What should I get to replace my Garmin Montana 600

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Asking for a bit of advice from the forum…..

For many years I’ve used a garmin Montana 700 on my bikes (also in my car and boat). I’ve got used to the format and learned how to use basecamp pretty well.

My Montana has just died though and I need something to replace it (the screen failed thanks to the harsh vibration on my EXC and my attempt at replacing the screen ended in failure when the ribbon connector clamp broke).

I want a GPS with similar capability to the Montana, possibly with a slightly larger screen, and above all it must be really rugged and vibration proof as I will be using it on my off-road bikes.

What suggestions have you got chaps?
 
PitaNaanRoti said:
Another 700.
As long as it’s the ones they’ve finally got sorted.
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I’d heard that there were big reliability problems with the 700 and garmin weren’t too interested in sorting them. Do you know if they’re sorted now?
 
The robust tablet things seem to be growing in popularity. There’s a dedicated sub-section on them. How many go truly off-road (if that is definitely important) I have no idea but someone here on the forum will know what to recommend, I’m sure.
 
Wapping said:
The robust tablet things seem to be growing in popularity. There’s a dedicated sub-section on them. How many go truly off-road (if that is definitely important) I have no idea but someone here on the forum will know what to recommend, I’m sure.
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If that’s the way he’s thinking then don’t look anywhere else than the DMD2 software and devices specifically made for Jao
 
The only thing that puts me off is the android operating system. I’m a long term apple user and having to learn android is a chore, one of the reasons I’d like to stay with garmin is that I’m familiar with how they work
 
Mad Hatter said:
The only thing that puts me off is the android operating system. I’m a long term apple user and having to learn android is a chore, one of the reasons I’d like to stay with garmin is that I’m familiar with how they work
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I’m the same however I don’t bother with the OS but let DMD2 run it all.
Pretty much faultless.
 
Mad Hatter said:
The only thing that puts me off is the android operating system. I’m a long term apple user and having to learn android is a chore, one of the reasons I’d like to stay with garmin is that I’m familiar with how they work
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I'm a long time apple user and thought the same, but bought an Android phone for navigation and found it very easy to use. I did have to google a few things I needed to know, but it was plain sailing for the most part.
 
I’m with Cookie. I had to learn MyRoute and an Android phone. This after having to learn a Mac. Likewise, I am having to get the hang of Apple Car Play, as it’s the first time I’ve owned a vehicle with it in.

Patience, Google and a few videos were / are a great help.
 
Same, I bought a rugged android phone to run gps apps, and found it pretty easy to use even though I’d never used one.
I use it as a back up to a Montana 700 which since they fixed the issue with it not navigating has been fine.

I did have issues with overheating and charging on the Ulefone, though.

I do agree that for off road the rugged tablet and DMD is probably the way to go, though I see Thork are selling a Garmin Tread with DMD loaded now.

I would likely buy one of the Thork devices since they look to have good mounts and more importantly good charging options with a screw in cable which runs alongside contact points.
 
Berin said:
Same, I bought a rugged android phone to run gps apps, and found it pretty easy to use even though I’d never used one.
I use it as a back up to a Montana 700 which since they fixed the issue with it not navigating has been fine.

I did have issues with overheating and charging on the Ulefone, though.

I do agree that for off road the rugged tablet and DMD is probably the way to go, though I see Thork are selling a Garmin Tread with DMD loaded now.

I would likely buy one of the Thork devices since they look to have good mounts and more importantly good charging options with a screw in cable which runs alongside contact points.
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It’s Jao who designed DMD2 who has done the design and specifications of the tablets Thork are selling.
They’re his ones for the software rather than the Carpe Iter ones who were running his software illegally.
 
PitaNaanRoti said:
It’s Jao who designed DMD2 who has done the design and specifications of the tablets Thork are selling.
They’re his ones for the software rather than the Carpe Iter ones who were running his software illegally.
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I did see a while ago some kind of upset between Thork and Carpe Iter, which is why it seems a better plan to buy the whole lot from Thork - I think Rally Raid resell them in the UK.
 
Mad Hatter said:
Asking for a bit of advice from the forum…..

For many years I’ve used a garmin Montana 700 on my bikes (also in my car and boat). I’ve got used to the format and learned how to use basecamp pretty well.

My Montana has just died though and I need something to replace it (the screen failed thanks to the harsh vibration on my EXC and my attempt at replacing the screen ended in failure when the ribbon connector clamp broke).

I want a GPS with similar capability to the Montana, possibly with a slightly larger screen, and above all it must be really rugged and vibration proof as I will be using it on my off-road bikes.

What suggestions have you got chaps?
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Is it still supported by Garmin? If yes why not ask for a refurbished unit, they seem to be quite good value.
 
Berin said:
I did see a while ago some kind of upset between Thork and Carpe Iter, which is why it seems a better plan to buy the whole lot from Thork - I think Rally Raid resell them in the UK.
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Basically the Carpe Iter tablet was (and still is in some cases) being sold with DMD2 pre-installed and a “lifetime subscription” that was using the same license for every unit.
So when end users were using it they would lock out after updates and then it would all kick off.
Well worth joining the Faceache page as João is very active personally on there.

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