Using an in-car GPS on a bike?

[nerrrd]

Here's what I use. Waterproof mount off Trade me from trader in ChCh and power socket from marine parts supplier also a Trade me dealer.

Looks good. Is it this case? http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-590189352.htm. Have you had any problems with water getting in?

[Magnum Noel]

Yep thats the one. Only had it out in light rain with no leakage. Power/USB cable enters from the bottom through rubber flaps so provided unit is on a reasonable angle all should be good.

[nerrrd]

So I tried to order the Givi case (thought the mount looked more substantial), first it was going to be next week, then three weeks, then September...cancelled the order and happened to see a RAM aqua box on amazon for around the same price, one week later it's here.

There's something wrong with this picture isn't there? Not worth the local distributor's time for a smallish item? Last time I ordered a Givi product (top box mount) I waited two months for it not to arrive, then ordered one from the UK and it was here in a week as well.

Anyway ended up getting a Sony Xperia Acro S phone, 'sposed to be water and dust proof on its own so the aqua box is overkill really, but it looked more secure than a zip-up case (can be padlocked shut). Seemed a good deal for a smartphone.

[nerrrd]

So, 6 months later and here's my experience with the aquabox and sony xperia acro: not great, really.

First the aquabox: It's pretty substantial, but I found the touch sensitive transparent membrane that came with the box virtually useless for 2 reasons:

- it's not completely flat, and the wavy surface makes the screen really hard to read if there's any sort of glare on it (which there always is).
- the fact that it isn't flat on the surface of the phone means I can't scroll through it, since pressing hard enough to get the membrane to consistently stay in contact confuses the touch screen (this may well be an issue with the sony screen I s'pose)

I've made an aluminium insert with a cutout and glued a flat piece of transparent plastic cut from a document wallet to the back of it to replace the wavy membrane in order to get the touch screen to work reliably.

BUT...the phone itself can't seem to handle having gps, wifi, bluetooth, mobile data and the brightness turned up all at the same time when set up in the aquabox (and charging from the usb accessory socket I have hooked up to the battery).

It'll work for a while, but the phone battery drains faster than the accessory socket can recharge it (meaning using google maps to navigate can only be done in shortish bursts - if the phone is idling the accessory socket will charge it no problem.) Plus the phone freezes sometimes in the box, and gets very hot.

So all up, turned out to be a less than ideal solution. Not sure what to try next.

[Icemaestro]

Lifeproof case and bike mount I have for an iphone, dunno if they make them for your phone? But the case is waterproof, I use it every day, just slots In and out of the mount in 2 seconds


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[nerrrd]

Lifeproof case and bike mount I have for an iphone, dunno if they make them for your phone? But the case is waterproof, I use it every day, just slots In and out of the mount in 2 seconds


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Sounds like a great set up, my phone is supposed to be reasonably water/dust/shock proof by itself, might look into a holder rather than a case.