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Tablet for South America Navigation?

Hi All,

Longtime Adventure rider, but fairly new to the HUBB. I am planning a solo Virginia-Ushuaia ride in 2022 on my R1200GS and I am looking at navigation options. My cell phone with offline Maps.me as well as a Garmin Inreach will be my backups.

I currently have a BMW Nav6 on the bike and it is the 3rd one after the previous 2 failed, so I don't trust it and don't want to use it. I considered borrowing the Garmin 276CX I have on my other bike, but, at this point, I am not even sure I want to go with a Garmin at this point.

I am thinking of going with a Carpe Iter tablet and I am wondering if anyone has any experience with it? They are set up for adventure riding and can download OSM maps directly with a wifi hookup. I've been looking at the website and it seems to be a decent, albeit a little expensive, option. https://carpe-iter.com

Thoughts?

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Originally Posted by Advmotoman (Post 622730)

Welcome to HU!

I keep looking at the Carpe tab too, it looks great, I want it, but the price... at over £1000 all in with mounts and controller, it's a premium product and does everything you could ever want, but the price...
If you've got the money and want it, I think it's an easy option.

The cell phone with Maps.me will work well, we have a Garmin GPSmap 64 which we use for reference (i.e. to know where we are, not for navigation). It's small and light and has done a good job for us in South America, Africa, and Australia.

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Originally Posted by Grant Johnson (Post 622732)

Thanks for the feedback. Glad to see someone else thinks its a good option. I really have not seen many tablets on bikes in the US, but it seems to be catching on in Europe. My other bike, an AJP PR7, came with a Samsung tablet on the Nav tower, but I got rid of it as it wasn't very rugged and it was an older model and didn't have good memory. I think the Carpe Iter, with a mount on each bike, could be a good interchangeable option. I like the fact that you can hook it into the diagnosis port as well and see your engine health, using the Drive Mode app.

I'll post here if I buy one and write a review.

-Brett