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Al,
my iphone would be my 1st choice but I would be afraid of high data charges while abroad as i thought the mapping software uploaded the maps as was needed via data, so if your using them for a weeks tour then its going to cost ££££££££££££££££? No??

I already have a ridermount camera mount (crackin quality) and I have emailed them to check sizes etc so I hope they will get back to me next week!!

Thanks for your options.........

Surely you will only need the sat nav for the last few miles could you not carry a home charger and use that

Me i'm old fashioned and use a map to plan my route then write it on a sticky note in my own short hand stick it on speedo then ask when i'm close

Yeah I know what you mean about the last few miles BUT for my 1st European bike adventure I want to have the confidence for the entire journey rather than having to second guess myself reading German/Dutch signs!!

The data charges while using phone GPS mapping abroad scare me....thus car Sat Nav!

I think I have sorted it with a Garmin car charger and Din socket!!!

Thanks for your info!!!

Good luck with your adventure hope it goes well

StreetFlatTwin wrote:Al,
my iphone would be my 1st choice but I would be afraid of high data charges while abroad as i thought the mapping software uploaded the maps as was needed via data, so if your using them for a weeks tour then its going to cost ££££££££££££££££? No??

I already have a ridermount camera mount (crackin quality) and I have emailed them to check sizes etc so I hope they will get back to me next week!!

Thanks for your options.........

It doesn't use phone connectivity to work. The iphone has its own gps in it. Leave your phone switched on, with data-roaming off.

The mapping won't automatically update if you ain't connected to a WiFi somewhere. Even then - you have to perform the update manually as you do with all apps.

That said - you should check (no idea how) that full European mapping is still included.

I think for your first tour - you should have a shot at mounting your Nuvi in a good position for quick reference, and give serious thought to protecting it with clingfilm.

Al

GRAgusta wrote:

Al

Sounds like a good buy. but be careful with "the whole of Europe". My ZUMO has maps for the whole of Europe. But last summer we discovered that the whole of Europe did not include the Czech Republic.

s'funny - my Zumo has the Czech Republic..........



Al

Mr Blackal
I use my car tom tom on the bike but when I replace it it will be a bike one to be used in the car as well.
What I would like to know is how do you rate your Zumo and can you search with uk post codes.,

Thanks

ned1 wrote:Mr Blackal
I use my car tom tom on the bike but when I replace it it will be a bike one to be used in the car as well.
What I would like to know is how do you rate your Zumo and can you search with uk post codes.

Thanks

Ned - I like the Zumo 550, and have kept it for a number of reasons in preference to "upgrading" to a 660.

1) It fits sports bikes better than the 660 - I believe
2) I perceive it as being more robust than its successor
3) I have invested a lot in mounts for it, and a spare battery.
4) I have lifetime maps installed on it now.

I "think" it only searches by first 4 postcode digits only (can't check right now)

I also have a Zumo 400 (bought super-cheap) but it doesn't have all the Zoom ranges of the 550 (200, 300, 500, 800ft, 0.2 mile), so I don't like it quite as much.

I honestly believe that the Garmin is a better product than the Tom-Tom, and have nothing but praise for the way Garmin handled previous repair issues on a Nuvi, and a mount.

HTH

Al

I also rate the zumo 550 highly, and I can confirm that it takes the whole uk postcode, I have my phone paired along with my Interphone F4 headset, and also an interphone Tribe radio, everything works seamlesly,from mp3's in the zumo to bike to bike over paired headsets or pmr radio. I too have the lifetime maps upgrade.

A great bit of kit that also comes with a car mount as well as the bike one,

HTH

Steve

Thanks Steve - It may have been the original mapping that I used, which only had the 4 digit?

If you go for a Zumo - you can get lifetime mapping for around £50. That's gotta be worthwhile?

Al

Blackal wrote:

GRAgusta wrote:

Al

Sounds like a good buy. but be careful with "the whole of Europe". My ZUMO has maps for the whole of Europe. But last summer we discovered that the whole of Europe did not include the Czech Republic.

s'funny - my Zumo has the Czech Republic..........



Al

OMG or should I say F***m*. I recognize that very well. We crossed the southernmost bridge four times and stopped beside the Sparta Prague football ground to unfold the map.

My ZUMO had street maps of Dresden, and when we were in Bruno showed streets in Austria. But in Czech Republik it showed grey graph paper, Long Lat figures, and a compass.

I wish you had been there to follow .......

Mine is Zumo 550, bought in 2008 with the maps upgraded once in 2010. Maybe I need the lifetime upgrade for other emerging teritories..... could end up in Bulgaria at some point