Sat Nav for the Bike and Car
Discussion
Im stuggling to justify the cost of the Zumo, at the moment a the car kit for the 400 and 500 costs as much as a cheap system, and the 550 has blue tooth which im not bothered about..
looking at the zumo in halfrauds it looks huge as well, the depth rather than the screen size..
at the moment Im swaying towards a cheaper car model, ( possibly even a garmin) which has a bigger screen but much slimmer and more compact, and then bunging it in a tank bag..
the cost of the t
t nav and a tank bag is much less than the zumo...
good idea or am i just tight
looking at the zumo in halfrauds it looks huge as well, the depth rather than the screen size..
at the moment Im swaying towards a cheaper car model, ( possibly even a garmin) which has a bigger screen but much slimmer and more compact, and then bunging it in a tank bag..
the cost of the t
t nav and a tank bag is much less than the zumo...good idea or am i just tight
Tomtom Rider 2, good bit of kit but mine's currently back at Tomtom after 11 months use for a warrenty repair due to a problem with the mount. Comes with a Scala Rider bluetooth headset that works pretty well, though I connect mine to my autocom. The car mount costs about another £50 as the unit itself doesn't have built in speakers.
Essential bits of additional software for any satnav user:
ITN Converter allows you to plan your route on google maps and save it to your satnav, it can also convert between different formats, so I plan on Autoroute and then use it to convert it to an itinary file.
TYRE does the google to satnav bit and a lot of people rave about it but I've not tried it myself.
I also use Tripmaster on my tomtom to allow me to log routes (annoying tomtoms don't do this as standard), and if you're headding off the maps Offroad Navigator form the same site will give you range and bearing to your next waypoint.
Main reason I love satnav is it enables me to do journeys like this, which would have taken ages if we'd had to keep stopping and checking the maps.
Essential bits of additional software for any satnav user:
ITN Converter allows you to plan your route on google maps and save it to your satnav, it can also convert between different formats, so I plan on Autoroute and then use it to convert it to an itinary file.
TYRE does the google to satnav bit and a lot of people rave about it but I've not tried it myself.
I also use Tripmaster on my tomtom to allow me to log routes (annoying tomtoms don't do this as standard), and if you're headding off the maps Offroad Navigator form the same site will give you range and bearing to your next waypoint.
Main reason I love satnav is it enables me to do journeys like this, which would have taken ages if we'd had to keep stopping and checking the maps.
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