Safehaven
Active Member
I've been thinking of buying a Garmin Bike GPS for a while now but have been put off by the fact the I would need to add another wire to the bike, have to add a pretty ugly handlebar assembly and the fact that the zumo's are still, pretty big..
A few days ago I came across the Oregon series of Garmin which are meant for trekking purposes, but also do turn by turn navigation, plots routes (with waypoints, off highways possible, etc), is water resistant, has the possibility to use topo maps for when you go hiking, has an altimeter, compas, quick gps acquisition, and the list goes on and on...
Then I read it works on 2 simple AA batteries (means no charger, readily available for longer trips) and can be charged via USB or a charger if you like that..
Best of all, they claim an endurance of 16 hours!!!
Even at 8 hours this would still be alright to me as I mostly use it to get my bearings, then ride until the next waypoint, etc..
This all sounds to good to be true, so I'm very interested in finding out if any of you is working with a similar solution or has the product..
ow, they are also about 200€ cheaper than the Zumo..
A few days ago I came across the Oregon series of Garmin which are meant for trekking purposes, but also do turn by turn navigation, plots routes (with waypoints, off highways possible, etc), is water resistant, has the possibility to use topo maps for when you go hiking, has an altimeter, compas, quick gps acquisition, and the list goes on and on...
Then I read it works on 2 simple AA batteries (means no charger, readily available for longer trips) and can be charged via USB or a charger if you like that..
Best of all, they claim an endurance of 16 hours!!!
Even at 8 hours this would still be alright to me as I mostly use it to get my bearings, then ride until the next waypoint, etc..
This all sounds to good to be true, so I'm very interested in finding out if any of you is working with a similar solution or has the product..
ow, they are also about 200€ cheaper than the Zumo..