Originally Posted by
roadcrankr
It never made sense to me why people do not simply use their smartphone.
You already carry it with you and the Strava app works perfectly.
I hung an auxiliary battery off my bar to keep my stem-mounted iPhone fully charged.
It enables me to keep the screen on very bright every ride over four hours.
And, get this, never a hiccup in over 50k miles usage.
If you have a smartphone with a relatively good and reliable battery, it might make a lot of sense. On the other hand, I've discovered the hard way that aftermarket phone batteries are never nearly as good as OEM, trying to recharge on the fly can get interesting, and the family & business budget isn't quite extravagant enough to support a new phone for everyone every other year. On my current iPhone 11, I've mostly discontinued using RWGPS as it can drain the battery in a hurry. I suppose I should upgrade prior to El Tour in November, but we'll see how incoming revenue goes.