Beeline Bike GPS Computer - Velo 2 | Wireless Global Navigation Map | Weatherproof & 11+ Hours Battery Life | USB Charging | Sat Nav for Cycling with a Strap Mount Included | Glove Friendly

This is a simple but effective bit of technology. The box is neat and well designed, it comes with the unit, a connector base unit, and flexible bands for fixing the base unit to fix it all to the frame. Key thoughts. It relies on the phone app to navigate and track rides. I appreciated the simple and effective display. The turn by turn navigation was really good, a simplified map shows the key road junctions and it beeps once to get attention and then double beeps when you need to turn. Battery life is good, I rode for 5 hours and it only lost about 25% battery so I am confident that it would be okay for a full day. Overall, this is really impressive and an excellent purchase.

I’ve been using the Velo 2 around London on my Brompton, and it fits exactly what I need as a new cyclist. I wanted something small that wouldn’t interfere with the fold, and I didn’t want my phone out because London has snatchers. I’m not into stats or tracking. I just want simple directions. The Velo 2 nails that. • The size is tiny and never gets in the way. • The minimal design is easy to glance at while riding. • It uses my phone’s GPS, which works fine for city riding. • The turn cues are clear enough that I don’t need a full map view and perfect for just taking a quick glance. It's nearly perfect for me but a few drawbacks stand out. • You have to plan routes in their app instead of using Apple Maps or Google Maps. I’d prefer more flexibility, but it’s manageable. • The main navigation screen doesn’t show ETA. You have to tap through a few screens to check it, which isn’t ideal in London traffic. • There’s no Apple Watch support, which would make a quick ETA glance much easier. Price-wise, I think it’s crept up a bit too much. I paid £99, and I’ve seen older reviews calling it expensive at £80. It’s still cheaper than most cycling GPS units, but the device itself is pretty simple and relies heavily on your phone. It feels like it should cost less. That said, I’m still happy to support a UK-based tech company. Battery life is solid and charges quickly over USB-C. After looking around, this still feels like the best option for a small, simple, no-fuss GPS that keeps my phone tucked away and my Brompton folding clean.

Love this nifty little device. I cycled 30 miles and it was brilliant the whole way. It does take some time to auto reroute, a minute or 2. The beeps are helpful when a turn is coming up. I took a shared cycle/pedestrian path from Chiswick to Iver and it was so much fun. I was very surprised when I arrived home after the 5 hours round trip, it only used up 10% on the Velo 2 and 20% on my iPhone 16. Epic!!!!!!!!

Easy to use via the app. It works perfectly with my phone safely in my pocket or pannier. The mapping is clear, accurate and responsive to changes. Excellent battery life.

Drain on phone battery is quite significant (only about 50K on slow ride) so needs a phone battery recharger(with long cable) for long rides. Simple navigation screen and has worked well on planned routes. Struggled to record routes; seems to stop recording (especially at cafe stops) and you need to restart from phone app by pressing grey rectangle and then the green arrow. Have spent a lot of time with phone settings (I use a Samsung Galaxy) enabling it to work. Struggle with buttons which often don't work e.g. just switching on and off can be difficult. I often just let it do it's own thing and not try to change screens and it settles down. Like the simple info (distance, speed, time, total time and ascent) and the climb screens while riding are helpful. Am a big distance guy (12,000 mile per year) and have liked some of the routes produced from the app (I use 'balanced' routes);not too many cycle paths. Pros : good simple navigation; interesting routes; Cons: buttons don't work so well; recording routes problematic; lots of fiddling with phone settings. On a recent tour I did manage to share planned routes with fellow cyclists using the app & exporting to whatsapp. Like it when it works; wish buttons were a bit better - expect it won't last that long but not expensive.Old roadie.

