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Post by Pool Boy on Aug 23, 2009 21:03:49 GMT
Hi all,
I've got a significant birthday coming up (when you get to my age they're all significant) and the family are thinking of clubbing together to get me a new SatNav.
I know I want it to find postcodes, to play music (whilst telling me directions) and I want to be able to 'log' a journey and load it to a PC later (to see where I've been !)
Not too bothered about Europe at this stage, or bluetooth as long as I can connect it to the helmet by wire as wire seems to be more reliable.
As far as I can tell the Garmin Zumo? 550 or the Tom Tom rider will do all I want - so here's the question - how do I decide?
Anyone got experience of either model - good or bad that would help me decide.
Roger
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Post by Tigger on Aug 23, 2009 22:00:04 GMT
I have had both Roger. I had the TomTom Rider, still have a Quest that Rai uses on her bike  and I have the Zumo on the TDM. From an all singing, all dancing point of view the Zumo wins hands down. Just load an SD with all your music, slot it in and off you go. Bluetooth as well so you can have your phone connected too. I have it bluetoothed through my Intaride and just tap the screen on the Zumo to accept or reject calls, or just divert the lot. Very easy to use in gloves. Easy interface and all loaded on the memory so you can hot swap the SD without upsetting it. Plus with a New waterproof Nuvi out you may have a choice. The new Nuvi has a slightly bigger screen but doesn't look as robust as the Zumo. HTH Matt |
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Post by m40man on Aug 23, 2009 22:35:25 GMT
The TomTom screen isn't really bright enough for sunny days, IMO. Mind you, the Zumo ain't much better, on bright days. Plus my new Zumo 550 has gone back because it worked for two days then packed up  . I got a refund rather than a replacement, because for the money (£461!!) I was after reliability so no way did I want a replacement! ............ not helpful, I suspect - but honest . |
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Post by Tigger on Aug 23, 2009 22:51:06 GMT
The TomTom screen isn't really bright enough for sunny days, IMO. Mind you, the Zumo ain't much better, on bright days. Plus my new Zumo 550 has gone back because it worked for two days then packed up . I got a refund rather than a replacement, because for the money (£461!!) I was after reliability so no way did I want a replacement! ............ not helpful, I suspect - but honest . Find mine plenty bright enough and as for packing up I've only had one problem and that was after a tunnel when it got totally confuzzled. Quick recalculate and off we went. Matt |
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Post by teejayexc on Aug 24, 2009 12:55:38 GMT
The TomTom screen isn't really bright enough for sunny days, IMO. Mind you, the Zumo ain't much better, on bright days. Plus my new Zumo 550 has gone back because it worked for two days then packed up . I got a refund rather than a replacement, because for the money (£461!!) I was after reliability so no way did I want a replacement! ............ not helpful, I suspect - but honest . £461 !!!!!!!!! 'bloody hell, that's more than you pay for a bike innit? |
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Post by bmbob on Aug 24, 2009 17:18:51 GMT
Hi Rog
I agree with Matt....Garmin is the best, but have to admit it may be the dearest!!
Ride safe
Regards Bob
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Post by teejayexc on Aug 24, 2009 17:54:06 GMT
Hi Rog Garmin is the best, Regards Bob Still can't get around Northampton though  |
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Post by Pool Boy on Aug 24, 2009 21:35:22 GMT
Just read somewhere that the Tom Tom rider 2 doesn't have a headphones outlet so you HAVE to use bluetooth to connect to the helmet (which is presumably why it comes with a Scala rider included - but mono only).
Others have told me that the bluetooth helmet link can be a bit flaky, plus you have to remember to re-charge the Scala rider unit which can't be bike powered.
So, whilst the prospect of not having to un-plug from the bike (or sat nav) is quite appealing, I think I'll stick with old fashioned wires and leave the bluetooth for the phone/sat nav link.
That, and the comments on here so far, lead me to the Garmin unit - I remember Bob telling me how good his was when we were in Cornwall - and no-one's really standing up for the TomTom
Roger
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Post by Tigger on Aug 24, 2009 22:43:57 GMT
Other thing for the Garmin is that when 'her indoors' is telling you where to go it cuts the music but brings it back in where it left off so you don't miss owt ;D Plus you get a free new 2010 map upgrade with a new one. I know cos I just downloaded mine.
Matt
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Post by bmbob on Aug 25, 2009 7:04:03 GMT
Hi Trev.........Think 'Emily', my new Garmin girl, (poor old Gladys is up in the loft) had her elylashes frozen together that rather parky night!!
Enjoy to-day....
Ride safe
Regards Bob
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Post by CD on Aug 25, 2009 16:20:15 GMT
Gadget Show liked the Tom Tom Rider with bluetooth but best part of £400 and no integrated charging system? They should do better for that price. :-(
The electric mountain (style) bike costs around £8000 so price doesn't seem to faze them too much.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2009 22:20:30 GMT
My old Tomtom Rider 1 has served my very well for over 5 years. My biggest issue is with their 'help' line who wouldn't give an honest answer as to why they removed the facility to operate it from a Mac computer. If I ever replace it and the Garmin does, then it will get my dosh.
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Post by Pool Boy on Oct 10, 2009 23:30:26 GMT
Finally decided to go completely mad and get the Zumo 660 (mainly 'cos I found an on-line retailer doing it as cheap as most were selling the 550 for - and cheaper than some when you take account of it coming with a bike and car mount included in the box, and 2010 maps)
First impressions are that it seems pretty robust, battery cover was a fiddle to get off at first - but now I seem to have got the hang of it, and it's a pain the way you have to accept liability for your own driving each time it switches on - couldn't they make the liability screen a once-only acceptance ?
Signing up for 'My Garmin', software updates, map updates, Mapsource updates and speed camera updates took a total of (I think) 9 codes/keys not all of which were immediately obvious to find,
And the USB port is inside the battery case so whenever you connect to the PC (probably not that often once it's set up, to be fair) you have to take the fiddly cover off, then it re-boots when you replace the battery cover after you've finished updating. So you have to wait for a re-boot (with another liability acceptance screen) before you can check if you've done hte downloads correctly.
On the road it works fine, the display is clear, the unit is easy to operate and the instructions (including lane-assist !) are really good and there's loads of extra information available at the touch of a button (eg time to destination, distance to go, average speed , compass heading etc etc)
Overall - quite pleased at the moment - will report more after a more comprehensive shake-down
Roger
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Post by DahDit on Feb 11, 2010 9:55:54 GMT
After some help with setting up a TomTom Rider 2. Trying to find a compatible Western European map to use with the v7.901 firmware update. I wouldn't mind, but I've got 3 WE maps and none of them work.  Can anyone offer any "assistance" |
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Post by Sharklet on Feb 11, 2010 21:37:15 GMT
Yeah - stick to a road map and compass!!!!!!
The Wife
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and I have the Zumo on the TDM. From an all singing, all dancing point of view the Zumo wins hands down. Just load an SD with all your music, slot it in and off you go. Bluetooth as well so you can have your phone connected too. I have it bluetoothed through my Intaride and just tap the screen on the Zumo to accept or reject calls, or just divert the lot. Very easy to use in gloves. Easy interface and all loaded on the memory so you can hot swap the SD without upsetting it. Plus with a New waterproof Nuvi out you may have a choice. The new Nuvi has a slightly bigger screen but doesn't look as robust as the Zumo.
. I got a refund rather than a replacement, because for the money (£461!!) I was after reliability so no way did I want a replacement!
