Garmin vs TT Rider

How do folks. I've been looking through the gps section of the forum with some interest. I'm considering buying a gps for my 650GS, and am considering either the garmin quest 2 or the tom tom rider.

A couple of points to ponder are

- I need European mapping as I'm off to Switzerland this summer and would like to use the gps on various European jaunts. I understand the latest Rider has the whole of Europe installed. Presumably it costs more than the existing unit. Would I be better buying old stock and then getting the extra maps seperately ?

- I already use a Garmin GPS for my flying hobby, so am familiar with garmin menu logic.

- Have already got an ipaq 4700 - how practical would it be to add on the necessary bells and whistles to utilise this?

Is the Garmin the slightly whiffy old duffer half asleep in the corner, with the Rider assuming the mantle of cheeky young upstart showing us the way ahead?

Or is the tomtom the grumpy teenager whose mumblings leave us confused whilst the garmin, whilst greying at the temples slightly, always nods sagely in the right direction?

Trusting someone can help!!

farmboy said:

Is the Garmin the slightly whiffy old duffer half asleep in the corner, with the Rider assuming the mantle of cheeky young upstart showing us the way ahead?

Or is the tomtom the grumpy teenager whose mumblings leave us confused whilst the garmin, whilst greying at the temples slightly, always nods sagely in the right direction?

Trusting someone can help!!

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I can't help with your choice as I have a Quest 1 and no knowledge of the others, I just like the comparison




















Oh, and it's normally good form to say 'Hello' at the newbie section at the top of the forum

Save a bit of cash and get a Quest 1, and I say that as a Quest 2 owner

Hi Farmboy:

I can't comment about the TomTom products, because I have never used them. As far as I know, all the Garmin products that are intended for automotive or motorcycle navigation come with maps for all of Europe included.

Garmin seems to me to be quite innovative - I have not heard any complaints that the Garmin GPSRs lack features that are offered by other manufacturers.

Michael

To try an use another analogy.
I think it is rather like comparing a Porsche Boxster and a Escort Cosworth around a track going at at an identical speed and under identical control. One is basically a tarted up Escort (the TomTom has its origins in PDA software) and the other is a tarted down 911 (Garmin dedicated Marine, Aviation and Automotive units). When you use them you can tell which is which even if they have no labels.
But they both basically do the same job of getting you from A to B.
If you asked enough people, you would find more folk trading in their TomTom Riders for a Garmin 2720 than the other way around.