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05-05-13, 06:03 PM | #1 |
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Which sat nav?
Im looking at getting a normal car sat nav for the bike, but i want to be able to upload my own routes on them from google maps, so what does every one think that the best one is or brand is
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05-05-13, 09:30 PM | #2 |
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Re: Which sat nav?
If you want to upload your own routes, you have 2 options to go for (which are compatible with the 'Tyre' app) TomTom & Garmin.
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06-05-13, 07:05 AM | #3 |
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Re: Which sat nav?
Save your money and buy a dedicated bike unit mate, I, along with others, made the mistake of using a car version then spent loads of dosh buying brackets, mounts and cases, when it would've been cheaper just to buy a bike version that comes with the mounts etc.
I personally prefer tomtom, I've got the rider v2 which can be picked up quite cheaply now. |
06-05-13, 08:16 AM | #4 |
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Hmmmm have to dis agree there, satnav case cost £14 (came with bar mount), satnav £30, additional mount for other bike £3.45 (free P&p), worked (and still does) fine for the last couple of years or 50k miles, OK database is only 2010, but not bad, and the great thing is it's less than £50 should anything happen to it.
How cheap is the rider v2 ? Cheers Mark. Edit, whilst you can't upload routed directly, you can build a route with multiple waypoints very easily on the unit itself (well I can on the Navman S90i I use).
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06-05-13, 08:52 AM | #5 |
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Mark, I'm speaking from experience about mine, had a tomtom go710, really good unit, not a cheap one but the vibrations eventually stopped it charging.
I spent £70 plus on ram mounts alone, tomtom is waterproof whereas a car unit has to be in a case. The cases reflect the sun, can be difficult to remove quickly and dont work very good with gloves on. Quite a few people I know would agree with the above too. |
06-05-13, 09:38 AM | #6 |
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Re: Which sat nav?
I have a Zumo 550, a bit long in the tooth now but still works. I know a lot of folk use car satnavs in cases etc, and it can certainly work and be cheaper. Bike specific ones are made for the purpose and just make life a bit easier. Pay your money and take your choice.
A useful Zumo owners forum here A couple of friends have Zumo 660 and are hapy with them. One has started using this route planner which is Google and you just download the route to your unit, whatever the make. He's very happy with it, seems very easy to use (compared to Mapsource anyway). I intend to give it a try but haven't yet. There are free convereters around which can change POI databases from one format to another, I've done this with no issues at all.
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Waterproof, not had a single issue and it's been out in everything from thunderstorms to ice & snow, being electronic I guess I'd have noticed by now if it leaked as to mounts, the cheap additional mount I got was from Hongkong, OK took about 3 weeks to arrive, but works fine, I agree you go with pucker RAM Mount stuff it can be expensive, but why bother when the cheaper one has held up so well ? the mounts I use stay on the bike and the unit case clips onto them, allowing me to detach in seconds and reattach as quickly. I've got no problem with spending money on the right thing, but once I find a function at a price I'm happy with; I just go and use it and turn what budget I have left into petrol money, satnav is useful for £50 to me, it's not for a couple of hundred. Cheers Mark.
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What ever happened to using s map and a list of roads and towns .
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Cheers Mark. Edit, but funnily enough I do keep an A5 map book in my panniers, old habits and all that.
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