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[Closed] What GPS and where's the best deal please

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What a GPS for my bikes, both road and mtb. Want HRM on it too. Not fussed about cadence. Easy to swap between bikes. Budget of £200. Nothing really fancy. Help.


 
Posted : 03/08/2013 8:58 pm
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What do you want to do? Navigate, or just log? If it's the latter, a Garmin FR210 (for example) would be perfect, or just use your phone.

Otherwise, [url= http://www.dcrainmaker.com/ ]DC Rainmaker[/url]'s yer man. Get reading.

Edit: didn't take the HR bit into account. You can get bluetooth HR straps which will connect to the phone, otherwise the Garmin I mentioned would be fine.


 
Posted : 03/08/2013 9:13 pm
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If you get a Garmin and want OS Maps don't get them bundled you can get genuine map cards from ioffer.com for around twenty quid.


 
Posted : 03/08/2013 9:28 pm
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Cheers for the replies. Just want to log routes and look at altitude, distance, hr and stuff. Phone is a cheapy PAYG so not suitable. I 'could' use my usual phone, but don't want it on my bars, in case of impending crash carnage


 
Posted : 03/08/2013 9:36 pm
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I got a factory recon Etrex 30 for £150 (ebay).

Looks like it works with a HRM

http://www.topofusion.com/forum/index.php?topic=6765.0

Got Open Source Maps, seems to work pretty well, but no experience of HRM.


 
Posted : 03/08/2013 9:40 pm
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Holux GPSport 260 may be worth a look - good value for money


 
Posted : 03/08/2013 9:46 pm