Originally Posted by
Steve B.
Begs the question of for touring, do you need an on-the-bar navigation device ?. If not and the next turn is in 10 miles then the occasional glance at the screen might suffice. But I agree that to use in the rain you need an expensive waterproof case and the phone is still hard to read in sunlight. My iPhone 8 is impossible to read in sunlight and I’d not want that on my h-bar.
Do you need an on-the-bar navigation device? For me, I really like it because I get easily distracted and miss turns.
I've only done one very short tour, so my experience is minimal. But just today, my wife and I were heading home from a remote hiking location in Palatka, FL. She couldn't get our location from her phone while we were driving home on some of those remote back roads. I'd feel a lot more vulnerable on a bike in that situation.