as new condition. Went to used it a couple of weeks back and it started up normally but saying there was an update available. So in the middle of the update it stopped. I contacted Beeline an they told me to try a few things which all failed and acually caused the display to bleed pixels. They then told me the unit has hardware problems and stated I would have to pay to have it repaired. The support email process took two weeks due to each time you reply to an email you get an automated response sayign the team will be in touch. Buyer Beware.
So yesterday my oldschool method of Google maps through headphones had to be enployed to keep me on track for a backroad diagonal route back home, but as soon as I started it a few miles into the diagonal route, it then proceeded to make it a big u-turn and put me back on the major road I wanted to avoid!, would this do that?
Satnav tells you where to go. Beeline guides you where to go. Much prefer the Beeline. A satnav requires too much of your attention, which should bet on the road!
I have one but I'd like it to be much brighter, yes it gives 30+ hours but who rides for anything like that? I'd much prefer it to b brighter with less hours.
I have just bought a beeline and have mounted my wing mirror mount, is this waterproof, what happens when I’m out on my motorcycle stop and take my beeline with me and it starts to rain, will the mount fill with water
Thanks for the video and review. I am not comfortable having my phone on some sort of gadget that it can fall out of. I will def. be getting one of these.
I think a lot of people are missing the point of this device. I like how minimalist it is, I don’t want a 6” satnav and an annoying voice telling me where to turn. Had mine on for six hours on Sunday and phone only dropped about 10% battery. If your leaving the bike anywhere, you can just stick the device in your pocket. You do need to pay a bit more attention to where your going, especially in town or at complicated junctions, but it reroutes fairly well, and worst case, you might have to do a u-turn.
Bought this can it work with Sena wanted to use my coms unit with friends while using this and could not get my coms to work would be 5 star if could work with coms units as I ride in a group and want to cumicate with others
Great review as been debating if I get one. Couple questions can you have the clock displayed on it's own and does the data need to be on always if the route has already been selected?
I have had one of these for a couple of years. I much prefer it than having my phone mounted on, worried about the vibrations damaging the phone camera or something. If anyone is thinking of getting one, download the app, plot route, and use the “arrow” mode on the app, same experience but on the phone! I don’t always use it, but basically it’s always in my jacket pocket just incase I want it. Fast forward a couple of years, Royal Enfield have a similar technology on some of their bikes, the tripper navigation I think it’s called. Then just after that, Triumph released their BeeLine edition, I wonder if that was a reaction to RE’s tech. I saw The Missenden Flyer post a review a number of years ago and I bought one straight away, that’s the power of trusted TH-cam recommendations!
i completely removed dash from my bike _(love dat bicycle feel)_ , but one thing i missing a lot is odometer - so this is awesome gadget just right for me, love that minimalism ^-^
It would be a nice "lite" navigation device if price was right, but it cost as much as waterproof android phone that can do so much more in terms of navigation and other stuff (like, for example being a second spare phone on trips in case if you loose or break your main phone)
@@thornscoop2 That's what I done, it turned out that my daughters "old" phone was an up to date iPhone which is bigger and better than "my old, out of date, obsolete" iPhone, I didn't bother to get a sim card for it, I just use the "hotspot" feature on my phone to get internet connectivity, which all in all seems to work OK. The downside is you have to have both phones, but I just put my "old" phone in my Tiger's phone storage compartment under the seat, where it also gets charged "which is good thing as my "old" phone battery is nackered! Cheers, Gordon
Not so good for we Yanks. The big arrow indicator doesn't work well at all for intercity riding. (Here in the States, where we have like 5 round-abouts in the entire country) At intersections (junctions) the Beeline's big arrow doesn't change to indicate the needed turn direction until mere feet before the turn. For inter-city navigation, its common that you need to be in the proper lane well before the turn. The Big Arrow is no help for that. This makes the Big Arrow feature worthless. I've waited at a busy traffic light intersection, 3 car lengths back from the traffic light, and the BeeLine still hasn't indicated a turn was necessary. Yes the small DOT and the 'distance to go' should indicate which way to turn. But if you are in 3 or 4 lanes of traffic you need to pick the turn lane (left or right) well before you get there. What good is the Big Arrow? For my money - and Use Case - the Dot and Miles-to-Go should be the larger displays, not the Arrow. (that's not going to happen :-) I haven't used it outside my large city so it may be more useful riding in the countryside. Virtually all YT demos of the BeeLine have featured round-about navigation. Not traffic lights. (I use a Pixel 6 Pro phone. cell service is on and its in my top shirt pocket) In spite of this Arrow problem I'll keep using the BeeLine and the Arrow will keep telling me When I have turned.
