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Title: Polaris HUD
Post by: MarkGU on November 17, 2013, 03:03:09 PM

anyone used/ using one of these?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsfkKdrg9S0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsfkKdrg9S0)

Title: Re: Polaris HUD
Post by: Patr80l on November 17, 2013, 07:27:11 PM

I have an iPhone app that does this.   Works great at night but without the reflective patch on the glass it's hard to see in daylight.   

Title: Re: Polaris HUD
Post by: GeoffA on November 17, 2013, 07:46:23 PM

Nice gimmick. I reckon it's something else to clutter up the dash.

I'll keep using the speedo.......

Title: Re: Polaris HUD
Post by: Pog on November 17, 2013, 09:33:08 PM

I have my iPhone in a holder mounted on the RHS of the dash in my Hilux with a Speedometer App running. It is linked up to the audio with Bluetooth, and sends an audiable alarm through the stereo when I go over a set limit.

It works well, costs nothing and is neat.

Title: Re: Polaris HUD
Post by: Davepatrol on November 17, 2013, 09:48:28 PM

Hey Mark,
You must have been duded when you got that Troll :-[
Mine came with a thing called a speedo ;D ;D :cheers:

Title: Re: Polaris HUD
Post by: Robin Miller on November 20, 2013, 06:44:25 AM

I looked at them Dave - and couple of other brands , but they had some small issues on a Patrol dash which was sort of rounded making it hard to make them unobtrusive and also in line with vision so close to windscreen.

Then I noticed that when I look thru windscreen you can see a fair section of white bonnet in my car anyway which can give better contrast so a small direct reading speedo placed on dash worked better.
You used to be able to buy these but haven't seen them in a while.

Anyway I had a small obsolete GPS with large speed readout which actually works better.