garmin edge 705

chuckrock57
chuckrock57 Posts: 23
edited June 2010 in Road buying advice
Probably purchasing one of these but have seen some negative comments on the maps available.
Most of reviews seem to be quite old and wondered if anyone has any experience of the currently available maps particularly the free ones.
Thanks

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  • andrewjoseph
    andrewjoseph Posts: 2,165
    the free maps that I have for mtb need a lot of work to get the best out of, they are missing quite a lot of detail.

    the garmin maps on dvd are the best option in my view. They are expensive but have information not found anywhere else. They can give you directions to the nearest place of interest (shops, hotel etc.) and give you the phone number.

    I use the garmin europe road maps with a openstreetmap contour map of the uk. Garmin give you free route planning software and map managing tools so you only have the mapping on the unit that you need.

    That said, the units are not problem free, but they are very useful.

    shop around for the best prices on garmin stuff, Handtec do good deals.
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    I've got the official garmin micro SD UK map. Really pleased with it.
  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,416
    mine was bundled with the "city navigator europe nt" map

    it is not just cities, even in rural algarve it's got all the roads, right down to many that are just unsurfaced tracks, really excellent if you cycle in europe

    you can view an interactive copy of the same map online...

    https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID ... overageTab

    ...at the top of the map, click the "click here for interactive map" and you'll get a window open up, you can pan/zoom right down to the most detailed level
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • Stellite
    Stellite Posts: 544
    The UK road maps have been very useful.

    The Garmin software is pretty good, and you can export the GXP files to third party programs if you so wish.

    The UK Topo maps are by no means OS quality, but theye are good enough to be used as a guide to an OS map.

    The only issue I have is the screen is quite small, so navigating on the hoof can be tricky, and also the text used to designate place names can be large and smother the screen.

    On the whole im happy with the 705 and have used it loads over the past couple of months for both cycling, walking and climbing.
  • markmod
    markmod Posts: 501
    +1 city navigator maps

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