Waterproof cover for phone!

[Gwylan]

@Gwylan those rubber phone holders are brilliant, damp out a lot of vibration. I use them on my mtb over very rough terrain & jumps without any problems. The downside of ziplock bags is that they don't fit around the phone/mount interface very well. The "sunslice" one I posted above has a rear central drawstring closure design, I've not found anything else similar.
OR you have to completely envelop the phone and then place it in the holder.

True.
Occurs to me that wrapping with cling film might be a solution
Not elegant, but it works

 

[BigSid]

How did you all manage before GPS? I never got lost looking up a route on a map. I may have "explored alternative routes" but never got lost.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Re voice directions - I don't do this myself but a friend I ride with sometimes is a fan of voice directions from Google maps on the phone, especially for "tactical" navigation where we are going off a pre planned route in the GPS. It works pretty well.

 

[Dogtrousers]

How did you all manage before GPS? I never got lost looking up a route on a map. I may have "explored alternative routes" but never got lost.

Frequent map stops. A lot of faffing. Never got (very) lost as far as I remember. To me GPS is a "nice to have" that is so nice that it is pretty much indispensable.

 

[presta]

How did you all manage before GPS?

Like this, the same way I managed after GPS:

 

[Pentti]

Just get yourself a Landranger Explorer map the one that's waterproof.

Problem is that it doesn't show you exactly where you are on the map at any given time

 

[T4tomo]

Like this, the same way I managed after GPS:

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looks the wrong scale for navigating unless your going by motorway!

 

[Pentti]

use voice nabigations with my phone in a dry pocket.

That's what I've been doing, but not as good as being able to see the map on off-road mtb, plus I have caught komoot saying left instead of right (and vice versa) on more than one occasion

 

[Pentti]

Occurs to me that wrapping with cling film might be a solution
Not elegant,

but it works

BUT - does it work

 

[Pentti]

And they are so thin, touch probably still works.

BUT - does that also mean that raindrops will still cause chaos with the screen?

 

[Pentti]

Thank you! That looks good!

Unfortunately @Cathryn they want the same price again for shipping to the UK - Group Buy?
I have considered buying a few to re-sell on ebay

 

[presta]

looks the wrong scale for navigating unless your going by motorway!

It's 1 inch to 4 mile, which is exactly the right scale, it shows all the minor roads, and covers an area of 18 miles by 22 miles, which is enough to keep going for an hour or two without changing. Anything larger scale is useless, because you need too big a map to prevent keep running off the edge of it every few minutes.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

For iphones there is a built-in function which will disable the touch screen (to prevent rain drops from registering as touches).
It's called "Guided Access" you will find it in Settings > Accessibility > Guided Access

How do you re enable it when the touch screen is disabled?

 

[Kingfisher101]

Yes but you sort of know roughly where you are unless you're really rubbish at navigation. I prefer the map but I'm old skool.

Problem is that it doesn't show you exactly where you are on the map at any given time

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Problem is that it doesn't show you exactly where you are on the map at any given time

That’s what village signs / signposts are for. Just just need to pay attention, not stare at a screen for divine providence.