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<blockquote data-quote="macvette" data-source="post: 15215" data-attributes="member: 262"><p>I've had a Garmin Quest now for about 5yrs. It's mounted on a Ram cradle on my handlebars. The screen is smaller than current offerings but it is very accurate,reliable and waterproof. Like others I have tried earphones (the Ram mount has a connection for them) but standard Ipod phones aren't loud enough above 50. I suspect that the tailormade earplugs with phones as favoured by rock stars would cure this but they are about £150 so I just use the on screen directions.Some Garmins including this one come with DVD with mapsets on them which when loaded onto your computer (if you have one) allow you to load both mapsets for your region and detailed routes which you plan on your computer and download to the sat nav. I have found it excellent, having been caught in a jam on the motorway in Spain, I used the detour option and it routed me through the back streets of Malaga to the airport ( twice, you'd think I'd learn). Garmin send out emails when the map sets are updated, the last update for GB and Europe cost about 40 pounds. Unfortunately the Quest 2 is now discontinued although still supported but you can find someone selling end of stock. Anyhoo I can that if the new generation is as good as this one, you won't go far wrong with Garmin. I did a quick Google and found Quests advertised at around £140. Originally over £300.</p><p></p><p>Regards</p><p>PS They require 12volt supply if you wire them into the bike. The battery life on these is 20 hours and you can get a plug in mains charger</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macvette, post: 15215, member: 262"] I've had a Garmin Quest now for about 5yrs. It's mounted on a Ram cradle on my handlebars. The screen is smaller than current offerings but it is very accurate,reliable and waterproof. Like others I have tried earphones (the Ram mount has a connection for them) but standard Ipod phones aren't loud enough above 50. I suspect that the tailormade earplugs with phones as favoured by rock stars would cure this but they are about £150 so I just use the on screen directions.Some Garmins including this one come with DVD with mapsets on them which when loaded onto your computer (if you have one) allow you to load both mapsets for your region and detailed routes which you plan on your computer and download to the sat nav. I have found it excellent, having been caught in a jam on the motorway in Spain, I used the detour option and it routed me through the back streets of Malaga to the airport ( twice, you'd think I'd learn). Garmin send out emails when the map sets are updated, the last update for GB and Europe cost about 40 pounds. Unfortunately the Quest 2 is now discontinued although still supported but you can find someone selling end of stock. Anyhoo I can that if the new generation is as good as this one, you won't go far wrong with Garmin. I did a quick Google and found Quests advertised at around £140. Originally over £300. Regards PS They require 12volt supply if you wire them into the bike. The battery life on these is 20 hours and you can get a plug in mains charger [/QUOTE]
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