A heads up for anyone considering the new Montana 710

[Deleted account 250722001]

A small heads up for anyone considering the new Montana 710

I have just checked with garmin and the new 710 ONLY has GPS and Gallileo satellite receiving ability built in - Glonass has been removed!

If you are headed east, then IMHO you may want to stick with the 700 which is a tri-band
I have been unable to find whether the processor or any of the other hardware has been updated ...or not...

The internal memory is now 32GB and the USB-C port are improvements but not enough for me to fork out £600 for!
I'll wait for the 800 series as I think this 'new' unit is just an intermediate quick cash-cow.
I could be wrong so if anyone knows better- please shout!


Cue @er-minio for a !!

 

[er-minio]

I guess commercial agreements with Russia are not really going forward at the moment

I wonder if Glonass is still working on older devices. Haven't checked.

 

[Berin]

A small heads up for anyone considering the new Montana 710

I have just checked with garmin and the new 710 ONLY has GPS and Gallileo satellite receiving ability built in - Glonass has been removed!

If you are headed east, then IMHO you may want to stick with the 700 which is a tri-band
I have been unable to find whether the processor or any of the other hardware has been updated ...or not...

The internal memory is now 32GB and the USB-C port are improvements but not enough for me to fork out £600 for!
I'll wait for the 800 series as I think this 'new' unit is just an intermediate quick cash-cow.
I could be wrong so if anyone knows better- please shout!


Cue @er-minio for a !!

One of them never had glonass, maybe the ones with built in inreach from memory

 

[Deleted account 250722001]

Oops- My bad
the 710 can receive all three, Gallileo, GPS and Glonass. All functioning.

I was misinformed by Garmin-(grrr!)
Now having the unit, I can confirm this.
Apols- re misdirection

 

[Deleted account 250722001]

and before some1 mentions the cost- I exchanged my unit foc. Thanks G.

 

[PitaNaanRoti]

and before some1 mentions the cost- I exchanged my unit foc. Thanks G.

I’m heading that way.
700 & 750 both still playing up