Anyone ridden through Wales with this device? Just wondering how it performs through Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons. Places I’ll be riding through soon.
Correction: Beeline isn't actually powered by Google Maps, but Mapbox. But soon they will be using Beeline's own motorcycle optimised routing, starting in the UK.
That is really good to know, for us antigooglers :D
I REALLY can‘t wait for it to be implemented in Switzerland as well. The maps are just SO BAD here :( it is barely useable if you already don‘t have a clear idea where you should go…
If there's one feature I wish they could add it would be fixed camera warnings. Waze does it nicely in their app. It would be nice if Beeline could add a simple alert based on proximity to the camera location.
How have you been getting on with the Tiger?
You forgot to demo my favourite feature which is where you set the rout planning to avoid highways!
If I may ask, does this work in other countries and do you perhaps have any idea about shipping? More specifically, shipping to Vietnam. Your help is appreciated.
This person is pure salesman, this man cleverly hidden the cons of this device, this video is not a review video, it is a sales video
Lived in Bristol for seven months and it's a beautiful city.
I have had it for almost a year and I‘ve made 8882 km with it. With all those km, I‘ve had many of times when I wanted to throw it against a wall. Here are the problems I‘m having with it:
1) The map quality in Switzerland is abysmal. In some places it still doesn‘t knows that there is a roundabout that has been there for at least 5 years. In others it was sending me down some stairs accessible only to pedestrians.
2) the precision is approximative at best. In many occasions I was standing with my front wheel on the stop line, and yet apparently I was between 20 and 50 meters away from the junction. When I‘m driving I‘ve learned that usually the next turn can be between 0 and 100 m… since I live in Zurich, that imprecision is problematic and has caused me great frustration… many times.
3) signs could be more precise. Many, many times I have been at a splitting road (especially on the highway or in the city centre) without knowing which one I had to take (for the beeline, those junctions simply do not exits…). Unfortunately sometimes you can only come back after 10 km…. Thank you very much! I buy a sat nav because I want it to make life easier so that I can focus on all the other dangers, not focus on where do I have to go, is it this one?, was it the previous one?, ecc.
4) Tunnels are a problem, especially if there is a junction inside one of them (like in many around here…). To solve this problem, you would simply need to assume that you drive through at the same speed. It’s an assumption, but it’s better than nothing..
5) The direction is sometimes approximative. The arrow is often slightly offset and that is a serious problem with splitting roads (see point 3)
This being said I absolutely love the idea of the simplicity it brings. It’s just a fantastic idea, which need some improvements… at least here in Switzerland. I would be curious to check it out in the UK…
I have many of the same problems, especially with precision and signs. Too often it says to turn in 100m, only for me to have already passed the intersection. What it really needs is to display the street name of the next turn to take.
Looks like it's a great bit of kit ,I've been looking for something, need something not too complicated to fit I have the kawasaki sx 1000 and im finding the majority of stuff available not easy to install due to the handle bars ,
Hi Bob can you show us around rocket3 gt connectivity. Cheers Roger from NZ.
I hope you know how to get home without navigation 😜.
Last thing you want is to guess where your going while staying focused on your surroundings ... You need to know exactly where your going can tell you will be doing alot of U-turns lol ... Its a hard pass for me
For a Bicycle it seems perfect. For a motorcycle I'd rather have some move info like on my Tomtom
This video was one of the "sellers" for me getting a Beeline. And, I'm happy to report. I like it a lot. However, it does have some quirks that I've learned to live with and other newcomers need to be aware of.
1. Routes and Journeys. Not sure why they separate these as two different things. You just need to know that journeys are driven routes and have to be saved as routes, in order to be able to drive them or replan or "improve" them again.
