On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 8:16:47 PM UTC, Richard wrote:
On Wednesday, January 9, 2013 8:41:04 AM UTC-8, son_of_flubber wrote:


The Oudie 2 Lite is available and runs the free programs.



I have several customers that replaced the V2 with the Oudie 2 Lite and say the Oudie is a much nicer unit and when you finally get the cabling and power converters for the V2 the Oudie is less expensive.



http://www.craggyaero.com/oudie.htm


Hi Richard. It seems surprising that anyone has yet moved on from the V2 since it only became available quite late in the 2012 soaring season. They must have been really disappointed with the V2 to move on from it immediately, whereas I have not previously heard of anyone being disappointed with the V2/GliderGuider. What do these customers find that the Oudie 2 Lite does better than the V2?

In the UK, the GliderGuider comes for £265 including interface cables and carry case. The Oudie 2 Lite comes for £294, including interface cables but not carry case - in both cases plus shipping.

I bought a GliderGuider to replace my Oudie 1, rather than upgrading the Oudie to a brighter screen. I wanted the GG for the aviation optimised internal gps - more accurate positions while thermalling should mean better wind calculations, and better calculations of everything which depends on wind. I can see benefits of the Oudie but I would recommend the GG or equivalent to those expecting to use the internal gps.

I am generally very pro Naviter - excellent software and good support. I am using SeeYou Mobile on the GliderGuider rather than the free alternatives.