Sat Nav for cycling - walking

[fossyant]

Is it worth a post on a walking forum to see what they use. Cycling use it's basically Garmin or Wahoo.

 

[ETAF]

update

Thanks for all the advie and recommendations - very useful

been looking at various yourtube videos and discussed with the tech support guy at gpstraining this morning various options - great customer service

I jave now purchased the Twonav Roc with 1:25 OS mapping
Bag
out front bike mount

should be arriving tomorrow , by royal mail traced express delivery

I also get a subscription to tonline raining videos, and phone and email support , and if necessary they also use remote access - which i use when supporting my old customers on PC help

 

[Gwylan]

Stable door and bolted horses.

I've been getting to grips with Komoot and finding it useful.
Certainly less expensive, does my sort of cycling and runs on the phone.

Performed well recently in France, Belgium and Germany too.

 

[ETAF]

Stable door and bolted horses.

yep,
I had played with komoot over the weekend , and it does look useful as a few other apps that i have played with , and they do look useful

thanks

 

[PaulSB]

@ETAF once you've gained some experience could you report back on using OS mapping. I presume you intend to use this for route planning and navigation?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

For a self guided walking holiday I used ride with gps turn by turn on my phone and it worked very well. It gave spoken directions. That’s a premium feature. The company we booked it through provided the RWGPS turn by turn stuff to download onto phone.

 

[ETAF]

certainly will
i will be using the 1:25 os map as I purchased that as a bundle , an extra £150!!!!!
and have already copied my gpx files from the etrek10 and have made some new ones/found for the forest of dean trip in a couple of weeks

 

[ETAF]

well, I have now plotted routes on the OSMap GPStraining free online planner
Pulled in GPX i have found for various places - Devon, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Forest of dean, Scotland , Isle of Wight , Sidmouth and various routes around my home

modified routes, changed direction , created from scratch , that all works well and they load into various online apps OK too

Been on a few rides with the ROC and still working on the finer details - BUT it seems to work well so far
Will be tested in anger when touring the Forest of Dean in a few weeks , weather permitting

I'm now trying out the Twonav LAND application , a bit like basecamp - but as i have paid for all the 1:25K oS maps , I can use on LAND as well so giving that a go

Thanks again to everyone for advice and support

 

[Dogtrousers]

Too late for the OP (I hope you enjoy your new GPS btw) but anyway ...

I use my phone as a GPS a fair bit when walking. It doesn't have all the features a GPS has (but there's probably an app that does) and when I'm not looking at it, it's safely in my pocket - unlike a cycling GPS.

I have the OS app on there which has the OS maps that I have purchased on it.

Not great in very bright sunlight.

 

[ETAF]

no, and not sure what batt life would be like , when i go off to the Forest of dean, I will probably have a play with the iphone as well