2. Beeline could have also allowed the saved route name to be carried over to the journey name, when finishing the route (to make it a journey). Instead, you get "morning, lunch, afternoon or evening ride" as a predetermined title. Why that is? I don't know. A very small PITA in the overall cool tool it is though. I'd like to see the name of my saved route come up as the journey name too.
3. When planning be sure of your way points!!!!! Drill down as far as you can to look at where the waypoint is placed. If you happened to quickly poke a waypoint into your planning and in a town or village, it might look like it's on the road you want to travel with the map zoomed out, but it might be on a side road and then Beeline will obviously try to get you there. And, it tries very hard. You'll be going "WTF Beeline" and it's not Beeline's fault. So, always, and I mean always!!!! drill down to your waypoints as far as you can and make sure it's on the road you wish to travel. Even better, don't put waypoints in towns or villages, if you don't want to stop in them.
4. There is no indication of hitting a way point. I'd love to see some indication I've hit a waypoint. More on that later....
5. Beeline will try to turn you around, if you miss a waypoint (like from point 3) or a planned turn on your route with rerouting on. So, let's say you are on a country road and you miss your turn onto another country road. Beeline will show the arrow going backwards and "hollow". This is the "you missed your turn (or waypoint) idiot" signal. And, once you enter the next town or village, it will start pointing you to the side roads to get you turned around, however it won't be showing you anything telling you it's trying to turn you around. So, if you just happened to not be paying attention to the Beeline, all of the sudden it's trying to get you down some side-road in a town (and you are thinking WTF?), that means it is trying to get you back onto the original route. Either you need to stop, get your phone out and look at what happened, or follow Beeline blindly and go..... backwards. This can be frustrating. Especially if you intententially wanted to change the route to get to your last stop faster, because you knew you planned in some extra twisties, but now need to avoid them. What you then need to do in this case is get through the town and back onto the country road and wait until you see Beeline tell you to continue forward/on. Then the rerouting for that new more direct route is calculated. I wish Beeline would just reroute completely toward my goal, even if it takes longer, instead of trying to get me turned around. I usually don't care if it takes longer and if I miss a turn, maybe I purposely wanted to do that too. Just keep me going forward, don't make be "back up". Maybe we could call this the "hybrid mode" between the compass mode and the full route mode?
6. In driving into low level sunlight, and yet it's still too bright for the backlighting to turn on, it is almost impossible to read the display. I'd wish the level of turning on the back lighting would be set to something a bit higher (or lower?). I mean, unless it's really bright out, turn on the backlighting. Or let me set what threshold of lighting it should turn on at. Ok, I could turn it on all the time. But, that defeats having a sensor, right (and saving some battery life)?
7. There is no app for a web browser for planning on the PC. The app's own planning tool isn't bad to work with on a phone, but I'd like to see that better overview and also quicker planning I can do on the PC with a mouse and also surfing faster for nice places to go to. There is the roundabout path to go into an app like Calimoto to plan the route, to then to export a GPX file and load it into Beeline. But, that is cumbersome. I wish they had a PC/ Browser app.
8. Lastly, I can't plan a route with multiple stops (not waypoints, but places I want to actually stop at). I have to plan separate routes. This isn't a huge problem, but then it means I have multiple journeys in one day. Also not a problem either, but over time, you can't tell what "full journeys" you rode in a single day, without having to look at the actual dates. They get all jumbled up into "months of journeys" and thus, going back to possibly re-riding the journey becomes more difficult, especially if you diverted purposely from the planned route. You then have to go and resave the journey as a route (again, why I don't understand the difference....) I'd like to see "stops" as a form of waypoint in my routes and show me the waypoints/ stops in the display, when I reach them. Maybe show me a quick update in longer sections of following a road, toggle between distance to next WP (waypoint) or ST(stop). And please count down just before reaching them too.
So, that's enough. I could get really niggly about certain things, but all in all, Beeline makes riding and more importantly, exploring your ride, fun. It's not a full navi. And I think if you take it for that "let's go riding to somewhere for fun" purpose, you won't be disappointed!
I've sent these to Beeline as suggestions too. They are very open to such feedback, which is really cool!
The thing about saving favorite destinations is that if I go there frequently then I know how to get there without nav.
Not always from the current place that you are at though.
