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12-30-2013, 04:49 PM | #2 |
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I'm not familiar with either specific model but I've got a Garmin (nuvi 760) and it works very well.
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12-30-2013, 05:19 PM | #3 |
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I have a Garmin and it does the job. Never had a TomTom
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12-30-2013, 05:28 PM | #4 |
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I have a TomTom via 1535TM and have good luck with it. It's not made for a bike but you can figure out a way to mount pretty much anything on a bike.
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12-30-2013, 06:02 PM | #5 |
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the reason i'm asking is I was in walmart today and they had a display with either for $50.00
That seemed like a pretty good deal I think the garmin costs you money down the roar to update the maps where the tomtom is free,, so,,,,,
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12-30-2013, 06:58 PM | #6 |
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I think you just answered your own question.
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12-30-2013, 07:14 PM | #7 |
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How about performance Is the tomtom pretty good
I used the gps in my stereo on my nomad for 2 years and it worked great I would be willing to bet it was not your top of the line system though
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Keep in mind Don, that a $50 GPS is going to have its limits. Not sure the depth you plan on using your GPS, but if you plan on doing detailed route planning and etc, the least expensive models have their limits.
If you just wanted to see where you are and headed, without a lot of route planning detail, then a less expensive model would be fine. Another consideration is whether is it weather-proof. I had one previously that was not. All was fine until one day at the VBA National Rally in Maggie Valley we were deep in the mountains and one-hell of a rain storm hit. There was no way I could keep the GPS dry. It eventually stopped working -- at a time when we could have really used it. (Exceptional circumstances though...) I have a Nuvi 660 and it does allow me to download complicated routes, which is something I often ride and requires the ability to do this. There simply are far too many roads and turns to remember or to use a paper map. Lastly, you'll get a kick out of this. I just bought a new '14 HD Ultra Limited. One of HD's selling-points is the new "infotainment features" which includes an in-dash GPS with a huge screen. I will not be able to use the GPS because it only allows 9 waypoints per mapping. I have more than twenty waypoints just getting to the beginning of my routes, let alone what these routes have (which are dozens of waypoints). Like I said, the GPS is useless to me, other than having a big pretty screen to look at. I will still be mounting my Nuvi to the handlebars for my routing. I plan on sending HD a picture of it and thanking them for putting a piece of crap GPS on the bike.
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As with most things you get what you pay for. I just spent $500 on a new Garmin Zumo 350 for my bike. I was willing to pay that because it's designed for motorcycle use, it's weatherproof and it has lifetime map updates. A $50 unit is going to have very limited features.
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Cheap Bastard!!
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What Greg said.
I have a Garmin Zumo 550 and could not see using anything less.
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Well thanks for all the advice.
Being a cheap bastard I am not throwing $500.00 at a GPS I do understand what yall are saying about the better units and I would definitely like to have a bike friendly one. So I may do a little more looking. But I don't really need one with all those whistles and bells just need one that will get me from point A to point B. I am more of a, I wonder where this road goes kinda rider. I can go get totally lost then just ask the GPS to get me out of this mess. And it always does
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12-30-2013, 10:09 PM | #14 |
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The TomTom 1500 is an older version of the TomTom that I have.
The only down side to TomTom is the amount of mounts that are available. There are many more available for the Garmin.
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12-30-2013, 10:17 PM | #15 |
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No matter what GPS you buy if you punch in a destination and hit go, it will take you there but sometimes it will take you on roads you do not want to go on.
That is why we say it is nice to be able to program in a route on the computer and transfer it to the GPS.
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