The device is certainly a vast improvement over the Megene device I sent back, but the App and PC software are heavily flawed. And the device is nothing without the software. For long complex trips both the app and software are cumbersome to use with the base map being very poor, and the route choosing being questionable at times. The PC software has got an incognito save, ie I cant save my route!. the app being on a small devices with no physical keyboard is not as they claim the best experience, or shouldn't be. No where near really good enough for purpose. The typing in of a place name is laughable, and needs even a tiny bit of intelligence. If I am in Cumbria, my next waypoint wont be a restaurant in Korea. Was the software an afterthought? You'd think importing a GPX file would do the trick, after all the files produced by the OS software are very detailed, but NO, even in breadcrumb mode there are large discrepancies in some places .. maybe because a road has been voted as not a good route. Thats the way I HAVE to go. This really is not good enough probably because the programmers think they can write software that thinks it knows better than me what I want. Just keep it simple! copy the route exactly. Its only got 2 stars because it works better than the megene device I had. Add On. Reduced to 1 star. They have obviously been fiddling with the software because its now even worse. The web based software wont work out a route and there is no SAVE function - laughable. The app is fiddly to use if you want to modify you route. I cant get the NCR route I want. What a waste of money. Stop spending my hard earned dosh I coughed up on advertising and fix the software.

Excellent very easy to use the app

初めて使った時に、ちょっとどうかなと思いましたがルート情報をビープ音で教えてくれて、とってものんびり自転車で散歩ができます。 コンパスモードは、好きな道をその場で決めて走行できます。これいいですね。スマホの電池もなくならず。軽くていいですね。bromptonで使ってます。おすすめ。

Tengo un Gatmin Explore 2. Va bien, pero es tosco y limitado. Este beeline es mas sencillo, tiene menos prestaciones y es totalmente dependiente del mòvil, hasta el pinto que si no lo llevas encima, el rquipo no funciona. Tampoco sabe buscar rutas, hay que hacerlo desde el móvil. Si quieres que mida tus datos biométricos, tampoco vale. Pero si aceptas que vas a llevar el móvil, entonces las cosas cambian: es pequeño, es fácil de utilizar, las instrucciones de ruta son sencillas, lee ficheros GPX, se ve bien en todo tipo de luz. Y el precio. Resumiendo, si no necesitas la biometria, y lo tuyo es hacer salidas casuales donde a lo sumo necesitarás que te indique, este puede ser el producto a utilizar. A mi me sirve, y muy bien!

Routing options are pretty good, compass mode is actually kinda fun and helps you to discover new routes and also not worry so much about making the wrong turn and just head in the general direction (sometimes even faster than suggested routes). Accompany phone and app required to operate the GPS computer, which might be a deal breaker for some but perfectly find as I always carrying my phone with me on my rides. App is well designed and online route planner on Beeline website is a very good option, albeit still rough around the edges. All in, this is a compact and very neat device, especially if you don't want to mount your huge phone (I'm using a folding one) to the handlebar.

I did a lot of research about the Beeline Velo 2 before purchasing, so I didn't have any unrealistic expectations. I was looking for a cycling navigation device that is simple and streamlined, and without any fitness related functionality that I wouldn't use. I don't consider the Beeline Velo 2 to be minimal because, along with its app, it does provide a good bit of information. And the Beeline team is continuously improving its interface (for example the new elevation graph) and product support (for example the new silicone case), all based on customer feedback. The first time I experienced my Beeline Velo 2 was on gravel roads and forest service roads in southern Arizona. Using the Beeline app was easy and intuitive and recognized the entire route (mostly off-road) that I entered. The device navigated my path accurately and mostly in a very remote area. Its display is bright enough to see in direct sunlight and its audible beeps before an upcoming turn were easily heard and helpful. I read that some people don't like that the Beeline Velo 2 has to be used in combination with a phone running the Beeline app. Well, even if I was using the most advanced standalone navigation device available, I would still have my phone with me while riding. And I'm not going to mount my expensive phone on my stem or handlebar. I see the Beeline Velo 2 device as an extension of your phone, which enables the device to have a small form factor and be truly unique. I really like my Beeline Velo 2! It works for my non-competitive yet adventurous style of riding.