I've been considering one for a while and love the minimalism on the dash. I've downloaded the app and tried it using the arrow mode on the phone and it was faultless once you're used to the UI. I just wish it could give you a sound alert to prompt you to look at it when there's a turn coming up. I don't need the full voice prompts but if Beeline are listening, that would be a useful feature and I'd definitely buy one then. Great review BTW !!
This is what I don’t understand though. I bought the beeline Moto for my speed triple because of the small tidy design. Then when I got I downloaded the free app, started the navigation and saw that it had the arrow display option on my phone. Now, why did I just spend $250+ for this device when the app does the same thing and I can have one less thing connected? I still like the look of the little Beeline device but kind of a let down that I could just have a quad lock and use the same simplistic nav option.
@@Inthewind24 I think the point is to not have your phone on the handlebars.
@@Inthewind24 long navigator battery life, not wasting your phone's battery, way smaller which means it will fit along other accessories, less distractions since there are no phone notifications, and depending on which part of the world you are in less temptation for people who would try to take your phone from the mount but has no idea what this is, which actually applies to most places in the world.
I've had mine since they launched and I love it. A couple of things I'm hoping they add, (they have said they are looking to add them) are a free ride option so I can just ride, then review and save. The other is a quick way of cancelling waypoints if you have to miss them for any reason (it tries to keep taking you back to the missed waypoint) These are small niggles on an otherwise great little nav device
Ability to connect to Waze would be great.
Nice video. Biggest problem I have with this is how small it is - looks good on the bike, but very difficult to read when on the go. Not only because it's so small, but also because the screen just isn't bright or contrasty enough. I also find it pretty easy to miss turns. Better than nothing, I suppose, but not nearly as nice to use as a proper map-display satnav.
I wonder how ppl found their way around before all this tech. 😂
Hah! I've asked my Dad and he said, "Very cool product. Many varieties in today's market. But I still prefer an old map and the locals. It makes me feel connected to the road and my motorcycle. I like that." 😌
Nice video goo explained, but if the phone remain without bat and its shut down,the route still run on navi? Tnx
Been using this for a few days now and must say hugely disappointed for a few reasons:
1) Device keeps disconnecting and I regularly miss turnings.
2) Drained my fully charged iPhone 11 Pro to zero in about 3 hours.
3) Despite numerous mails and messages to beeline, have had no response to my requests for help
Have had mine for about 2 years and really like it's simplicity, battery life and the fact that it is waterproof. Many of its weaknesses have all been listed below, not great at complex junctions etc. However, it just needs to be a bit bigger and the characters more bold on the screen. That would make it near perfect for me. Oh yes as someone else said, it is very overpriced!
The price to me seems quite reasonable. I was looking at going quadlock, with the anti vibration dampener and mirror mount for my phone, which comes out at £90! Or dedicated Garmin Sat Nav at about £350.
Hi, when using google maps to plan a route I can choose to omit motorways but not duel carriageways which as a learner is exactly what I want. Can Beeline do this as well (you said highways but is that motorways or duel carriageways or both)
Is the Beeline compatible with the quadlock mount?
No I'm afraid it isn't - that would be cool though!
I really like the tap-to-make-a-route feature. I always find myself fighting with traditional nav systems where we disagree about the route I want to take ;-)
Also, I just enjoyed seeing many of my old haunts in Bristol. Good to see the Buttery is still going :-D
I wondered what's the thing clamped on the handlebars on every videos.
Interesting vid... Bought the standard Beeline device more than a year ago & very disappointed, simply does not work in France specially in route mode: loosing heading/waypoints all the time, gives totally false distance, GPS signal erratic, etc ... Took it on a trip down to Italy through Germany & Austria, same issues, awful ... Loaded the app on my sons Samsung's latest model phone as I thought that my 3 years old Sony Xperia was the problem, same hassle ... Seen Henry Crew's videos before I've purchased the device & now really sad as even Beeline support did not want to answer my claims... Probably made only for UK & US riders, as it's not working in Europe.
Thats very interesting, im currently looking at replacing my tomtom450 for a beeline, and I do a lot of long distance across europe
It's funny you refer to the UK as "not Europe"
I live in France and my current Beeline works fine. My first one sometimes got lost and stuck. I told their customer service who said it was probably a calibration issue (I've no idea what that means) and promptly replaced it.
