Peteoz
Well-known member
I have finally found the perfect solution for my GPS, phone, music and FOBO communications.
The major catalyst for this was that every time I would upgrade the Garmin, I would start getting screeching static through the Uclear headset on both music and gps instructions.... bloody annoying, and Garmin kept promising a fix that never came. Sometimes, deleting and recreating all the pairings would solve the issue, and sometimes not......plus, I dislike boom mikes with a passion. There were several other reasons for the change but they were just minor annoyances
I am now using the Uclear Pro headset (no boom mike), iPhone 8 (running the Tom Tom GPS app that I bought for a song, years ago) where the Garmin 590 was, and new Lee Parks gloves with built in finger pads. It’s taken the “weak link” (the Garmin 590) out of the loop, reducing the number of bluetoothed items.
The iPhone is waterproof (IP67), brilliantly clear in sunlight and handles the interface between GPS, phone, music, KOBO and Uclear seamlessly. The Uclear Pro has great sound quality, and the above brow microphones are very clear at the other end of a phone call (not that I make calls when riding).
The Lee Parks (only gloves I wear these days) are unbelievably comfortable and you don’t have to remove them to make the single tap to change the size of the GPS display on the iPhone. GPS Map and software updates are done seamlessly on the iPhone, unlike the Garmin map, software and firmware updates that requires PC plug in and that I can NEVER get to work first go.
I’ll leave the powered Garmin base plate where it was for the next owner, as the iPhone on a mount fits nicely over it.
Not earth shattering news, I know, and nowhere near as controversial as car tyre pressures
, but someone may get some use out of it.
Pete
The major catalyst for this was that every time I would upgrade the Garmin, I would start getting screeching static through the Uclear headset on both music and gps instructions.... bloody annoying, and Garmin kept promising a fix that never came. Sometimes, deleting and recreating all the pairings would solve the issue, and sometimes not......plus, I dislike boom mikes with a passion. There were several other reasons for the change but they were just minor annoyances
I am now using the Uclear Pro headset (no boom mike), iPhone 8 (running the Tom Tom GPS app that I bought for a song, years ago) where the Garmin 590 was, and new Lee Parks gloves with built in finger pads. It’s taken the “weak link” (the Garmin 590) out of the loop, reducing the number of bluetoothed items.
The iPhone is waterproof (IP67), brilliantly clear in sunlight and handles the interface between GPS, phone, music, KOBO and Uclear seamlessly. The Uclear Pro has great sound quality, and the above brow microphones are very clear at the other end of a phone call (not that I make calls when riding).
The Lee Parks (only gloves I wear these days) are unbelievably comfortable and you don’t have to remove them to make the single tap to change the size of the GPS display on the iPhone. GPS Map and software updates are done seamlessly on the iPhone, unlike the Garmin map, software and firmware updates that requires PC plug in and that I can NEVER get to work first go.
I’ll leave the powered Garmin base plate where it was for the next owner, as the iPhone on a mount fits nicely over it.
Not earth shattering news, I know, and nowhere near as controversial as car tyre pressures
, but someone may get some use out of it.Pete
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hyea:......and you wouldn’t need the schmick gloves.....although I’d still use Lee Parks.:thumbup:
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