Love fortnine videos
I used to have a Garmin nuvi (not the expensive zumo). Then switched to phone Google maps, now I just save my area offline and do audio only through my headset. But that's all on road riding. Maybe I'll try Gaia again. But I don't usually get super particular about my routes either.
I picked up a used Garmin drivesmart 65 that I 3D printed a mount for. One of the accessories for it is a backup camera, and since my sideview mirrors see more of my shoulder than they should, it might make a interesting rear view mirror cam.
In Australia on my 13,000+km ride I used a combo of paper maps and HEMA Offline Topo Maps. Paper maps are handy on long trips as when you're done with them, you can pass them on to someone else; less luggage. I brought my iPhone with me anyway but would leave it on aeroplane mode or just keep it off entirely if I knew where I was going. Battery lasts ages (several days) like that. Offline maps on the smartphone are handy for planning.
Now that this video will make it popular, that phone will suddenly jump to a price point much higher than $300.
That said, I also use a beater old phone for nav purposes. It was "free" to me because I already had it, and my cell carrier dropped network band support for some of the bands it uses so it's not terribly useful as a phone anymore. Whatevs.
I use AplineQuest for off road mapping, doing BDR's and such. It's a one-time fee to purchase the full version, unlike Gaia which is (bleck) yet another fucking subscription. Miss me with that shit. What it does is not worth $40 a year to me. AplineQuest can display waypoints, map layers, and routes (.gpx tracks) but does not support turn-by-turn navigation. It's fine for me, you just check and make sure you're still on the line on the screen every once in a while. You can also use it for hiking (which is probably what it's actually for...) and I do that also.
what i really want is a great off road ride planner with voice nav
OsmAnd is aight. I pay for Rever and its pretty trash, but one of the better apps ive used for planning. i just use an old phone as a dedicated adv nav
maybe what i want is for someone to explain how to set up osmand so i can have voice navs for an offroad route. i hate having a phone on the bars.
