Friday, 24 July 2009

Satnav woes getting better

Coming home from Donington all I had to do was reverse the nice swoopy cross country route up. Trouble was that due to stacked traffic I came over all London Biker anf plunged through to such great effect that all of a sudden, and for no particular reason, Ethel and I turned up in Nottingham. Enter the latest Satnav goody - the Givi S850 satnav pouch. This is a bumbag with a plastic window + a rain cover with a window all of which velcros together and on to the bars. It even has a diddy zip for the power lead and a holder for a pointer pen thingy. In to this went the lovely Jane, MK1 Tom Tom ever, and off we went into a sudden downpour. Aha, just as with the Great Ziploc Bag experiment any additional film in front of the screen cuts visibility, 2 of them cuts it even more. Next I will try it in night mode and see if that gives better contrast. Good bits, it works as a holder and is totally waterproof. Iffy bits, as the pouch is expensive at £46 you may as well take the whole thing off when leaving the bike which is more velcro scrrching than I can really be bothered with. Also any drops of water that get in whilst scrrching it all together turn a funny milky colour and obccure the screen.
Either way I reckon it is a must have item for GS owners as it has Givi written on it in big chrome letters.
Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device

No comments:

Post a Comment