Garmin 705 Price

japsy
japsy Posts: 78
edited March 2009 in Road buying advice
Am I missing something but this device on Amazon is about £100 cheaper than anywhere else. I know it doesn't come with detailed maps but this is a good price, right?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Edge-705-GPS-enabled-Navigator/dp/B000X43EWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1236378920&sr=8-1

ps, sorry posted in wrong forum

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  • extremepig
    extremepig Posts: 23
    That one doesn't have the speed/cadence sensor or as you say any useful mapping such as the City Navigator. I'm very tempted to get one soon though.
  • Tony666
    Tony666 Posts: 274
    I've got a 305 and find the cadence sensor invaluable. So think about getting that as well
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  • pete600
    pete600 Posts: 142
    Hi got mine from http://www.directwebretail.com/product. ... bestseller
    £285 including HR monitor and cadence.
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  • dag_on_a_bike
    dag_on_a_bike Posts: 581
    Bought mine 6m ago for £256, now at £258 from http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/905/garmin-edge-705-heart-rate-monitor---speed-cadence including HRM & cadence sensor.
    There's no such thing as too old.
  • japsy
    japsy Posts: 78
    Thanks everyone. Box contents does say it includes HRM but no cadence sensor.
  • GavH
    GavH Posts: 933
    Also worth remembering that some packages include mapping over and above the installed (and apparantly useless) basemap. This adds to the price again.
  • MkyDPky
    MkyDPky Posts: 39
    got mine about 2 weeks ago off ebay, road performance package (includes speed/cadence and sd card with road maps) for £270, i know the price can sometimes change (if you wanted it 2 months ago from the same guy it would have been £190) but at the moment it seems to be going for about £270. set it up, working great! the guys ebay page is;

    http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/plfl1971/

    got one going at the moment thats on £160 and is finishing tomorrow.
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    Guys - enlighten me here - are these devices the equivalent of sat navs for bikes ? - if not how do they work ?
  • fuzzynavel
    fuzzynavel Posts: 718
    kingrollo wrote:
    Guys - enlighten me here - are these devices the equivalent of sat navs for bikes ? - if not how do they work ?

    They are not the equivalent.....They ARE Sat navs for bikes.
    17 Stone down to 12.5 now raring to get back on the bike!
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    Except that satnavs for bikes don't really work since usually you want to go a particular way from A to B and not just the fastest/shortest. Getting the most out of a 705 relies on pre-planning a route unless you don't care about either blasting up A roads all the time or alternatively taking ridiculous detours to avoid even a 100 metre stretch of A road.

    If you try to use a 705 as you would a satnav in a car I suspect you'll be very disappointed....
    More problems but still living....
  • fuzzynavel
    fuzzynavel Posts: 718
    amaferanga wrote:
    Except that satnavs for bikes don't really work since usually you want to go a particular way from A to B and not just the fastest/shortest. Getting the most out of a 705 relies on pre-planning a route unless you don't care about either blasting up A roads all the time or alternatively taking ridiculous detours to avoid even a 100 metre stretch of A road.

    If you try to use a 705 as you would a satnav in a car I suspect you'll be very disappointed....

    I'm off out on the bike tomorrow and will be using the Garmin 705.....will possibly get 25 or so miles from home and then see where I end up if I tell it to get me home....I usually use it for recording training and the only navigation has been done on pre-planned routes.
    17 Stone down to 12.5 now raring to get back on the bike!
  • kingrollo
    kingrollo Posts: 3,198
    Ive been sticking to the same routes for years - maybe because I don't get much time - and just want to get the miles/hills in.

    Not really bothered about HRM or Cadence - whats the cheapest I could get one of these route planners up and running for ?
  • dag_on_a_bike
    dag_on_a_bike Posts: 581
    As I posted above, I bought mine 6m ago for £256, now at £258 from http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/905/garmin-edge-705-heart-rate-monitor---speed-cadence including HRM & cadence sensor.

    They do it about £235 without the cadence sensor. http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/904/garmin-edge-705-heart-rate-monitor

    I found it brilliant when riding in France at the back of last year, in the foothills of the Pyrenees. No idea where I was going but helped plan some interesting routes without getting lost.

    You will have to factor in the cost of maps, either in SD card or DVD. The base map is useless.
    There's no such thing as too old.
  • monkeycowboy
    monkeycowboy Posts: 186
    Im scraping together the money at the moment for one of these.... are these maps any good??

    http://www.mapomatic.net/garmin-maps-download/
  • MandieC
    MandieC Posts: 1
    Has anyone one tried the Nokia N96 as a cycle GPS unit? Just interested to know if it holds the signal OK and what your views on it are.
  • AssOs
    AssOs Posts: 72
    Best thing about the 705 is the simplicity of just having one head unit and one wireless senser.

    Paid £270 6 mths ago from expanys (now £296) which included a speed senser.

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