Garmin Quest gps or 2610

[jeffryscott]

My trusty GPS V is in the final moments of selling on eBay so I will be replacing it with a more modern unit which can take advantage of Garmin's recent Mac beta software conversion.

I am debating between the Quest or the 2610 (both refurbished units from edgegps.com) The price difference is $6 between the two.

Quest - advantages is it is portable, and slightly smaller. Cons, only 115 mb of memory, slightly smaller screen, silver color.

2610 - slightly larger screen, uses CF cards for maps, black in color. Cons: larger size makes mounting in car a bit more of a challenge, not portable so can't use as a backup to my handheld.

I don't have any experience with either and am 50/50 on which one to get. Is the slightly larger screen (65 pixels in height) enough of a difference to offset the lack of it being a backup (no internal battery)?

Experiences with one or the other?

Thanks.

 

[Gear]

Can not download tracks?

Hello Jeffry,

I have the 2610. Works great except for one thing. It is a "street pilot". Over the past few years I have really wanted to down load the tracks from the Baja 250, 500 and 1000 races. I called Garmin and they said it can't be done. This unit will not allow you to download tracks only waypoints. Garmin says its primary use is on road not off-road. Or atleast I am not aware of how to do it. There is a small possibilty that Kevin(BostonMangler) knows how to convert tracks to waypoints but I have not tried it yet.

Hope this helps

 

[jeffryscott]

Do you happen to have pics of the installation in the Jeep(s)?

thanks.

 

[Gear]

Here you go. As of now it "was" mounted in the 03 Rubicon. It was attached using RAM mounts. I used a roll bar clamp mount with the ball on it. The picture below does not show the hose clamp. The ball that is mounted to the Garmin is held on with 3M double sided adhesive and one small bolt with 2 washers spacing in out. I would highly recommend getting some sort of RAM mount and putting this GPS up above your rearview mirror. Let me know if you have any more questions. Here is the pictures. By the way the 2m radio and switch panel is also held on by one RAM mount with a flat piece of metal between the two.

 

[jeffryscott]

thanks Justin. I'll definitely do a RAM mount (just need the cradle for whichever GPS I choose.)

 

[Gear]

Yes, the cradle is the way to go. I bought mine before RAM mount had one available. Were are you going to put it in the 4-Runner.

 

[jeffryscott]

Well, the question answered itself. A Quest 2 is coming my way via eBay - got it for less than I sold the GPS V for. Crazy ebay. The Quest 2 has built in City Navigator plus either 140 or 35 megs of memory (depends on whose numbers I'm reading) for other maps.

So now, to add the external antenna and a RAM mount and current Topo software ...