User Feedback Shows Chigee AIO-6 Outperforms in New Product Performance

In the past few months, I’ve shared both praise and criticism of the Chigee AIO-6, depending on where I felt the product delivered—or fell short. What I’ve consistently aimed for is honest, accurate feedback that can help two groups:

1. Riders trying to decide where to spend their money
2. Chigee (or any brand, really) looking to improve their product through real-world insights

To that end, I recently ran a community poll focused exclusively on the product’s performance and user experience—not on Kickstarter delays, shipping woes, or campaign logistics.

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📦 Kickstarter Overview

The Chigee AIO-6 project launched on Kickstarter from April 5 to May 17, 2025, running for a total of 41 days. It successfully raised $1,288,565 USD from 2,450 backers, demonstrating significant global interest. The largest groups of supporters came from the United States (19%), Italy (12%), United Kingdom (9%), Netherlands (7%), and Germany (5%). The campaign attracted a healthy mix of new and returning supporters, with 1,208 first-time backers and 658 repeat backers. One standout aspect of the campaign was its free shipping offer, which removed a common barrier to international support.

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🗳️ The Poll: How’s the AIO-6 Holding Up?

Participants were asked to rate their experience with either the AIO-6 LTE or AIO-6 MAX, choosing from:

• “Works Great”
• “Minor Issues”
• “Major Issues”

Here are the results after 48 hours:

Chigee AIO-6 LTE (73 total votes)

• ✅ Works Great – 46 votes (33%)
• ⚠️ Minor Issues – 19 votes (14%)
• ❌ Major Issues – 8 votes (5%)

Chigee AIO-6 MAX (69 total votes)

• ✅ Works Great – 53 votes (38%)
• ⚠️ Minor Issues – 14 votes (9%)
• ❌ Major Issues – 2 votes (1%)

Combined Total (142 votes)

• ✅ Works Great – 71%
• ⚠️ Minor Issues – 23%
• ❌ Major Issues – 6%

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🧠 What’s a “Good” Result for a Product Like This?

🔹 Understanding Industry Norms in a Niche Market

Unlike mainstream consumer electronics, motorcycle smart displays operate in a fragmented, evolving space. There are no standard benchmarks or published JD Power-style rankings for rider tech with built-in LTE, CarPlay, camera input, and navigation.

So where do we get a benchmark? We infer “norms” from a mix of community-driven feedback, early adopter reports, and peer product comparisons:

1. User feedback from rugged Android tablet users

• Devices like Thork Racing’s DMD2 tablets, Hugerock, and Active Tab models used in adventure setups report:
  • 50–60% satisfied
  • 25–35% minor usability bugs
  • 10–20% hardware failures or serious issues

2. Early Android Auto head units (e.g., Pioneer, Sony, Kenwood circa 2016)

• Enthusiasts on AVIC411, XDA, and Reddit reported widespread minor issues and firmware quirks for years before they became reliable.
• “Fully stable” rates hovered around 60% in first-gen models.

3. Crowdfunded hardware norms

• Kickstarter’s own stats and BackerKit’s fulfillment reports show that:
  • Only 30–40% of early units work flawlessly out of the box
  • Many require firmware or hardware tweaks in the first 3–6 months

4. Comparable devices like CarABC, Aoocci, Alien Rider, and generic CarPlay boxes

• Lower-tier CarPlay screens tend to suffer from poor thermal design, software crashes, and lack of support.
• Facebook and YouTube feedback suggests many users expect some issues and are pleasantly surprised when devices work smoothly.

✅ So What’s a Reasonable Expectation?

Across this landscape, we can fairly say that “normal” feedback distribution for early motorcycle tech devices looks like:

Experience Level	Industry Norm (Est.)
✅ Works Great	50–65%
⚠️ Minor Issues	25–35%
❌ Major Issues	10–20%

Compared to that, the Chigee AIO-6 results exceed expectations:

• 70% of users said their unit works great
• Only 6% reported major issues
• The MAX model outperformed LTE by a notable margin.

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⚡️ Where Are the Pain Points?

While most users are reporting solid performance, the LTE model shows a higher rate of major issues than the MAX version. This is notable because the LTE variant actually has more features. Specifically, it includes:

• Built-in 4G/LTE connectivity
• A live data connection between the device and the Chigee Go mobile app
• Additional communication layers involving the cellular network, device firmware, and companion app

This added complexity is likely the source of increased dissatisfaction. LTE introduces a web of dependencies that don’t exist in the MAX variant, including:

• Mobile network reliability and coverage
• Firmware behavior managing the LTE radio
• Syncing between mobile data (e.g., phone) and device-side data services

The difference in satisfaction may come from reduced complexity and fewer points of failure for the MAX. The LTE’s advanced connectivity features are useful—but they also increase the chances of friction.

The “Minor Issues” group is worth paying attention to as well—often these are usability quirks, feature inconsistencies, or firmware bugs that could be ironed out with updates.

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🧠 Reflections: Iteration vs Ambition

Some users (myself included) have wondered if Chigee would’ve been better off releasing a more modular, iterative product focused solely on:

• A detachable 6” high-brightness screen
• Stable 60 FPS camera input/output
• Seamless CarPlay/Android Auto

But even if the AIO-6 may have tried to do too much too soon, the user feedback so far suggests it works well for the majority of riders—and that’s no small feat in a category where even “working okay” is rare. In fact, it increasingly looks like Chigee made the right call in aiming high with this feature set. For all its early quirks, the AIO-6 seems to deliver on the promise of an integrated, all-in-one smart riding system that actually works for most users—and that’s a huge step forward in this space.

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✅ Final Thoughts

The AIO-6 isn’t perfect—but it’s outperforming industry norms for a product this ambitious, and that’s encouraging.

The next step? More transparent firmware development, smarter thermal design, and continued user feedback loops like this one. That’s how niche devices like this move from “interesting first-gen” to “indispensable gear.”

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Have feedback, issues, or success stories with your AIO-6? Drop them in the comments or message me directly. The more we share, the better the ecosystem becomes—for all of us.

Photo Credit: GREGOR / 1000ps.ch