Garmin 2720

[Deleted account 250319001]

Mind you it's no 2820 or Zumo

I thought the only diff between the 2720 and the 2820 was the bluetooth on the 2820

 

[SMcGirr]

Yep

Younger brother who lives in the US of A had one and posted it to me! Import duty was £40 and when I switched it on it didn't have UK maps only US ones. Upgrade to UK would have cost about £600 ! Pressed "home" on it and it said, Drive West, 3,560 miles! Sent it back to bruv cost me another £45 for feck all.

 

[ampthill]

I thought the only diff between the 2720 and the 2820 was the bluetooth on the 2820

IIRC I think the 2820 has a much larger track log capacity - can be useful for seeing where you got to when you get home from longer continental trips.

Peter

 

[st13phil]

One tip... Don't upgrade to Unit Software v7.00 unless you really, really, want the qwerty keyboard because v7.00 screws up the address presentation on a UK postcode search. It finds the location ok, it just doesn't tell you what the address is anymore

Pleased to say that Garmin have now released v7.10 of the Unit Software that solves this problem, so I now have a QWERTY keyboard and the UK postcode search results still presents the address properly

IIRC I think the 2820 has a much larger track log capacity - can be useful for seeing where you got to when you get home from longer continental trips.

Peter

Though it was never publicised, one of the 2720 Unit Software revisions many moons ago increased the tracklog size to the same as that for the 2820, i.e. either 10,000 or 20,000 points - I can't remember which

 

[Blackal]

2720 for bikes?...............

I understood that the 2720 used a 2GB microdrive, rather than flash memory - and hence was susceptible to vibration from a bike?



I guess I'm a bit late with this, but you will possibly need to be careful how you mount it?

Al

 

[st13phil]

I understood that the 2720 used a 2GB microdrive, rather than flash memory - and hence was susceptible to vibration from a bike?

I guess I'm a bit late with this, but you will possibly need to be careful how you mount it?

Al

It's the 2620 that used a microdrive. The 2720 is all solid-state RAM and just as vibration resisitant as the 2610, 2820, Quest and Zumo.

 

[Blackal]

Oops!

MNC list it as being microdrive

http://www.mynewcheap.co.uk/products/details/garmin-streetpilot-2720-sat-nav/7679/

Oh well.............

Al

 

[sven]

Starting to come down in price now http://www.blokesstuff.com/Product....pilot_2720_UK/Europe_&_America&ProductID=1122

A Zumo 500 Delux is cheaper though and has a better spec for the average user.

 

[Deleted account 250319001]

Starting to come down in price now http://www.blokesstuff.com/Product....pilot_2720_UK/Europe_&_America&ProductID=1122

A Zumo 500 Delux is cheaper though and has a better spec for the average user.

£374.99

I paid £700 for mine

 

[st13phil]

Starting to come down in price now http://www.blokesstuff.com/Product....pilot_2720_UK/Europe_&_America&ProductID=1122

A Zumo 500 Delux is cheaper though and has a better spec for the average user.

No surprise that the price of the SP2720 has dropped as it's now a "legacy", or obsolete, unit.

Disagree about the Zumo 500 being a better spec though because it has no European maps, no car kit etc. Mind you, for £40 more than the SP2720 (most of which you'd have to spend on the SP2720 bike mount), the Zumo 550 at circa £415 does make more sense, IMO.

 

[sven]

The Zumo 500 Deluxe comes with Euro maps on DVD and a large SD card to upload them (and MP3 tracks) costs peanuts nowadays...

A car kit's no use to me - I don't own a car

 

[st13phil]

The Zumo 500 Deluxe comes with Euro maps on DVD and a large SD card to upload them (and MP3 tracks) costs peanuts nowadays...

I though the 500 was just UK and Ireland mapping, while the 550 included CN Europe

A car kit's no use to me - I don't own a car

Hadn't thought of that

 

[sven]

I though the 500 was just UK and Ireland mapping, while the 550 included CN Europe

The 500 Deluxe is preloaded with UK & Ireland maps and comes with the Euro DVD and unlock code.

The 550 comes with the Euro maps preloaded + car kit + text-to-speech for the extra £80 or so.

 

[LTGTR]

Refurbished 2720s w/1 year guarantee by Garmin

Thanks to those wiht the 2720's and your comments. Searching the 'net it seems that the 2720 has now been discontinued in favour of the 2820. e-Bay doesn't have any of either showing so I'll have search around the net a bit more.
Thanks again
Steve

w/V8(current) maps run USD275.Downside-North america maps!
John