For Those Of You With GPS Units In Your 80's.... Input Please

[KliersLC]

No pics, but the Garmin Quest is an outstanding compromise. It has voice nav, but you can also take it out of the vehicle--20hr battery life. compact, with a very readable screen.

The downside is the limited memory, (but I understand that the quest II addresses this) and it isn't compatible with the TOPO! software. It will do garmin topo stuff though.

[silvercruiser]

Garmin 276C...can load tops also has voice guidance and it's marine compatible. Highly recommend it.

[MoJ]

Originally Posted by silvercruiser

Garmin 276C...can load tops also has voice guidance and it's marine compatible. Highly recommend it.

Another vote for the 276C if you need something to use offroad (and on road). I love mine If you're not headed off road there are far cheaper and more user-friendly models.

[FZJ80_YV]

I'm using a Garmin 478 with US Maps.

It's ideal for roads and OFF ROAD use.

PS: I'm selling a 276C PLUS: http://forum.ih8mud.com/sale-parts/183703-garmin-276c-plus.html

[John E Davies]

Originally Posted by KliersLC

No pics, but the Garmin Quest is an outstanding compromise. It has voice nav, but you can also take it out of the vehicle--20hr battery life. compact, with a very readable screen.

The downside is the limited memory, (but I understand that the quest II addresses this) and it isn't compatible with the TOPO! software. It will do garmin topo stuff though.

The Quest series will handle Topo USA just fine. In order to see the maps you have to de-select your other auto-routing mapset, since the display defaults to that one instead of Topo.

Quest isn't a good choice for truck nav since the screen is TINY. I use Quest 1 on a dirt bike, and have ordered a refurb 2610 for $189 from eBay for the LX.

John Davies
Spokane WA

[John E Davies]

For you guys with Garmins mounted below the OH console, can you please elaborate on how you made a bracket and where it mounts?

I would like to put my new 2610 there... maybe. I need to be able to remove it so I can use it in other vehicles with the bean bag mount. Is that possible, or does it have to be hard-wired to the OH with a remote speaker?

Thanks.

John Davies
Spoknae WA

[lathamb]

This is how i have mine set up. The GPS is a bluetooth Garmin GPS 10. I taped cardboard to the pda cradle and drilled a hole through the back of the cubby hole. The cradle wedges in the cubby hole pretty tight and doesn't fall or move. Works pretty well for me.

[taccruiser97]

Originally Posted by John E Davies

For you guys with Garmins mounted below the OH console, can you please elaborate on how you made a bracket and where it mounts?

I would like to put my new 2610 there... maybe. I need to be able to remove it so I can use it in other vehicles with the bean bag mount. Is that possible, or does it have to be hard-wired to the OH with a remote speaker?

Thanks.

John Davies
Spoknae WA

I utilized a Ram mount but I have a Quest and III+. I bought the Ram mount that is designed to attach to boat rails. It is a T shaped designed with a U-bolt and the ball. I slid some vaccuum hose over the U-bolt so the U bolt would fit snugly around the rear view mirror stem that comes down from the OH console. Basically I sandwiched the rear view mirror mount between the U-bolt and the ball mount. I put the U-bolt as high on the stem as I could get it, very near the top of the windshield. I bought the two shortest RAM arms and a RAM GPS mount for my GPS. Then I just experimented and put it together. The display can be tough to see sometimes, but I think if I had a GPS with a bigger screen, this mounting idea would work fine.

[LandCruisers4Life]

Two GPS units. The in dash, street type which comes with the 100, and a Lowrance Global Map 100.

I am making the Lowrance more of a 'permanent fixture' in the Cruiser. I ordered up a RAM mount for it, and am installing a DGPS beacon antenna to work with the Lowrance for even better accuracy. So I will have the Lowrance in it's cradle, with external EA-3 antenna plugged into unit, and DGPS beacon receiver plugged into the unit, which also feeds a +12V supply as well.

Will post pictures as soon as I begin the project. I am just waiting on the cradle, the external antenna, and the shakespeare DGPS antenna to screw into the beacon.