Had mine for 6 months and mixed functionality in/ around Glasgow with 1 major roundabout given as a junction and slow response so exits missed. Used it for a trip up north and it was better.
Agree with comments on knowing where you're going, since if a diversion is in place, it will circle you back to where you diverted and doesn't learn to reroute you unless you stop and select a different destination yourself to bypass the diversion.
But the minamilist look and function I do appreciate over a full sat nav, although price is quite high and will hopefully reduce as sales volume increases.
I was quite sceptical about these, thinking it would be too much of a drain on my phone's battery or simply not clear enough, but I decided to buy one before a full day in the saddle exploring mid Wales and I was surprised how useful and easy to follow it was. It's certainly no replacement for a dedicated Sat Nav or even your phone, but on bikes where mounting a large device simply isn't possible / realistic, then it's fantastic.
I managed to use the sticky arm mount on my faired Thruxton R to install it behind the clocks and it looks very neat and tidy. A perfect location from a visibility point of view and almost OEM looking.
I'd certainly recommend one for anyone wanting a subtle navigation aid.
what about the phone's battery drain?
@@smnfrb I've not found it to be that detrimental to be honest. Battery life is far better than running maps on the phone and the battery life of the Beeline itself is excellent. Almost too good because I so rarely charge it it's easy to forget before a long ride!
Thx for that introduction. You really helped me come to a decision! Just one question: Can you connect the beeline to multiple mobiles? I'm sharing my bike with my kids but I'm not willing to share my mobile 😅
Yes - but you have to unpair and go through the pairing process with the new phone. It only takes a minute
Can you still hear audible directions from your dedicated GPS app (Apple Maps/Google Maps) while using Beeline?
I use my earbuds to listen for directions and this would definitely be helpful to put reference to what the google lady is saying.
Why not just use your phone seeing as how you need your phone anyway!
looks a little small and hard to read when have to keep your wits about you on a bike, looks neat though, presume it doesn't link to your headset so won't give audible turns signals either...shame, but not for me I don't think.
I just got mine, and I was really bummed that the screen isn't all used for dislay, on;y a quarter-sized piece in the center...my 61 year old eyes may not be able to even read this thing!
We'll see - I'll try before I b*tch too much here 😀
Everything you need to know is its far too expensive for what it is
Agreed
I've been using a Beeline since the beginning of the year (family b'day present), the prompts take a little bit of getting used to, especially at complex junctions, but I really am super impressed with mine, as you say, much more engaging than a Sat Nav. I used mine to ride 2000 miles up to Scotland and back in September (no Motorways) and it got me through some horrible towns and city's. I planned all those routes on google, converted each days routes to GPX files and imported them... there are a few issues with using that method, but you soon figure them out. I also had a little prompt list of towns and roads in my tank bag, exactly as you suggested. Next spring I am off to tour Wales for five days and then probably the Crieff Cloverleaf later in the year... all using the Beeline.
Seeing you've stated you took many backroads and all, would you recommend Beeline for someone in India?
How was your Wales trip, btw? :)
Great review. I've got one too as I don't like having my phone out on the bars and don't want too much information in front of me. I've got a few observations on where I find it a bit tricky to use:
- Due to the design it only shows the next junction so if you have got turns one after the other you can end up in the wrong lane after the first turning
- If there are two junctions right next to each other it can be difficult to know which one to take
- Roundabouts - on the approach to a lot of roundabouts it shows that you have got to bear left. This is due to the typical layout of roundabouts with an island between the two sides of the road on the approach. It then isn't until you get to the roundabout you get shown which exit you need. I believe this is more to do with the mapping and how it is presented but is something that could be worked on.
On the plus side I really like the form factor and the app is really good at route planning, it is so easy to put in a start and end point and then manipulate the route in between to get the exact route you want. I recently used it on a couple of weekend trips covering over 500 miles each and it was really handy it just sits there unobtrusively. I have got mine on a short extension bar as I found having it right down on the bars in the middle slightly more difficult to read while negotiating junctions and traffic.
Agree with you on that, especially in regards to the roundabouts! Bonus is it makes me alert at roundabouts. Near where I live EVERYONE takes the outside lane of all roundabouts, no matter what exit they are taking, bloody nightmare!
