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Thoughts on the Chigee/Carpuride products?

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Anyone bought a Chigee setup and have opinions to share? The dang ads got to me. I'm particularly interested in what people think about the one with the front and rear cameras. Is the quality good? Is the screen big enough for easy navigation? Thanks!
 
I had a Carpuride 702B on my GS. 7” screen that fitted straight into BMW Nav cradle. It was good but after 6 months or so parts of the screen became unresponsive that meant you couldn’t use the search on Waze. All the firm/software was up to date & resetting it made no difference. Also any updates have to be done manually, downloading the latest update to a micro sd card. They have brought out a new model that enables the whizzy wheel on certain BMW’s to be used & I think updates are now done over WiFi but I’m m not totally sure about that.
So I bought a Chigee AO5 lite for my GS. This is a 5” screen that again mounts straight into the BMW Nav cradle & you can use the whizzy wheel. Much better quality all round with a more responsive screen that auto dims too (Carpuride didn’t do this).

My experience with these has been on my GS & as I’ve said both units used the existing BMW Nav cradle so no wiring was required. So I can’t vouch for them on other bikes nor on having to wire them in.

This may be of use.

 
Carpuride 603. Been using it since Sept and its flawless and responsive.
 

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Carpuride 603. Been using it since Sept and its flawless and responsive.
Ditto! I got the version with the dash cams.
Are you all satisfied with the screen size? My concern is glancing down at the screen and not being able to clearly see the map features due to a small screen. The 6" actually looks like a good size relative to the handle bars. At least that's how it seems from the pictures you posted, @ad78.

How about the video quality?
 
Are you all satisfied with the screen size? My concern is glancing down at the screen and not being able to clearly see the map features due to a small screen. The 6" actually looks like a good size relative to the handle bars. At least that's how it seems from the pictures you posted, @ad78.

How about the video quality?

For the screen size, the colors are rich and perfect for maps. What do you mean video? No plans to get killed. No video on carplay
 
Your plans for death are your own.. now when it comes to video quality of the cameras that come with the some of these kits, I'm interested. In fact, good way to catch someone trying to kill you on the road 😂 I saw a youtube review on the model you two have (Carpuride 603; specifically the kit that comes with the two cameras) and it looks like they can clearly capture license plates within at least 10-15 feet. Would like to hear about users' personal experience, though.
 
Your plans for death are your own.. now when it comes to video quality of the cameras that come with the some of these kits, I'm interested. In fact, good way to catch someone trying to kill you on the road 😂 I saw a youtube review on the model you two have (Carpuride 603; specifically the kit that comes with the two cameras) and it looks like they can clearly capture license plates within at least 10-15 feet. Would like to hear about users' personal experience, though.
Oh, i did not opted the front and rear cam. As i thought you are referring to videos like youtube lol
 
Oh, i did not opted the front and rear cam. As i thought you are referring to videos like youtube lol
Haha could you imagine the headline on that one? “Rider dies on I-95 watching Youtube video titled ‘10 ways you’re not riding to stay alive’”

Anyway, I figured it might be a good idea to get cameras given how people drive around us in the U.S., you know?

@Rambler358 any thoughts on camera footage quality?
 
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