Cost-effective GPS options...

[cowboyz]

Had a garmin etrex which worked really well but had a bit of a moment with it and it is now in the rubbish bin.

So looking for a replacement.

Found this one...

http://www.efrontier.co.nz/estore/pr...products_id=84

PROS.

....It is cheap
....It is small
....It is green
....Gives some info while on the bike
....It is rechargeable.

CONS.

....It is small
....No top speed recorded.


Or there is this one...

http://www.efrontier.co.nz/estore/pr...roducts_id=194


but then it is simply recording. No info while on the bike.



Or I could go another garmin etrex..

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=6403



Is there another option?

[sinned]

I am also interested in what is used on motorcycles. I have a Navman map based GPS that is fine in the car but can't be operated while riding. Also it doesn't record top speed, average speed, etc.
So what works best on a bike?

[canarlee]

tom tom do a good one i think!


mainly for european markets maybe, but you can put your own maps on it etc


tom tom rider i think it is called, specifically for bikes


google it and see what you get

[cowboyz]

the garmin etrex I had was fantastic for recording info. Not so good for direstion as it does not do maps. You can set waypoints in it but quite involved and its all as the crow flies. I am thinking the gh01 would be just as good but advantage of the garmin was it showed you a heap of data on one screen that you could read while riding. Note though, mine was version 3.3 and there are others out there that look the same but are version 2.xx and they dont do quite so much. In particular the avg speed WHILE MOVING.
So mine, if you cruise along at 100 for an hour and stop for an hour the AVG speed would read 90+km/hr. On the version 2.xx the average speed would read 50k/hr because it records that you are doing 0 for so long.

[cowboyz]

tom tom do a good one i think!


mainly for european markets maybe, but you can put your own maps on it etc


tom tom rider i think it is called, specifically for bikes


google it and see what you get

http://www.tomtom.com/products/categ...hrqedaptceo0e0

but at 400 pounds it misses the "cost effective" part of the equation.

[canarlee]

http://www.tomtom.com/products/categ...hrqedaptceo0e0

but at 400 pounds it misses the "cost effective" part of the equation.

i have friends in the uk who can prolly get that a LOT cheaper!


the one in the link is the one you like/want yes?

if so give me a few days and let me see what i can find out for you!

[cowboyz]

all comes down to that money tree. By all means if you can get one for under a couple of hundred bucks I am all in. Otherwise I will go back to one of the other solutions. I dont really care about maps. Bloody hard to get lost in new zealand.

[canarlee]

ahh you dont need one with maps!

well dem dar fings yoo wanna i no nuffink abowt, soz

[cowboyz]

speak england lass

[canarlee]

oi, its lad if ya dont mind!

it says (fonetikale) them things you want i know nothing abour, sorry

[cowboyz]

oops. I going to spend the rest of the night gett ing my foot out..........

[canarlee]

lol no worries

the username doesnt really give a clue does it!.

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I looking at getting one of these...

http://www.dse.co.nz/cgi-bin/dse.sto...uct/View/D7999

[babyblade250rr]

the pricing of gps systems for bikes is absolutely ridiculous, why can't navman make cheaper bike capable one for like $3-4 hundy

[carbacca]

i have a Garmin ique m4 (basically a PDA with GPS built in) harvey normal was doing 60% or something off for them a few weeks back so i got it for 350. works reasonably well, i just stick it on the clear pocket top of the tankbag