Yeah, I think you can't really use it as a nav per se, but rather a helpful backup to remember an entire route (like the old days where you had the study the map before any journey)
They still need to change the route options from radio buttons to check boxes, as they aren't mutually exclusive. Hopefully the next update we get!
Agree with simons comments, great bit of kit that make you focus on the journey, but my old eyes sometimes struggle with things like roundabout exit numbers...I like the other idea of mounting it on a stalk so it's a bit closer!!
Does the bee line gps use phone data and does my phone screen has to be on while I am using the navigator
my only complaints as a beeline owner is the fact that it isn't possible to import a gpx with a route defined by me without the software trying to re-route and change the initial route. Also at least in my city the bicycle mode is useless as it requires bicycle lane data (a issue that could be easily solved if I could simply use a route from a gpx file)
A quick question, Rob. Presumably this is connected via Bluetooth. Do you know, can you run this at the same time as the Triumph App (to receive text messages, not for route finding), or will trying to run the two Bluetooth apps together cause problems? Cheers.
I really like it, gets my phone off the bars and stops any distractions. And agree that it also aids your own natural path finding rather than blindly following a sat nav.
I went on a 10 day tour around the Highlands without using my phone once - i preppanned a variety routes using Tomtom online planner for free and then emailed the files to my phone and they opened up straight away in the Beeline app. Really simple.
Two things that irk - if you miss a turning it can be very long-winded about getting you back on track. It would also be really good if it showed an eta - it’s on the app, why not on the device?
Great review as always
200 pounds is a lot for the features the device is offering, it should be around 50 pounds for me to even consider lol
screen has low resolution, bezels are too big, brightness doesn't seem that good, no point in using this if bikes nowadays come with a built in systems which connect to your phone
I have a metal cased one as a backup GPS on loan bikes or on my pushbike. The only gripe I have is that with my Samsung S9+ the beeline really sucks the juice out of phones battery. I am currenly running it on a Honda ADV350 that I bought this monday . Until I have my Tomtom installed on the ADV350...
The Tomtom is installed on my main bike (KTM 890 Adv)
Great video although my experience is the quite opposite!
I personally think it’s a slick and beautiful navigation device.. But tried it out for 6 weeks and got it back to the store. You will for sure not reach your destination without getting lost! The display is as big as my Garmin watch but half of it is just dead space. Get a phone holder for 1/4 of the price and it will actually get you where you want to go. And if you’re exploring just set a destination and make whichever turn you like and the chosen map-app will reroute in seconds, this thing managed to reroute about 50% of the time, the other 50% it was just spinning like an expensive digital fidget spinner. This is one of the most hiped (or best marketed) mc devices. Spend your money elsewhere.
As someone who has used nothing but just the smart phone to navigate across state lines in the USA, I have been looking at different navigational tools. I don't want a Garmin because of price and unnecessary gadgetry. I watched Fort9's navigational video and the Sonim XP8 with removable batteries looks like a good option. My preferred app is to use Waze and avoid Motorways for back country motorcycling goodness, but the Beeline seems to have a lot of similar features to Waze. Thank you for making a video that covered as much info on this gadget in a short amount of time. As a Triumph owner and rider, I will ask about the Beeline at my dealership when my next maintenance interval comes up.
I bought one in 2021. It worked fine for one season, after that it wouldnt charge anymore. The year it worked it was fantastic. Will consider by a new one, but maybe I try some other GPS first... Not sure.
Looks so simple and functional. Will it work in Canada my home / North America or is this a UK. only device right now. I find the phone or GPS unit on the bars a distraction more often than it should be.
So jazzed to try this out! I had no idea it had a speedo feature... something I desperately need on my Ducati.
A pitty that you don't talk about GPX tracks because there the use of the Beeline gets frustrating and limited. The 'recalculating mode' does not work with a preplanned GPX track. So if you encounter an obstacle on your road and you need to deviate from you route, the Beeline does not guide you back to your track. You have to take out your phone, put out your gloves and try to find an alternative road on the screen of your phone to get back on track. This might force you to stop a few times and look on you phone. Very annoying!
If you wear or need reading glasses it is rather hard to see the small figures.
And last, the user guide is very very basic.
Cool device, but for its functionality I wouldn’t pay much more than $75 personally. It’s pretty steeply priced for its feature set.
