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04-16-2007, 02:52 PM
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GPS Units
Any thoughts on a reasonable priced GPS unit for my car and my bike?
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04-16-2007, 03:22 PM
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Dan the Man
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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!!
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04-17-2007, 12:11 AM
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I are not David Hicks
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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.
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04-17-2007, 09:19 AM
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Short Shifter
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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
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04-23-2007, 11:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by EvilSteve
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.
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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.
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04-18-2007, 07:28 AM
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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
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04-18-2007, 09:11 AM
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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.
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it's paid for itself by saving my butt numerous times
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04-18-2007, 09:24 AM
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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.
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04-18-2007, 12:56 PM
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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.
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04-18-2007, 01:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ronin_01r1
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.
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how much that one set ya back. Thats the one I would like to get if I have the extra cashe laying around.
Tom
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04-24-2007, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by tommymac
how much that one set ya back. Thats the one I would like to get if I have the extra cashe laying around.
Tom
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about 700
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04-25-2007, 08:17 AM
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about 700
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Thats not too bad, I see soem sites still advertising it for a grand, but if you looked around its out there for around 6 or 7. I am hoping it comes down a bit more by yhte time I am ready to get one.
Tom
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04-25-2007, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by tommymac
Thats not too bad, I see soem sites still advertising it for a grand, but if you looked around its out there for around 6 or 7. I am hoping it comes down a bit more by yhte time I am ready to get one.
Tom
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yea, i got it on pre order and i didn't see it anywhere for lower. i can't believe some places are still charging RETAIL for it online! wtf.
about the routing, you can do it anytime. i assume they have these features: you can browse a map and point to where you want to go, you can search by intersection, and you can search by specific addresses, as well as selecting from a "recently found" list and your "favorites" list which are places you've saved. can yon select destinations by a route you plotted ahead of time. i'm not sure if you can plot a specific route on the unit (i've never tried to either).
i think it's got pretty much every option you can ask for in a gps. the updates and maps are free. it's got blue tooth. it's got an external SD card slot. you can play mp3s on it and get directions, it's supposed to pause the music when it gives directions (i haven't tried using this feature since i don't really listen to music).
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04-20-2007, 01:25 PM
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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?!
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04-21-2007, 12:50 PM
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Dan the Man
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sonny
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
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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!!
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