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Old 11-06-12, 01:20
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WHICH bike sat nav

guys,, am lookin fur a decent priced do it all bike sat nav.. can ye put me onto any please,,, is all teh ones made for a bike waterproof.??? thanks.
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Old 11-06-12, 01:26
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do not go for the garmin zumo, get a tom tom biker II
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Old 11-06-12, 01:28
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Old 11-06-12, 01:42
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do not go for the garmin zumo, get a tom tom biker II
Why ?

Are you going to use topographic maps..
I use a Garmin nuvi50 5" screen .. I needed a bigger
screen now.. It works well with Topo maps...
Easy to load Lat/long way points from google earth
to build routes prier to leaveing..

Had a Garmin 60c hand held till I had trouble seeing the screen
it was a great unit , again worked well with Topo maps..
Very easy to do trail ploting way points while rideing then
load to a PC/laptop to build route maps etc...
as below..
http://www.advroutes.org.nz/index.html

I use a cheap Chinese unit in the car... works well
if yer just want to use it on the seal...
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Old 11-06-12, 08:49
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I agree that the Tom Tom Rider is a great piece of kit, pricey but excellent hardware with bluetooth and all that. Have been using mine for years.
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Old 11-06-12, 08:53
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am lookin fur a decent priced do it all bike sat nav...
That's like asking which tools should I buy for my tool box...



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Why ?
^ that sums it up.

You need to know what you want it for, as there are horses for courses. If you want to get from Home to Tescos, then the TomTom is great, if you want to go further afield, into the unknown, need proper Celestial information better mapping options (such as plotting your own route, us of OS or TOPO maps) then a Garmin unit is the obvious choice.

If you want cheap A to B and you are not to bothered about the route then there are �100 Chinese bike GPS's on Ebay that take memory map uploads.

Or there are the smartphone options,

Do you want easy to use ?

Do you want far away maps?

Do you want to rely only on a frail GPS signal from the sky, or do you want WAAS from land based systems as a backup?

Do you want to follow trails from other GPS's?

Do you want it for the car & Bike, or just the bike ?

Do you want the ability to connect to your phone ?

Do you want it to play music ?

the options are almost endless., you need to know what you want, then you can narrow your choices.

Personally, having used TomTom, Garmin, Lowrance and the Smartphone offerings, I would always go for the Zumo 550 on the bike, TomTom in the car and the Lowrance if I was serious.

TomTom is easy to use, but limited in it's functionality. The Zumo is the best all round offering, tough, reliable, flexible, but has a difficult menu system (until you get used to it) and is expensive, Lowrance is serious kit, if you are asking a question about navigation systems, then Lowrance isn't something you should even look at....... And Smartphones, in my opinion should stick to internet and making phone calls, but should never be relied upon.

If you've never used a GPS, or have limited knowledge then the obvious option is TomTom, but if you want to have trail information from OS, TOPO or Lat/Long sources then the Zumo, but you'll need to practise with it to get to know it.
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Old 11-06-12, 11:46
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Zumo 660 cradle

In my opinion the standard cradle Is in sufficient to hold the unit and they fail (one under warranty one post warranty). Maybe the previous Garmin Zumo 550 was a better unit? The touratech bar mount doesn't seem to stop the failure of contact points on the rear.

Map and compass is always a good backup!

Maybe it won't be long before a ruggard tablet and gps dongle will replace everything.
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Old 11-06-12, 22:17
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garmin zumo 660, but i mainly use mine in europe. will be using it in 6 weeks time can,t wait
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John I am sure the AA road atlas would do you fine.... .gif" border="0" alt="" title="Blowup" class="inlineimg" />


Excellent info Darren , I have tried TomTom and it was OK for roads, I found the Google maps/phone great if you have G3 signal if not it was worse that using your watch and looking where the sun is.....


If its for the UK you are unlikly to be any further than 200 miles from the sea....






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Originally Posted by Gas_Up_Lets_Go View Post
That's like asking which tools should I buy for my tool box...





^ that sums it up.

You need to know what you want it for, as there are horses for courses. If you want to get from Home to Tescos, then the TomTom is great, if you want to go further afield, into the unknown, need proper Celestial information better mapping options (such as plotting your own route, us of OS or TOPO maps) then a Garmin unit is the obvious choice.

If you want cheap A to B and you are not to bothered about the route then there are �100 Chinese bike GPS's on Ebay that take memory map uploads.

Or there are the smartphone options,

Do you want easy to use ?

Do you want far away maps?

Do you want to rely only on a frail GPS signal from the sky, or do you want WAAS from land based systems as a backup?

Do you want to follow trails from other GPS's?

Do you want it for the car & Bike, or just the bike ?

Do you want the ability to connect to your phone ?

Do you want it to play music ?

the options are almost endless., you need to know what you want, then you can narrow your choices.

Personally, having used TomTom, Garmin, Lowrance and the Smartphone offerings, I would always go for the Zumo 550 on the bike, TomTom in the car and the Lowrance if I was serious.

TomTom is easy to use, but limited in it's functionality. The Zumo is the best all round offering, tough, reliable, flexible, but has a difficult menu system (until you get used to it) and is expensive, Lowrance is serious kit, if you are asking a question about navigation systems, then Lowrance isn't something you should even look at....... And Smartphones, in my opinion should stick to internet and making phone calls, but should never be relied upon.

If you've never used a GPS, or have limited knowledge then the obvious option is TomTom, but if you want to have trail information from OS, TOPO or Lat/Long sources then the Zumo, but you'll need to practise with it to get to know it.
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