Garmin 2720 or 2620 Will they work opn bikes?

[Gaulois]

I'm thinking about getting a 2610 but looking at the Garmin web site I see there are the 2620 and 2720. Can someone tell me what the difference between the two is?
Also Will they work on a bike? A friend told me that they are affected by vibrations which will damage the hard drive.
Cheers

 

[Wizard]

A friend told me that they are affected by vibrations which will damage the hard drive.
Cheers

Spot on. Although, I think someone mentioned something about the later model 2*20's having solid state storage. If that's true, then they'd be fine.

Where's Pan European when you need him

 

[Kropotkin]

2620 has a microdrive, which gets knackered by vibrations, I've heard of people getting through 2 or 3 of them, before trading in for a 2610.

2720 has solid state memory, which is great on a bike, no problems. 2720 has extra features, such as TMC (traffic info) and a more "user-friendly" interface.

So, your choice is between a 2610 or a 2720.

 

[cookie]

i'm sure i read here somewhere that later 2620s have flash memory too.

 

[Twotter]

I saw Pan a month or two ago and he had a 2720 on his bike. It worked fine when I saw it

 

[RAM-man]

I saw Pan a month or two ago and he had a 2720 on his bike. It worked fine when I saw it

Agree with twotter, Michael (Pan European) has detailed this subject some weeks back.

As to mounting, the RAM-HOL-GA9 holds both 2610/2720 gps units.

RAM-man

 

[PanEuropean]

Where's Pan European when you need him

Sorry, goofing off, I guess.

Selmeston, I used a 2720 on my motorcycle (a Honda PanEuropean) for about 25,000 miles of riding this summer, and it worked perfectly. The newest generation of Garmin GPSRs - the 27xx series and 72xx series - use solid state memory for the maps, this means you could even put them on a Harley-Davidson and they would survive the vibrations.

However (I sure hope Garmin doesn't see me writing this, they'll kill me for it), if you don't need the speed camera detection and/or the traffic message channel support, get a 2610, buy a huge CF card for it, and you will have pretty much the same functionality for about half the price. The 2720 has a newer, somewhat easier to use user interface than the 2610, but the truth is that GPSRs have come so far in the past five years that it is getting really tough for the manufacturers to come up with earth-shaking advances from one product release to another. Think of it this way: Would it matter much to you if you were forced to choose between a 2005 Bentley or a 2006 Bentley? I mean, really, either one will do the job perfectly.

Michael

 

[kdude]

Sorry, goofing off, I guess.

Selmeston, I used a 2720 on my motorcycle (a Honda PanEuropean) for about 25,000 miles of riding this summer, and it worked perfectly. The newest generation of Garmin GPSRs - the 27xx series and 72xx series - use solid state memory for the maps, this means you could even put them on a Harley-Davidson and they would survive the vibrations.

However (I sure hope Garmin doesn't see me writing this, they'll kill me for it), if you don't need the speed camera detection and/or the traffic message channel support, get a 2610, buy a huge CF card for it, and you will have pretty much the same functionality for about half the price. The 2720 has a newer, somewhat easier to use user interface than the 2610, but the truth is that GPSRs have come so far in the past five years that it is getting really tough for the manufacturers to come up with earth-shaking advances from one product release to another. Think of it this way: Would it matter much to you if you were forced to choose between a 2005 Bentley or a 2006 Bentley? I mean, really, either one will do the job perfectly.

Michael

Well said... I'm ordering the 2610 in 06 or until the deep freeze is over with. hp

 

[iangough]

Just a quick note.

If you do upgrade your 2610 with a larger memory card, get a SANDISK 2GB. Not all memory cards work. Don't go near "Kingston Memory" - they cause intermitent errors whilst booting up, if they work at all.