ebbo said:
Exactly!Backmarker said:
HEY you never mention hiking! Well… it’s a little bigger than you might want for hiking, but you can’t have it all ways can you?fcasado said:
ebbo said:
Nothing can be more wrong! The 276C is, by far, the best MC navigator available for the users who love riding on small curvy countryside roads, in the mountains of Norway, in the Alps or on the gravel roads of Slovenia. These enthusiasts finds routes & tracks on web, download them to the PC, adjust the info and then upload it to the GPS. The 276C is the best device available for this kind of usage.fcasado said:
HMR said:Nothing can be more wrong! The 276C is, by far, the best MC navigator available for the users who love riding on small curvy countryside roads, in the mountains of Norway, in the Alps or on the gravel roads of Slovenia. These enthusiasts finds routes & tracks on web, download them to the PC, adjust the info and then upload it to the GPS. The 276C is the best device available for this kind of usage.
But 90% of the GPS owners never use the GPS this way. For them any navigator will do fine. Preferably one that is ready to use out-of-the-box as the TomTom Rider, the Quest2, or a GPS-module hooked up to a GPRS mobile phone.
You will be happy with either the Quest2 or the 276C. But you should avoid the StreetPilot models. This because the internal memory for routes & traces is insufficient in all StreetPilots. The 276C is better than the Quest2 in this respect but the Quest2 is still OK.fcasado said:HMR, that's exactly what I want the GPS for (Playing on the small roads)...
What the 276C can do that the Quest2 can Not?
No. It's the other way around - the advanced user needs a 276C. There are really no significant differences in the user interfaces of the different Garmin models. The problem is only that the StreetPilots have some stupid limitations.fcasado said:
HMR said:
chasr said:fcasado,
HMR is very strong in his views, and may well put you off a more suitable unit. His comments about tracks are well made, but do you really need them? Do you know what they are, and why they can be useful? I suspect not, because it is a 'power user' function.
He says;
'The 276C is, by far, the best MC navigator available for the users who love riding on small curvy countryside roads .......' No, it's not. Even the baby i3, if used carefully, can be used to ride those country roads. The Streetpilot & Quest models are perfectly suited for these kind of roads. Oh, and they come with the maps too. The Tom Tom sounds good as well, but I don't know this model.
'The problem is only that the StreetPilots have some stupid limitations.' Wow!
'in a StreetPilot you can almost not fit in the routes UK - South Italy back & forth.' Twaddle. I have an old SPIII, and it is perfectly capable of fitting in that route, and many others.
'the advanced user needs a 276C'. Double twaddle.
These discussion often degenerate in to a pi**ing competition between users of different models. The only reason I have posted, is that HMR's strong views might make you purchase a very unsuitable GPS. The 276 has its plus points, but then so do the others. You won't go far wrong by sticking to the mainstream 2610, 2720 or Quest/Quest 2 units from Garmin, and the TT Rider must be worth a close look.
'Now the things are getting a bit clearer!!!' Maybe
best of luck
) it's a good start! I had an SP3 until recently. It's a great machine. So are the other StreetPilots. The StreetPilots are sufficient for 95% of all users and in some situations even better than the 276C. In other threads PanEuropean has made many relevant comments about this.chasr said:
I suggest that you take a look at all posts made by PanEuropean regarding the 2610/2720. His opinion is somewhat different from mine.fcasado said:That's why I wanna read as much as possible before I buy and I do appreciate every single comment!
HMR said:I suggest that you take a look at all posts made by PanEuropean regarding the 2610/2720. His opinion is somewhat different from mine.
He's right in his opinion. And I'm probably right also. The 2610 is a stronger "navigator" and therefore probably better in urban areas. While the 276C is a stronger "moving map" and better in rural areas.fcasado said:
Dear me, thats poor news...HMR said:- I also found out that NO, the new more compact NT map will not be available to older units as Quest, 276C and SP3. Bad news!
- And, important, full postcode search is only available in the new NT map. Bad news. If this is important for you you should avoid the 276C and instead look at Quest2 or SP2720.
Still not clear to me if the SP2610 will be compatible with the new map format and if it will support full postcode search.
HMR said:
HMR said:A few more details & corrections of my previous posts:
- From Garmin support I found out that YES, it will be possible to update the preloaded maps of Quest2 and 2720 in the future. Good news!
- I also found out that NO, the new more compact NT map will not be available to older units as Quest, 276C and SP3. Bad news!
- And, important, full postcode search is only available in the new NT map. Bad news. If this is important for you you should avoid the 276C and instead look at Quest2 or SP2720.
Still not clear to me if the SP2610 will be compatible with the new map format and if it will support full postcode search.
schiannini said:
For real?
Who's going to spend all that money on something that is not updateable?
And what were Garmin thinking
I've been considering updating from the Navigator (SPIII) and liked the idea of the traffic update feature on the 2720 but if I can't update the maps then that's out the window!
HMR said:
