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1. jfb01 - Member

   I have never used any. which are the best for uk riding.

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. TooTall - Member

   Sat nav for driving on roads - GPS for navigating.

   Serious question - can you use a map and compass properly? If not, a GPS would just take you to places, run out of power and leave you confused.

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. jfb01 - Member

   Hi TT , thanks for the correction.
   Absolutly useless with a compass , hence my interest in a gps system for the bike.

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. grantway - Member

   Follow your mate

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. ph0010421 - Member

   Hello mate
   I use an old Garmin eTrex, with Memory Map. Very rugged, and yesterday was immersed in a swollen river I was trying to splash through (and failed). Just looked - less than 60 quid for the etrex.
   Decent Duracell rechargeables last well over 24 hours.

   Mate of mine has a Satmap thing, which is superb - always got the right bit of OS map in front of you!
   Paul

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. scaredypants - Member

   Follow your mate

   I do that

   He's got a satmap - it IS a satnav for a bike and it's great

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. Trekster - Member

   "less than 60 quid for the etrex."

   Where?

   Posted 2 years ago #
8. Gingerbloke - Member

   Love my satmap.......

   Just expensive for the maps!!!!

   Posted 2 years ago #
9. Nico - Member

   Satnavs were around before the GPS was invented. All GPSs are satellite navigation systems. In theory you can have a satnav which isn't GPS though that isn't going to be the case these days unless they get that Galileo system going. Or some other system.

   Anyhoo. You can get GPSs with proper maps and GPSs without. Without is much cheaper because decent maps cost loads of money. Satmap is expensive and bulky but uses OS and is really good. Garmin are good for eTrex type things which tell you where you are but not so good for maps. The latest Garmin touch screen jobbies are o.k. if you pay for the OS maps.

   Posted 2 years ago #
10. sailor74 - Member

    depends what you want it for. Satmap is head and shoulders above the rest for route planning and execution, it isnt a bike computer though so doesnt do heart rate and lap times etc.

    Posted 2 years ago #
11. jfb01 - Member

    Thanks for all the info.
    This is a steep learning curve.
    The facilities I would like are maps which show where I am, also if I was following some one local in an area I did not know , could show me the route we had been on, say the next day, if I wanted to ride it alone.
    Cheers
    Jeff

    Posted 2 years ago #
12. TooTall - Member

    Regardless of your desire for technology, there is no substitute for actually learning how to navigate. If you have no idea of where you are, could you get yourself home when the batteries die or you break it? Even if I ride with a GPS and no map, I still have a compass on me to aid recovery.

    Posted 2 years ago #
13. ph0010421 - Member

    @ Trekster
    here
    and here

    Posted 2 years ago #
14. UK Biking - Member

    I love my Garmin Edge 705

    Posted 2 years ago #
15. rustielookinchain - Member

    Satmap for me. Simple to pre-plan routes or upload from GPX files. The plus version includes a rechargeable battery pack so you can use this or AA's which is great for trips away. The Bar mount is one the simplest and most effective i've seen. While i'm capable of navigating with Map and compass (and still carry them) it certainly cuts out a lot of stop/start getting a map out at every junction etc. There's also a small but growing database of bke routes on the satmap site which gives a good starting pint for new riding areas

    Posted 2 years ago #

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