Chigee AIO-5 Play for BMW – Overview vs Nav 6

Bought the AIO-5 for my XR in November, performed about 15-20 rides with it now so figured I can provide an “preliminary impressions” overview. TLDR, very proud of it, no points up to now, utterly seamless setup and performance.

That is what I obtained:

It was on sale across the holidays for a fairly vital low cost, I believe I paid round 400 bucks.

I’ve a Nav 6, why change? Right here have been my causes:

1) Constructing a route in Basecamp makes me need to cry. I can do it fairly properly now, however we’re touring quite a bit and if I need to simply do an impromptu run someplace following a selected route, it is a nightmare on the Nav 6. With Android auto, I construct a route on Google Maps, ship it to my cellphone, click on the hyperlink, and off I am going. It is a minimum of 10X quicker to construct a fast route and trip it.

2) Nav 6 GPS is not nice. I would lose GPS sign up within the mountains typically, it might get confused, attempt to reroute me again to the street I am already one, and so on.

3) Nav 6 is not that dependable. I’ve needed to ship 2 of them again now; the brand new model appears to lastly have fastened the ghosting drawback, however the variety of points I’ve had, at all times behind my head “Will I be capable of get residence” if I am in an space I do not know.

4) Nav 6 is fairly sluggish in comparison with a contemporary gadget. This wasn’t a lot of a problem for me, but when I needed to regulate or discover a gasoline station/and so on, it was a problem.

The Chigee goes proper into the identical cradle, matches completely. The setup was performed in minutes, pair the cellphone, off you go. The display screen is nice, not nice, however good. I can see it in direct daylight. Could be good if it was just a little greater. I believe the Nav 6 may be a bit simpler to see however that might be extra map presentation vs the display screen itself.

To date, I am very proud of it. I carry the Nav 6 with me “simply in case” as a result of the Chigee is 100% reliant in your mobile phone and cell telephones are ridiculously unreliable, I simply need a backup simply in case (not had to make use of it but, fortunately). It is quick, simple to make use of, appears manufacturing facility within the mount.

Oh, and for these with “difficult” Bluetooth setups, the Chigee was no problem in any respect. I’ve BT connections on to my helmet and the BMW working on the similar time on my cellphone, no drawback in any respect with the third connection for Android auto out to the Chigee. I used to be actually frightened this could be a relentless problem, it has been something however, it is labored each single time, flip the bike on, inside 30 seconds it is mirroring the cellphone as much as the gadget. Very good!

To date, so good! I by no means use the Wonderwheel integration however I did take a look at it, works effective. Works effective with gloves (much like the Nav6, it is higher with out, however it does work).

As I am studying this, form of a boring overview. It really works, nothing to complain about, does what I need it to do and was useless easy to rise up and working (and, most significantly, is braindead easy to make use of whenever you get on the bike and trip!).

If anybody has particular questions or needs to see photos of it within the mount, let me know, joyful to attempt to assist.