| Author | Message | ||
     Oldog |
my poor old quest is on its last legs, I'm planing on some small gear up grades, a new GPS is an essential for me possibles tomtom rider 2 zumo xxxx nuvi comments and thoughts | ||
| Slaughter |
You need more specifics You want to bike mount it (need weatherproof)? Operate with gloved fingers (touch screen)? Want bluetooth? Want to play sound? Need vehicle power? Need good net community for routes and discussion? I'm staying with Zumo. Thought I'd want sound but after a couple times, it's just not worth the hassle. Waterproof is nice. GEt it dirty and muddy and hose the whole bike off including the GPS. (Message edited by slaughter on February 27, 2011) | ||
| Oldog |
yeah water proof or a water proof case sound is optional as bluetooth head sets are also spendy and not on the much needed list, I would like to have all of the farkles, but its too much $$, What I liked about the quest, reasonably durable, compact, moving map, great moto cradle, small screen is readable in daylight What I hated about the quest, with out careful setup of route, the trips could get real interesting, the flip up antenna is not working well,( comes and goes ) tiny screen, some odd routes, ponderous to use and required right hand operation of buttons, I looked at U4eh's Nuvi liked it ok I have used an older TomTom liked it too need a new setup I want to use it in the truck, on the X1 and the 1125r I have a ram mount and power connectors set up for mating to a moto power cable. gloved hand operation is want Must readable in day light fast recalc for many missed turns big screen water and vibe proof or a reasonable case to provide this bike power with on board backup updatable maps good moto cradle that is durable would like gloved hand operation blue tooth, would love a good wireless head set if such exists and is not too expensive I have no desire to talk on the phone while riding. Music for long trips is nice replaceable batteries possible off machine load of route on mem card or from laptop | ||
| Strokizator |
My Zumo can do all that (I don't know about replaceable batteries). Mapsource let's you do all your planning on your laptop. I've had a 550 for years and can't comment on the newer ones. | ||
| Chrisrogers3 |
Go with the Zumo. The 550 was the best GPS unit I ever owned. I have not heard much on the 665 unit yet though, it may or may not be worth the extra $300. | ||
| Froggy |
Get an older Zumo, either a 450 or 550. The newer GPS units from Garmin are getting more and more dumbed down, before you know it, they won't even let you input where you want to go. What sucks is out of the 8 GPS units I own, I am yet to find any that work better than Garmin. | ||
| Pwnzor |
I have a Garmin Nuvi 265WT. It's pretty good, but like most dedicated GPS units I've tried, it sometimes wants to have me do random U-turns, take a side street and then come back to the same road I was on. I have to leave the Navteq traffic turned OFF, because it is NEVER right. The traffic camera thing is useless as well. Nothing I have ever seen can beat the Droid with Google Navigation. Hands down, the best, most accurate, most complete, accurate traffic and weather overlays with satellite imagery. HOWEVER, if there is no 3G signal, you can forget using it. So I have the Nuvi as backup. | ||
| Slaughter |
Zumo 450 can be picked up CHEAP now. No bluetooth but can support headphones. (though I just find it better to just RIDE than listen AND RIDE) Waterproof. Superb use with gloved hand. HUGE user community. Supposedly Costco is selling a lower price Garmin system which is also waterproof... you'd have to google that one - but it IS a Garmin and is (if I recall) about $250... and I THINK it was a Nuvi of some form. | ||
| Slaughter |
The Nuvi 550 IS waterproof (but not at Costco). Not sure how mounts though. Zumo has good powered mounts that are waterproof... but will cost at least a $200 more. | ||
| Ratbuell |
I got her a Nuvi for the car, seems to work nicely. Still use my Quest II, got cradles in the Jeep and on every handlebar except the M2L. When/if yours finally gets retired, let me know - I'll give ya a couple bucks for it for spares to keep mine alive (and to add another cradle to the fleet!)  | ||
| Iamike |
Here's a cycle specific one that Radio Shack sells. I'm sure it isn't Garmin quality but a lot cheaper. http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?produc tId=10868306&retainProdsInSession=1#tabsetBasic |
