GPS Units
 

Any thoughts on a reasonable priced GPS unit for my car and my bike?

many out there and there alot of people that are fans to like GARMIN and other popular brands, so it becomes choice and price... the rest is what they may do but at the end of the day we only use a couple of features..


http://www.navman.com/


i have them, i have used them for years, free upgrades when road patterns may change, flash card memory, so you may load up any state or country you want..

i have used it in florida during bike week ( great battery life) to get around some of the trips i do and have used it on my bike here when i find or get lost on a new road, i hit the mountains, get lost and just hit the home bottom!! and thats that!!! place it on the cradle for the car with car charger and im good to go!!

good luck! its all about choice!!

I have a TomTom Rider with the car mount. Pretty simple unit, works well, can't get traffic on it though which is annoying. Otherwise it's really good. 5 hours of battery life.

I have a TomTom One which is almost the same unit as the Rider. Its has soild basic NAV with a really good price. If you are looking for just Nav functions I would recommend TomTom, if you are looking to do more with it like geocaching or topo I would suggest a Garmin unit.

Oh on a side note TomTom runs linux and there is an open source project http://www.opentom.org Who knows what there guys will come up with for TomTom

www.getfeetwet.com

I have a streetpilot3 (its an antique but works) and a streetpilot 2730

this for $400 is a deal!!!

http://www.getfeetwet.com/ProductInf...D=010-N0408-04

pick this up a few years back for $300, it's no longer produced. nice handheld i use in the pickup truck & the bike. also hiking around in the woods.
MAGELLAN MERIDIAN PLATINUM

it's paid for itself by saving my butt numerous times
GPS SAVE

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...e/gpsSmall.jpg

Motorcycle Consumer News did a comparison last month of four different GPS units. I dont have the mag here with me but I think the Garmin won.

Maybe you can find the article online.

i have the garmin zumo 550. i'm really happy with it, it's my first gps. i use it on the bike and the car.

how much that one set ya back. Thats the one I would like to get if I have the extra cashe laying around.

Tom

I'm looking at or around the $3-400 range. I like the NAVMAN products but the reviews on amazon.com are mixed.. I am diggin teh street pilot as well.

decisions decisions.

Who is riding tomorrow?!

ITS BEAUTYFUUUL

the reviews have always been mixed because people choose the name brand over the other ones for most of the time, good luck with your search!!

I have the MIO c310. Bought it for $180 on black friday. Seen them around still for around $199. Not a bad price. Gives me no troubles and hasn't got me lost yet.

got one of those too.. actually a VERY nice unit.. has alot of cool features.. a little quirky and you have to get used to it.. the directions sometimes are annoying.. once u get the knack of how the thing works its great.. if your a techie there are forums explaining how you can hack it and turn it into a PDA or put the TOM TOM or other operating systems on it.

Check craigslist. I got mine there for about $200....my friend bought the same one a year ago for $800...

I have one as well. You can get traffic but you have to pay for the service. My battery life is unlimited as I hard wired it. It also has bluetooth...i can talk on my cell if need be. Not that I advise doing that.:ohmygod: