BigBadBen
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Quests are £349 inc on the PC World website.
Anyone got any promo codes to bring it even lower?
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Anyone got any promo codes to bring it even lower?
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Jimb
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Alternative
many GPS users in the USA use the 276C, with its new automotive routing update it now does everything that the SP3/ 2610 does plus a lot more and it has a larger screen.
Well worth considering, this was suggested to me recently and after looking at it I think they are right.
many GPS users in the USA use the 276C, with its new automotive routing update it now does everything that the SP3/ 2610 does plus a lot more and it has a larger screen.
Well worth considering, this was suggested to me recently and after looking at it I think they are right.
Re: Alternative
Not quite.
The downsides with the 276C are;
It only takes Garmins data cards & the max size you can buy is 256mb.
It comes with a European autoroute basemap, but that'll only have major roads & motorways, not the detail of City Select, which it can run as an option.
You're talking £470 without the auto navigation kit (City select etc), which is another £163.............
You could buy more cards, but £73 for 128mb & £127 for 256mb bumps the price up even more.
It's more expensive initially & the autoroute pack & possible extra cards bumps the price up even more.
Nice, but too expensive when compared with the Quest & more expensive than even a SPIII (£433 at the mo on Aspid) which comes with City Navigator etc.
Now, if they relaunched it with flashcard memory, that'd be different and a lot of people (me included) would be very tempted.
Jimb said:
Not quite.
The downsides with the 276C are;
It only takes Garmins data cards & the max size you can buy is 256mb.
It comes with a European autoroute basemap, but that'll only have major roads & motorways, not the detail of City Select, which it can run as an option.
You're talking £470 without the auto navigation kit (City select etc), which is another £163.............
You could buy more cards, but £73 for 128mb & £127 for 256mb bumps the price up even more.
It's more expensive initially & the autoroute pack & possible extra cards bumps the price up even more.
Nice, but too expensive when compared with the Quest & more expensive than even a SPIII (£433 at the mo on Aspid) which comes with City Navigator etc.
Now, if they relaunched it with flashcard memory, that'd be different and a lot of people (me included) would be very tempted.
BurnieM
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I agree that the 256MB limit and non-standard data card format is a problem.
However the screen and navigation feature set on the GPSmap 276C is brilliant.
The lack of a battery in the SP2610 stops you doing route planning in a cafe and having only one grid and datum limits its usefulness offroad.
The Quest seems to be a reasonable feature compromise between the two but with a similar memory limitation to the 276C and a smaller screen.
No one unit has all the good features.
However the screen and navigation feature set on the GPSmap 276C is brilliant.
The lack of a battery in the SP2610 stops you doing route planning in a cafe and having only one grid and datum limits its usefulness offroad.
The Quest seems to be a reasonable feature compromise between the two but with a similar memory limitation to the 276C and a smaller screen.
No one unit has all the good features.
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