Romer
Adventurer
I have changed gears on GPs. I was using a laptop and then an 8” tablet with memory map and topo USA with a blue tooth GPS receiver. Never was very happy with it. Tracks and the map showing the trail both were lacking on a trail Cdan and I were discovering in Moab earlier this month.
My setup was shown in this thread
There are some nice dedicated units out there
Garmin brought back the 276C (276Cx)and missed by not putting a powerful enough processor in it.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/539722
Here is a very long thread. First filled with excitement and then user reports start coming in describing its poor performance
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/garmin-announces-the-new-gpsmap-276cx.1178312/
Then there was the Garmin Monterra. Nice Android based unit that showed a lot of promise. I might actually have gone this way, but Garmin won’t be updating it so it is a dead end product
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/113522
Then there is the Garmin Montana. Nice unit. If I was going dedicated, Ilikely would have ended up here. Lot of money for small screen and dedicated GPS you still have to spend $100 to get the maps for 4 states and more $$ if you want others. You could use free maps I read
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/523677
Then there is the Magellan eXplorist TRX7. Nice unit with lots of potential. Reviews were spotty and very few. Not enough to stake $650 on. Good idea they used an Android basis BUT removed the play store so you cant add other Android apps?? WTFF. They also have an app that looks the same you can download onto an Any Android tablet for $20, so what is the extra $630 for? An Android that is dust resistant and waterproof
http://www.magellangps.com/Vehicle-Navigation/Magellan-eXplorist-TRX7-Off-road-GPS-Navigation
here is a review on it http://www.androidguys.com/2016/04/12/navigate-off-road-with-the-magellan-explorist-trx7/
We shouldn’t forget the Lowrance line up. Seem nice, but I believe they are designed for water and loaded with topo
https://ruggedroutes.com/
Everywhere I read people were using either Ipad or Android. I originally had an iPAD with MotionX and it was much better than the windows setup I had. The iPAD is a closed system and so I choose an Android. Androids have the GPS built in even on wifi units. Many Samsungs also have Glonass and will work all over the world
I got a Samsung Tab S2. It was $399 at BestBuy, $339 at Costco and $299 at Microcenter. It has more memory and the better screen. I am confident on the Android solution based on all the users here on Expo using it with great reviews
I downloaded BackCountry Navigator Pro and Gaia. I loaded Poison Spider Mesa Tracks and I really like the way it looks. Much better than Memory Map or Topo. And I can make it larger or smaller with my fingers. Memory map on my windows tablet went crazy when I tried that and I had the latest version
That was my journey finding a GPS solution, thought I would share what I found
My setup was shown in this thread
There are some nice dedicated units out there
Garmin brought back the 276C (276Cx)and missed by not putting a powerful enough processor in it.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/539722
Here is a very long thread. First filled with excitement and then user reports start coming in describing its poor performance
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/garmin-announces-the-new-gpsmap-276cx.1178312/
Then there was the Garmin Monterra. Nice Android based unit that showed a lot of promise. I might actually have gone this way, but Garmin won’t be updating it so it is a dead end product
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/113522
Then there is the Garmin Montana. Nice unit. If I was going dedicated, Ilikely would have ended up here. Lot of money for small screen and dedicated GPS you still have to spend $100 to get the maps for 4 states and more $$ if you want others. You could use free maps I read
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/523677
Then there is the Magellan eXplorist TRX7. Nice unit with lots of potential. Reviews were spotty and very few. Not enough to stake $650 on. Good idea they used an Android basis BUT removed the play store so you cant add other Android apps?? WTFF. They also have an app that looks the same you can download onto an Any Android tablet for $20, so what is the extra $630 for? An Android that is dust resistant and waterproof
http://www.magellangps.com/Vehicle-Navigation/Magellan-eXplorist-TRX7-Off-road-GPS-Navigation
here is a review on it http://www.androidguys.com/2016/04/12/navigate-off-road-with-the-magellan-explorist-trx7/
We shouldn’t forget the Lowrance line up. Seem nice, but I believe they are designed for water and loaded with topo
https://ruggedroutes.com/
Everywhere I read people were using either Ipad or Android. I originally had an iPAD with MotionX and it was much better than the windows setup I had. The iPAD is a closed system and so I choose an Android. Androids have the GPS built in even on wifi units. Many Samsungs also have Glonass and will work all over the world
I got a Samsung Tab S2. It was $399 at BestBuy, $339 at Costco and $299 at Microcenter. It has more memory and the better screen. I am confident on the Android solution based on all the users here on Expo using it with great reviews
I downloaded BackCountry Navigator Pro and Gaia. I loaded Poison Spider Mesa Tracks and I really like the way it looks. Much better than Memory Map or Topo. And I can make it larger or smaller with my fingers. Memory map on my windows tablet went crazy when I tried that and I had the latest version
That was my journey finding a GPS solution, thought I would share what I found