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I been tempted to get a new bike GPS. My current one is a garmin 800 I bought at the end of 2010 when they were first released, and even though the rubber seals are all lose; which means I got to give it a squirt or two of wd40 into the charge port after a wet ride .. it still refuses to die, and performs perfectly; holding the charge as good as when it was new.
It was my first garmin, so cant compare it to another - except that it seems to have outlived lots of my friends gps devices .. in fact, lots of people seemed to have the 800 when I first got mine; but I cant remember seeing anyone using one for a couple years now.
Has anyone else got a similarly old working garmin? or older??
I have a 705 I found at Dusk til Dawn in 2012. It was battered, no wonder no-one came to collect it! Still going strong, as long as it's plugged into the dynamo when it's cold.
Garmin 705 and a 200. The 705 is years old and works fine - swapped the battery out a year or two ago. Great for the filth as it's not touchscreen. Everything works, no missing parts.
Hmmm. I've got an Edge500 from roughly around 2010.
It's had a microswitch replaced & the rubber button covers have broken through in one place - solved with some electrical tape, but it still 'works'.
It functions, but the software is cak so stuff like the breadcrumb trail doesn't actually work, with the map randomly appearing & disappearing.
The battery indicator is permanently set to 100% for some reason & sometimes when you turn it on it says 'working....' for ages, other times it doesn't.
I've replaced it with a Wahoo Elemnt Bolt & aside from a few minor niggles, it is bloody great.
I still use an Edge 800, and have a 500 which has sadly died and isn't worth enough to refurb.
I thought mine was unique in that its lasted so long - I guess thats a plus for garmin longevity .
With my birthday coming up next week; I was contemplating getting a replacement ... but now I think its a mission to see how long the 800 can carry on working for.
800's and 500's are positively new compared to my 705.
Also still using a 705 for road duties (Oregon 600 for off-road and other activities).
I thought this was going to be a thread about older GPS devices being hit by the date rollover issue.
I'm still using an Edge 500 I bought in 2012. It's looking a little battered but works perfectly well.
I sold my 705 to a friend, AFAIK it still lives on, it'll be 10 years old now.
I'd still be using my 810 if I didn't leave it in the lounge at Canberra Airport 🙁
Miss the touch screen now I have a 520