How do you find the rider 400?
I fancy upgrading but not sure whether to go for an outgoing v5 or newer 400 which seem to have variable reviews.
So far so good, I'm a bit anti-satnav to be honest, previously preferring maps, roadsigns and winging it for the most part - but that can leave me riding a lot of motorways if I don't have the inclination to plan ahead of time. About 50% of my purchase motivation was getting out of that bad habit, the other half was a roughly even split between actual routing features, speed limit nag / camera warning, recreational usage of it's twisty-road finder, and general gadget/customising appeal.
I got the premium kit with a locking mount - installation was a doddle, very easy to operate with heavy gloves. It tells me I've done 240.3 miles (avg of 40mph).
Upgrading the firmware added quite a few features like reordering the homescreen icons. You can't initiate phone calls from it, but can answer - this wasn't super clear in the marketing gumph.
The desktop software is a bit weak, but you do get a licence for an application called Tyre (which I hadn't previously heard of) this seems pretty featureful for planning longer multi-day trips, the unit itself also has a ride-to-route mode which I imagine will allow a nice balance of planning/playing it by ear.
In the past week it's certainly shown me some new/interesting routes between my common destinations where previously I would have taken A-roads/motorways.
