14/04/2026
After almost 2 years of travel living off my motorcycle, here is the gear I took on my trip that I found myself not using or just being finding better solutions with other options.
If you like having a chair awesome there is nothing wrong with that, if you like a moto cover amazing, they can be very useful, but for my style of travel I found myself rarely if at all using these items. The chair especially I sent that home like 5 months in.
The Trail Tech Voyager Pro GPS while quite luxurious at times, overall was a net negative for me due to the charging mount, and how difficult & slow it is to manage GPX files from my phone or laptop to the unit. Have a sweet route you planned and you come to a locked gate & have to change your route? Forget about it! There is no easy way of creating a large new GPX file route without pulling. On my Gaia app, 15 seconds and boom new GPS file I can follow and enjoy. I respect Trail Tech as a company and enjoy other products they have, but I cant recommend this to everyone. If you have an unlimited budget, ride the same routes over and over, & don’t mind potentially more electrical maintenance/issues, it could be for you. And like I said from a safety aspect it is nice having the additional safety of an additional GPS, but thats an expensive luxury.
I hope me sharing this can build trust amongst us, as financially it’s a lot more lucrative for me to promote the most expensive gear and the most amount of gear as possible. Sales commissions on 800 dollar GPS units are nice, but I’d like to create trust here where you know that anytime I am recommending things to you is simply because I in this moment believe its the best way of doing things. Even if it’s NOT the best way of getting paid.
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What gear have you stopped using or have found better ways of doing things? Thanks & Cheers my friend!