
Great GPS
Review created: 10/25/05(updated 04/11/07)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Like anything, you are best served to first determine and prioritize your needs from a product and then seek the product that best meets those needs.
Here were my needs:
A small GPS for dirt bike navigation, good interchangeability between dirt bike, hand held and car (and anything else for that matter), durable, low cost with decent routing, tracking and mapping functions.
I half expected to destroy the GPS in my first dirt bike crash so low price was actually a pretty big deal.
Well at $240, this wasn't the cheapest, but it certainly had great flexibility particularly with 90 degree rotatable screen. Map quality is better than I expected as is the track navigation. Plot your tracks and then turn on navigation and getting from point A to point B off-road is as simple as following an arrow.
The street navigation is even better! Again, plot your destination and it will calculate the best route (per your criteria to define "best") and alert you to turns and direction changes.
Lastly, the CitySelect maps included have a ton more useful info. When recently out of town, I wanted to find a nearby Mexican restaurant for my group of 10 to have dinner... I used the FIND feature and not only found one close by, but it also had their phone number. A short cell phone call later and I had directions and reservations for 10 without ever having to find a phone book or map.
Great GPS for the price.
The only downside I have found is that I wish this either had more than 19MB memory or that it was flash upgradeable (SD card).
UPDATE: It's April 11, 2007 and this GPS is still going strong! Since I orginally posted this review, I have literally put this unit through some tough testing, the most significant of which was a crash at over 70 MPH on my dirt bike. The bars where this is mounted were bent, the triple clamp was bent, smashed the headlight and for me only some aches/pains and a minor concussion... this GPS V only a few very minor scratches to the body but works perfect! I have also added a mount to use this for snowmobiling... it is awesome for this too, especially since most of the time, you cannot see roads or trails when they're covered by several feet of snow. I only thought to update this since I realized I am getting this ready for it's 3rd season of riding in Baja and I have not had any problems with it. For automotive use I have since graduated to an in-dash color system (Kenwood KNA-G510)... but it doesn't have the topo capabilities so I sometimes find my self even using the GPS V to supplement my Kenwood when off-roading.
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