IPad, Bad Elf and Navionics

[Mistroma]

Wow - you are correct. I suppose the product is really in the cash cow stage of the product cycle. I bought a few years ago at £70.

It would be more cost effective to by a second hand iPad Air 2 (WiFi +Cellular) you can get them around the £200 price point.

Even £70 sounds expensive. Pretty certain my 2 ancient Bluetooth dongles were only about £20 and they worked well either wired or Bluetooth. First fix time, update freq. and accuracy were all fine.

I agree that a newer device makes more sense if £158 really is the best price. I'd consider a cheap new Android tablet without SIM capability. I imagine an 8" or 10" model with decent GPS would be around £100. It could be used as dedicated nav. kit on the boat. Main worry for me would be migrating Navionics charts from iOS device to Android. I suspect that would entail paying again and make this option much less attractive.

 

[NormanB]

Well expensive is not a precise definition £20 for Bluetooth - I had a Hillman Husky that cost less than that.;-)

You cannot migrate the licence from IOS to Android (or vice versa) so that would be an additional cost.

 

[steve yates]

Garmin glo was about £90? does same job

 

[Mistroma]

Well expensive is not a precise definition £20 for Bluetooth - I had a Hillman Husky that cost less than that.;-)

You cannot migrate the licence from IOS to Android (or vice versa) so that would be an additional cost.

I thought as much about migrating the licence but just a guess. Paying £20 for a Hillman Husky sounds a lot better value than £90-£160 for a GPS.

I had an Imp, fond memories but alloy head was prone to warping. My wife's mother had the Singer Chamois coupé version with sloping rear window.

 

[NormanB]

Garmin glo was about £90? does same job

I bet you are still drinking beer at 11d a pint.
Looking on Amazon the Garmin Glo is well north of £200

 

[Simon__]

I bet you are still drinking beer at 11d a pint.
Looking on Amazon the Garmin Glo is well north of £200

That’s a private seller - I paid £85 from Amazon last year and on google it’s as low as £80.

 

[NormanB]

Ok?

 

[De.windhoos]

Even £70 sounds expensive. Pretty certain my 2 ancient Bluetooth dongles were only about £20 and they worked well either wired or Bluetooth. First fix time, update freq. and accuracy were all fine.

Not on an iPad. The only 2 GPS dongles that I know of that work with an iPad are the Bad Elf and the Glo.

 

[Mistroma]

Not on an iPad. The only 2 GPS dongles that I know of that work with an iPad are the Bad Elf and the Glo.

I suppose I should have guessed as much. I have dirt cheap wired and Bluetooth GPS working on Linux, Windows 7 & 10, Android (misc. versions), Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Too much to expect Apple devices wouldn't be limited to something a lot more expensive.

 

[Buck Turgidson]

Not on an iPad. The only 2 GPS dongles that I know of that work with an iPad are the Bad Elf and the Glo.

Any bluetooth GPS source will work fine. I use my Garmin in reach for position, SOG, COG and heading.

Here is one for $23 https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-TomTom-MKII-Bluetooth-Wireless-GPS-Receiver-SiRF-Star-III-3-StarIII-9T00-001/251489190195?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D55992%26meid%3Db717c6deb7004bb3a591e6520ff32569%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D251489230677%26itm%3D251489190195&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

 

[Buck Turgidson]

I suppose I should have guessed as much. I have dirt cheap wired and Bluetooth GPS working on Linux, Windows 7 & 10, Android (misc. versions), Raspberry Pi and Arduino. Too much to expect Apple devices wouldn't be limited to something a lot more expensive.

He's talking rubbish.