Beeline Moto GPS Computer - Black | Worldwide Route Planning | Weatherproof & 30 Hours Battery Life | USB Charging | Sat Nav for Motorcycle & Scooter with Strap Mount Included | Glove Friendly

What a great navigation tool. Follow the enclosed directions; download the app on your smartphone; charge the battery; install on your handle bars or fairing; pick your destination on your smartphone; connect via Bluetooth; have a nice safe ride. I glued my mount to the fairing of my motorcycle and it has withstood the +110° F heat all summer with no problems.It works best in bright sunlight and is easy to read. I haven’t used it at night, but suspect it will be difficult to see. It does not appear to be backlit.The app was as easy to use as any of the other smartphone navigation applications I have used. It is very similar to Apple Maps or Google maps. If you miss a turn it will reroute you like most similar apps. It is much easier to read and interpret than any of the other navigation apps I have used while riding in bright sunlight.It has too many great programmable features to cover here, but I do like the direction finder mode, where it basically just points towards your final destination and lets you navigate to get there. It would be great for hiking or riding off road to keep from getting too lost.The battery lasts much longer than I am willing to ride. It recharges fairly quickly on its own special charger adapter. Having to keep track of that charge adapter is probably the only negative aspect. Hopefully, future versions will come with mini USB or Fire wire universal charge ports. Otherwise it is a great safety device; fun and easy to use.

I absolutely love this thing.I really don’t like hanging my phone on my handlebar for several reasons. First, it just looks tacky (yes, it does). Second you’re subjecting your phone to a lot of vibration, which can damage some of the sensors. Third you’re exposing your expensive phone to the elements, and lastly you’re risking your expensive phone falling off.This little guy solves all of those problems. It’s small size is unobtrusive and it looks great. It takes navigation data from your phone and shows it to you in a very intuitive format, all while your phone sits safely in a jacket pocket or saddlebag. Excessive vibrations won’t harm it. Weather won’t harm it. If it falls off and breaks you’re not out $700. I’d much rather have something happen to this than my phone. Battery life is excellent, visibility day and night is excellent, and the companion navigation app works great and handles reroutes very well.And if nothing else, it looks way better than some of the monstrosities I see plastered on peoples handlebars. That only is worth the price.

This is a different idea for a GPS. Minimalist display, no power cord or connections, and it uses your phone to do all the thinking. I bought is as a GPS for the motorcycle and was attracted to it's small form factor. It took a little getting accustomed to, but once I had used it a few times I found it easy enough to follow the arrow. The APP needs some work though. I find myself using Google maps to find places along the rout I want and then tying in the addresses. Searching, routing and functionality are way behind Google and Waze. I end up using Google to find things, and then enter the address into the BeeLine APP. Re-routing is a little fuzzy too. But overall I like it.

I have always hated being a slave to mp GPS display, esp when riding a motorcycle ! First off mounting a phone takes a bit of planning and mounting hardware, then there is the issue of actually losing it while riding rough roads or off road and of course rain. The total distraction of fiddling with display is just dangerous. This unit is so easy to mount, takes up zero space and provides just the info I want, when to turn and which way. My favorite setting is compass, just put in your destination and the arrow always points there and tells you how far away in a straight line. I don't care how I get there most days as I am just out back roading, just like to know I am headed in that direction. My expensive phone is kept securely in my waterproof jacket !!! Many waypoints can be added and it does accurately follow a route if you choose that. THE BEST for motorcycle riders IMO !!

It's difficult to explain all the ways this thing is a major disappointment, but I'll try to summarize it for you. First, if you try to create your own route using the app, you will find yourself unexpectedly diverted through industrial parks, residential neighborhoods and back alleyways. These diversions aren't visible on your route map unless you zoom in all the way to the maximum. Then, if the app even THINKS you may have strayed from the route, it tells you to turn around! And if you try to fix this by setting "allow automatic re-routing", it "re-routes" by throwing away your carefully planned route and substituting one that the app creates! So, this thing is of absolutely NO USE TO ME AT ALL, since I want to plan my own routes.Then, if you want to use the app's automatic routing, you'll have to be ok with senseless routing that ALWAYS takes you to a major city, even though it's far out of your way, before taking you to your destination. This characteristic of the routing seems to have completely ruined the "Fun" routing option, which is now the same dumb route that takes me through every metropolis on the map for no apparent reason.The last thing I'll mention is that even after spending a lot of money to buy the navigator appliance, they had the audacity to start demanding more money to unlock app functionality! No way guys! Forget it! I threw this thing in a drawer a long time ago and forgot about it. There's lots of other ways the Beeline navigator disappoints, but these I've listed will, I hope, be sufficient to warn you away from making the same mistake I did by purchasing this turd.