Bike Sat Nav

[adeejaysdelight]

I've got a crappy £20 unit which isn't technically waterproof, but has never had a problem in the rain. It's custom mounted on the (dark) screen and works through my autocom unit. Perfik and not too worried if it takes a swan dive off the bike at that price (I have my phone as backup if all else fails). No way I'm paying £££ for a unit which has 'motorbike' in the title, but is otherwise the same as the cheap units  :b

I bought the Garmin Zumo 390 for £350 last spring. No way is it the same as the cheap units. Not even close mate. I did a Euro-tour the year before with my TomTom in one of theose "waterproof" cases. It was terrible. I have used the Garmin for over 6000 miles in over ten countries. I have seen things that otherwise I may have missed. It helped my find a hotel when I was stranded at 10pm with no phone signal. It logged my laps of the Nurburgring. It has all my data saved from the Stelvio Pass and other amazing roads I have ridden on. It worked in the howling rain, with a wet, gloved hand. It holds a charge for months. It fed a signal to me and also to my mate, on another bike! It is build like a tank, it looks the part on the bike and there is very little chance it is falling off. I have tested it in some treacherous terrain and not once has it even hinted at letting me down. If you honestly think a product costing less than 10% of this is the same thing, you clearly don't get how the consumer market works. Don't get me wrong, I know that they are at it with the prices of these things, but I will pay through the nose to enhance the experiences which may well turn out to be once in a life time. I don't want to be stuck at some Belgian petrol station trying to get my shitty sat nav to work, when I could be riding along, listening to my tunes or talking to my mate about the curvy roads we are about to embark on or take that road we included in the itinerary (set up with the included software Basecamp) 5 months previous. To each his own, I suppose.