I have classic bikes that I would never wire a Garmin or TomTom to, so, limited it may be, this Beeline looks the dog’s!! I would also to pay the top price.
Never used one but my concern would be having to keep looking at the thing instead of keeping your eyes on the road, I’ll stick with my sat nav and audio in my helmet for directions, good review non the less.
These are all distracting devices; no real functionality; you have a phone; pair it to your headset and off you go! No looking down, no distractions from the road where your eyes should be; gimic product.
For a chilled ride to avoid motorways very convenient and the app is super easy to use.
In the summer when on more smaller roads and technical routes I prefer tomtom go on my phone.
Convenience of beeline is great though and will always get you to your destination if you don’t mind missing a few turns but the re route function works well
Really considering this for my rides.
Most of my riding will be in a city I pretty much no like back of hand. Having a traffic workaround on the fly like Waze embedded or connectivity would be amazing.
can you link your phone to a cardo as well as the beeline at same time? thinking I would still need phone on my Cardo for music or call.
I tried one with my Samsung S21 phone and the App caused it to overheat, and my phone shut down also shutting down the Beeline. It is JUNK!
Nice video. The device is massively over-priced and would be greatly enhanced with audio (keep my eyes on the road). Why would I want to plot my route to a destination I already know?
I purchased the Triumph version of the moto, only used it occasionally and it was in as new condition. Went to used it a couple of weeks back and it started up normally but saying there was an update available. So in the middle of the update it stopped. I contacted Beeline an they told me to try a few things which all failed and acually caused the display to bleed pixels. They then told me the unit has hardware problems and stated I would have to pay to have it repaired. The support email process took two weeks due to each time you reply to an email you get an automated response sayign the team will be in touch. Buyer Beware.
So yesterday my oldschool method of Google maps through headphones had to be enployed to keep me on track for a backroad diagonal route back home, but as soon as I started it a few miles into the diagonal route, it then proceeded to make it a big u-turn and put me back on the major road I wanted to avoid!, would this do that?
Satnav tells you where to go. Beeline guides you where to go. Much prefer the Beeline. A satnav requires too much of your attention, which should bet on the road!
I have one but I'd like it to be much brighter, yes it gives 30+ hours but who rides for anything like that? I'd much prefer it to b brighter with less hours.
Cheers Rob, just bought one of these because of this. Will hold onto it for a few months and then upgrade to the model II when it comes out.
I have just bought a beeline and have mounted my wing mirror mount, is this waterproof, what happens when I’m out on my motorcycle stop and take my beeline with me and it starts to rain, will the mount fill with water
Thanks for the video and review. I am not comfortable having my phone on some sort of gadget that it can fall out of. I will def. be getting one of these.
If you come to a roundabout with like, 5 or 6 exits, how does it tell you which exit to take? The arrow would be too ambiguous in a lot of scenarios
It doesn't always seem to be pointing in the direction of the road you're following? How does it cope iif you get lost? Does it re-route?
Just bought one. great vid, very informative. looking forward to using it
I think a lot of people are missing the point of this device. I like how minimalist it is, I don’t want a 6” satnav and an annoying voice telling me where to turn. Had mine on for six hours on Sunday and phone only dropped about 10% battery. If your leaving the bike anywhere, you can just stick the device in your pocket. You do need to pay a bit more attention to where your going, especially in town or at complicated junctions, but it reroutes fairly well, and worst case, you might have to do a u-turn.
Hello,is it possible to change the language for example french🇫🇷 ?
If you take the wrong road... wrong turn... does the beeline recalculate a new route
Bought this can it work with Sena wanted to use my coms unit with friends while using this and could not get my coms to work would be 5 star if could work with coms units as I ride in a group and want to cumicate with others
Really good video.. helped a lot.. appreciate the effort, very well explained and now I know what to do 😊
Off topic, yes, but what gloves are you wearing in this video?
Great review as been debating if I get one. Couple questions can you have the clock displayed on it's own and does the data need to be on always if the route has already been selected?
