carpuride ? anyone used this yet?

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am looking for a GPS unit and saw a bunch of reviews on Carpuride but.. all the reviewers said they were sent the item. im looking for an actual real world use results not a sponsored video. i dont really need anything else other than gps but dont want to drop 4-500 on a garmin. i plan on this style of mount. any feedback would be much appreciated
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The Carpuride is not a GPS. It uses Android Auto / Apple Carplay to display the mapping app from your phone onto the screen. Your smartphone stays in your pocket.

I bought the Carpuride W702 last year. I installed RAM ball mounts on 2 different motorcycles and I can move the Carpuride unit from one bike to the other as needed. I connected my Android phone to the Carpuride for Android Auto display. I connected my old Cardo headset to the Carpuride for in-helmet navigation instructions, music and phone. My Cardo microphone allows me to use voice commands to Android Auto on the Carpuride.

It works just as well as the Android Auto in my Honda vehicle.

p.s. I'm going to take my old GPS POS Garmin Nuvi to the range and put a 308 cal round through it at 300 yards. That'll be the most useful that it's been in years.
 
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I dont recall anyone here running a carpuride , but if you google or search youtube, you will find enough real world reviews to keep you busy for hours

Edit: I see Bozo posted at the same time as me so I can now say I recall 1 person here running one
 
I had the carpuride w502 on my bike. I removed it for a Chigee-go unit instead. Worked fine for what it was... a secondary screen for your phone. In other words, as @Bozo stated, it runs entirely on your phone and displays on your screen, similar to a car head unit with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. Personally, I prefer it that way as It standardizes my navigation in all my vehicles. So as long as they can run Android Auto, in my case, my experience remains the same.

One of the things I didn't like about carpuride is that it must relay your phone's audio to your helmet comms. My Pactalk unit relies heavily on being directly connected to the phone, which means there is a 3-way Bluetooth connection (Phone --> Carpuride --> Comms --> Phone), which is not always ideal and can cause issues. The chigee-go, and other newer products, don't need to connect to the comms directly and, in my opinion, work better with less problems.

If you're planning to drop $500 on a Carpuride, I would seriously give Chigee's Aio-5 a close look. Not only is the connection better (i.e., not 3-way), but the chigee includes front/rear dash cameras with blind-spot monitoring, supports TPMS sensors, and has a remote control option. They also say it can control/preview some action cameras, but I have yet to try it. There are other versions available without the camera, with a larger screen, and even one with a cellular network option.

So far, it's the best secondary screen I've ever used in any of my vehicles.
 
Well, the Capurride is NOT a gps unit per se. Meaning yes, you can tell google to take to to some location and it will give you directions to that place. But it simply mirrors your phone.

However, a dedicated gps, like a garmin, will allow you to create a route w/waypoints, store it and let it navigate with turn by turn instructions and then you can choose a different customized route. That is, as far as I've seen, not very easy to do on an android based phone projection device.

I haven't looked for a while so there may be some apps that will help make these units act like a typical gps unit but I'm not aware of it.

I would find a used gps if the cost is an issue.
 
FWIW, there many 'Chinese' Motorcycle GPS systems that use the Android base with carplay, usually less than $150.
The ones I use (which appears to be out of stock) is a Win CE base and really have worked well over the years.
 
For a little light reading, get your coffee and stroll through ADVrider, where herds (and hordes) of riders are adopting these devices.
Most experiences are positive, but as Joe reminds us... they are not a GPS.
I run a dedicated GPS on my bikes, and use my phone for music or podcasts through a Sena.
 
3 years ago, I bought a no-name unit that runs CarPlay or Android Auto, to make it easier to respond to my SIL while riding. He always sends texts, instead of calling, so after it reads the text for me, I can reply using voice-to-text.

I run the Waze app that has voice input and I can alter the route using my Sena. The system doesn’t need phone coverage to navigate, since the iPhone has its own GPS chip.

Weather radar is nice.

ST1100Y said:
Besides that such combination/pairing will run down your phone battery in no time...
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I leave my phone plugged into a USB charging outlet while I ride.
 
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