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    Senior Member VStarRider's Avatar
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    Garmins 595 on sale and a new app question

    FYI: The Garmin 595 and 396 are on sale on RevZilla...both $100 off. Great deal.

    I was just about to pull the trigger when I opened up the newest Roadrunner mag and read a note from the editor about a new subscription app they have called Roadrunner Rides. According to the editor, for $60/year, you can tap into their 500 pre-planned routes that have been featured in their magazine, track your ride, and plan your route with turn by turn directions, plus some other stuff ... and its interface is supposedly much easier to use on your phone rather than a GPS unit.

    I downloaded the app and want to try it out to see if it can legitimately replace the Garmin 595 I want to buy.

    Has anyone used it to date, and if so, thoughts?
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    This sounds interesting. Please let us know how it goes. Is there a lite version of the app to try first?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bighutch14 View Post
    This sounds interesting. Please let us know how it goes. Is there a lite version of the app to try first?
    The yearly subscription comes with a two-week free trial. I will try it out and report back to see if it is worth it. I will be using it my car, however ... salt and sand still interfering with the second ride of the new year.
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    I see that Wingstuff now has the same units on sale for the same prices. It must be a promotion of some kind by Garmin.

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    The places and roads I prefer to ride, phone gps' and signals get lost. A satellite based gps works much better than a phone gps, imo. I would think the app needs your gps on, I just wonder how well that would work on remote rides?

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    Quote Originally Posted by STRaider View Post
    The places and roads I prefer to ride, phone gps' and signals get lost. A satellite based gps works much better than a phone gps, imo. I would think the app needs your gps on, I just wonder how well that would work on remote rides?
    Phone based GPS uses the same signal as a stand-alone GPS unit. I know I am able to use GPS-based only apps on my iPhone when no data or voice signal is available.

    This app claims to not need a data signal, only GPS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by VStarRider View Post
    Phone based GPS uses the same signal as a stand-alone GPS unit. I know I am able to use GPS-based only apps on my iPhone when no data or voice signal is available.

    This app claims to not need a data signal, only GPS.
    My android phone gps loses signal quite frequently, even in the middle of Dallas/Ft Worth.

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    WRT android phone location and Google Maps, my experience is that the phone GPS does use the same satellite signals as a dedicated GPS unit (plus some other BT & WiFi known marks), BUT...the phone needs to have its "over the wavelengths data access" available as well to get the mapping information whereas a dedicated GPS stores all its maps internally.

    Solution: downloading maps of an area to your android phone takes memory space, but will not leave you stranded if your provider doesn't have coverage.

    STRaider - I experience the same thing when I visit my folks in Addison, but since I started downloading maps of the DFW area, I've had no issues.

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    You are correct, sir!

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    Quote Originally Posted by WingStuff.com View Post
    You are correct, sir!
    I like being correct!
    Especially when a business validates it!!!
    Thank you!

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