Aufgrund einiger "nicht-5-Sterne-Bewertungen" war ich ein wenig skeptisch, hatte mich aber nach einem absoluten Fehlkauf des Garmin Edge Explore 2 bewußt für eine komplett andere Art der Navigation entschieden. Ich wurde nicht enttäuscht. Im Gegensatz zur schon unterirdischen Bedienerführung des Garmin passte beim Velo 2 einfach alles: - Intuitives Interface - Spielerisch einfache Ersteinrichtung - Überraschend gute Kartendarstellung in der App - Sichere und auf 10m absolut exakte Navigation Ich hatte bis gestern das besagte Garmin zum Test. ich werde das Gerät in einer anderen Rezension noch bewerten. Hier geht es aber um das Beeline Velo II, und da bin ich äußerst positiv überrascht. Top: Das Beeline Velo 2 wirkt federleicht, ultramodern und einfach funktional. Die Routeneingabe kann gekoppelt per Beeline App erfolgen oder auch per Strava (nicht so meins und auch teuer) oder als Import von GPX-Dateien (z.B. Komoot). Insbesondere letztere App hat einfach die Nase vor bei MTB-Routen, das Beeline kann das einfach nicht, muß es aber wegen der Importmöglichkeit auch nicht. Der Import kostet nichts, die Route ist danach als Nebeneffekt sicher auf dem Handy gespeichert. Mein Vorgehen war simpel: Vorgefertigte Route von Komoot als GPX im Handy exportieren, in die Beeline App importieren und schon ist man startklar. Die Navigation - auch mitten im Wald - war absolut flüssig, Abweichungen abseits der geplanten Route führen aber zu Irritationen in der Navigation. Geplante Routen in der Beeline App sind aber auch offensichtlich auf Rennradsport ausgelegt: Straßen über alles. Die Planung also in Komoot. Die Navigation ist dann superflüssig in der Beeline App abgespeichert, die Anzeige erfolgt dann auf dem Velo 2-Display. Ich konnte übrigens das Display sehr gut ablesen, auch im hellsten Sonnenschein keinerlei Beanstandung, die Fotos zeigen das auch glaube ich deutlich. Wer hier meckert braucht eventuell eine besser entspiegelte Sonnenbrille. Mein Fazit - bisher: Tolles Gerät, sehr günstig und auf Straße ausgelegt. Wer wie ich Offroad fährt braucht eine andere App, von der man die Route dann exportiert. Das kann notfalls auch unterwegs geschehen, eine mangelnde Live-Unterstützung sehe ich - auch aus Kostengründen - nicht wirklich als Manko. Die Highlights - Schnelles und sicheres GPS, auf 10m genau, auch bei 50 km/h - Klare, schnörkelose Anzeige mit dezenter akustischer ("Piep Piep") Untermalung - Keine Sensorenunterstützung (Gottseidank, dafür habe ich meine SmartWatch) - Ausgezeichnet programmierte App mit erstaunlich guten Karten, schlägt Google bei weitem - Sehr einfache Erstellung von Routen mit Wegpunkten, intuitiv und schnell - Ändern von Routen durch Ziehen an Wegpunkten (Dreiecke), wie auf dem Desktop bei Google - Sehr niedriger Preis im Vergleich mit Garmin oder Wahoo und trotzdem übersichtlicher - Ein stylisches Leichtgewicht Negativ - Routenerstellung für Rennräder und Straßen optimiert (ist mir wayne, dafür benutze ich den Marktführer) So. Ich bin ganz offensichtlich sehr angetan von dem Velo II und vergebe 5 Sterne, ohne wenn und aber :) Das Gerät hätte meiner Meinung nach einen Red Dot Award für Design verdient. Goodbye ihr alten Platzhirsche Garmin und Wahoo. Aber auch so: Klasse Teil!