I have had one of these for a couple of years. I much prefer it than having my phone mounted on, worried about the vibrations damaging the phone camera or something. If anyone is thinking of getting one, download the app, plot route, and use the “arrow” mode on the app, same experience but on the phone! I don’t always use it, but basically it’s always in my jacket pocket just incase I want it. Fast forward a couple of years, Royal Enfield have a similar technology on some of their bikes, the tripper navigation I think it’s called. Then just after that, Triumph released their BeeLine edition, I wonder if that was a reaction to RE’s tech.
I saw The Missenden Flyer post a review a number of years ago and I bought one straight away, that’s the power of trusted TH-cam recommendations!
cool but hell no for that price, ill stick to my PeakDesign moto mount for my phone
It seems impossible to get a review on the user display. Maybe it is lacking.
do you need to have your phone continuously connected to the device during the trip? or can you plan the route and disconnect it? thanks
i completely removed dash from my bike _(love dat bicycle feel)_ , but one thing i missing a lot is odometer - so this is awesome gadget just right for me, love that minimalism ^-^
As soon as you said Beeline is one of your channel sponsors, I stopped watching.
Battery is terrible on mine and I’m on my 2nd one. Every time I go to use it it’s flat.
Has it got a clock because it’s no use for anything else????
No good if you need glasses for reading i would have thought
It would be a nice "lite" navigation device if price was right, but it cost as much as waterproof android phone that can do so much more in terms of navigation and other stuff (like, for example being a second spare phone on trips in case if you loose or break your main phone)
That's what I use. My daughters old phone does the job a treat and only cost me £100:) I plug it into the usb port on the dash, prefecto!
@@thornscoop2 That's what I done, it turned out that my daughters "old" phone was an up to date iPhone which is bigger and better than "my old, out of date, obsolete" iPhone, I didn't bother to get a sim card for it, I just use the "hotspot" feature on my phone to get internet connectivity, which all in all seems to work OK. The downside is you have to have both phones, but I just put my "old" phone in my Tiger's phone storage compartment under the seat, where it also gets charged "which is good thing as my "old" phone battery is nackered! Cheers, Gordon
Bristol's Queen Square in it's glory
Does the phone app it uses work with offline maps?
Great video.
Thank you.
Is this available in the U.S.A. ?
Can it plot motorcycle trails?
Will it work with osmand
great honest review, thx for that
Not so good for we Yanks.
The big arrow indicator doesn't work well at all for intercity riding. (Here in the States, where we have like 5 round-abouts in the entire country)
At intersections (junctions) the Beeline's big arrow doesn't change to indicate the needed turn direction until mere feet before the turn.
For inter-city navigation, its common that you need to be in the proper lane well before the turn. The Big Arrow is no help for that. This makes the Big Arrow feature worthless.
I've waited at a busy traffic light intersection, 3 car lengths back from the traffic light, and the BeeLine still hasn't indicated a turn was necessary.
Yes the small DOT and the 'distance to go' should indicate which way to turn. But if you are in 3 or 4 lanes of traffic you need to pick the turn lane (left or right) well before you get there. What good is the Big Arrow?
For my money - and Use Case - the Dot and Miles-to-Go should be the larger displays, not the Arrow. (that's not going to happen :-)
I haven't used it outside my large city so it may be more useful riding in the countryside.
Virtually all YT demos of the BeeLine have featured round-about navigation. Not traffic lights.
(I use a Pixel 6 Pro phone. cell service is on and its in my top shirt pocket)
In spite of this Arrow problem I'll keep using the BeeLine and the Arrow will keep telling me When I have turned.
Anyone ridden through Wales with this device? Just wondering how it performs through Snowdonia and the Brecon Beacons. Places I’ll be riding through soon.
Does it work with Electric scooter
Why not just run your phone?
Can it connect with Cardo?
Bristol queens square!
Cmn, no one even commented (not talking about mentioning in the video) that it does not have RADAR MAP!!! Its the only reason i use Waze
Actually, I am curious about your backpack and photography gear. Which bag are you using and how are you finding it over longer trips. Any guidance?
Any good on highway travel and Europe crossing travel? I'm not into city navigation. Thanks
9:38 that was confusing 😆
What was the bike please?
My Tiger 800 XCa
@@motobob Can't find a review from you on this lovely bike only an older model. Any plans to review it?
@@Seasidesurfer no plans at the moment as there are a lot of new bikes to cover, but I'll try to find time in the new year!