edge 800 advise please
steelem
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hi - am now selling my polar for the edge 800 - im toying with the performace bundle or the navigation & performance bundle - im just stuck really with spending another 40--00 on the european maps on the navigation bundle - are these maps worth it or have users downloaded the uk ireland which sell for 30-00? or are users using other maps from non garmin?
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Don't bother buying the Garmin maps. You can download the open source maps for free. These are updated almost weekly and are excellent.
Before you buy a 800 Edge I would take a look at the Garmin forum which is a bit of an eye opener. Although I've had a 800 for some months and generally like it, there are some features which are pretty poor.
https://forums.garmin.com/forumdisplay.php?f=200 -
I think the 800 is brilliant. Okay, there are some issues, but it's still lightyears ahead of anything else.
As for maps, I got the performance & navigation bundle but would agree with legshaver - don't bother with the garmin maps, they're so basic.0 -
thanks for the advise guys - where do i get the free maps from ?- do i need to buy a sd card?0
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http://talkytoaster.info/ukmaps.htm
I usually go for the GB map without gradient profile lines. They tend to be too obtrusive on the 800 because the screen contrast isn't always very good.
A 2Gb SD card would be suitable.
BTW: I love your bike.0 -
