Renting a Garmin?

[er-minio]

I've had the usual fair share of issues with my XT on this last trip despite spending time plotting all the routes and tracks in advance (and following the advice).

This earned the Zumo a well deserved flight across the road during one of my outbursts of anger
It survived unscathed.

It works but I find it overall unreliable... funnily enough in A to B navigation mostly.

Now, my question is... I discussed the option to move towards a Montana in some other threads previously.
I do regularly use a 64s on another bike. I know overall the Zumo and "standard" Garmin receivers behave differently.
So far I decided against the Montana because it lacks some integrations (intercom/live traffic/live search) that I find useful on the Zumo... but I'm considering compromising if it means a more reliable device.

Is there anywhere that rents out Garmin gear?
Thinking about renting a Montana 700/i for a couple of weeks and see how I find it before committing to shell out to buy one.

 

[Wapping]

You great Italian poof, you can’t even smash an XT.

There’s someone in the US that rents one but that’s as useless as being Italian. Maybe someone will lend you one off the forum? But perhaps the best bet is to buy a secondhand one from a reputable source and flog it after you’ve tried it….. like Roman emperors did to their male slaves.

 

[er-minio]

But I assure that that was a lot of shouting and waving hands

I'd rather rent from a business than from a private individual for any potential unpleasant situations that might arise.
(Notwithstanding the universal rule that if you break something not yours... you have to replace it "as is")

Buying and flogging is not a bad idea to be fair... I saw one recently. Should have pulled the trigger.

 

[Wapping]

Try one of the repair and reconditioning companies or even Garmin themselves. It’s free to ask and free is good.

 

[diplomaticdanny]

I rented a garmin car satnav from eBay for my American & Canadian road trips, maybe there?

 

[Wapping]

I rented a garment car satnav from eBay for my American & Canadian road trips, maybe there?

A wearable satnav. They have it all, these Americans.

 

[Wapping]

Just out of interest, what is / are the problem / problems you are having with your XT?