Thread: Igo for motorcycle

Hi everyone,

Just my two cents: I had a friend, biker as well, who bought this xRider a couple of years ago with noname logo on a well known chinese website.
Well, his experience was a bit more different than what I read above.
The device has worked flawlessly for a few months and he took it on several roadtrips around Europe.

The main problem is that it quickly showed its weakness under heavy rain...
For a water- dust- & schockproof motorbike GPS, it did not withstand the vibrations induced by the motorbike coupled with those of the roads. And dew found an easy way under the hood.
When the device stopped working in the middle of nowhere, he had no other choice but to fall back on his smartphone (not waterproof) with a decent nav app.

This is exactly at that moment that he realized that the best choice nowadays for an affordable motorbike GPS device was an IP68 waterproof smartphone.
And the winner was the DOOGEE S55.
It has enough memory and storage space for all the needed apps when travelling including of course first of all the nav app with all the maps for a complete tour of Europe. A huge battery and a super bright high res screen that is even more readable in the sun than the specialists G...N & TM..TM.
So... "What else"?

Unfortunately enough for me he gave me this return of experience after getting back from his last trip and I had already replaced my old MIOC520T by a MIO Pilot 15 (with protecting case)!
I read several tests and reviews from guys navigating only with this S55 model among which a biker who rode the tracks from South America down to Ushuaia during 18 months using... iGO Primo (a.o.) and confirmed that this little wonder never let him down even in the worst dusty and bumping conditions.

I am quite sure that when it comes to replacing my disappointing Mio Pilot this Doogee S55 (or newer model) will come ahead of my searches... for something like USD120,-!

I hope this can help some of you who are wondering what alternatives exist against the leaders of the "motorbike GPS".
Cheers to all and "V" to all the fellows bikers.