What Garmin for MTB / road cycling navigation?

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What Garmin for MTB / road cycling navigation?
rickon
Free Member

Hi Chaps,

I’m after a GPS for loading GPXs onto to follow routes – I’m handy with a map and compass regardless, but it’ll be nice to take a little of the focus away from navigation being able to follow someone elses routes – or to redo routes I’ve done in the past.

What Garmin would be best…? 705?

Cheers

Ricks

Posted 11 years ago

ibnchris
Full Member

just save up and get the 800. It’s the way ahead…

Posted 11 years ago

wwaswas
Full Member

as above, 705 is ‘obsolete’ now.

Posted 11 years ago

FGF 701 The Hydrate Or Die Edition

KonaTC
Full Member

just save up and get the 800. It’s the way ahead…

I did exactly that really pleased with it, got the 800 with HRM and 1:50000 maps

Posted 11 years ago

CraigW
Free Member

For navigation, something like the Etrex 20 or Dakota 10 is good. You can use it for following a route, plus you can load free OSM maps.

Posted 11 years ago

druidh
Free Member

Dakota does on and off road. Remember you don’t get SatNav style routing off the road though.

Posted 11 years ago

Bez
Full Member

The Edge 200 is workable for navigation, to be honest. It’ll bark at you pretty quickly when you go off course. No maps, but if you have a smartphone or a paper map about your person somewhere then you have backup should you need to divert for a pie and a pint or for when you just arse it up cosmically.

It has the not inconsiderable advantages of being small and cheap.

Posted 11 years ago