Your Garmin help, please

Does anyone want a HRM? Premium strap one, absolutely brand new and in the packaging.

Is it more comfortable than the previous Garmin HRM style?

I'm not sure which the previous one is?

I've got this one, which is also the model I'm selling. It's really comfortable, I basically forget it's there.

Might mean the older generation plastic strap version.

Which is actually better in my view because your sweat doesn't rot it.

Although it might not be too comfy for some people.

Is the 510 screen smaller? How long does its battery last?

Hey beauty, I don't know how to answer those questions.

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Help the aged time....

I've never had a Garmin and am too lazy to go through the last 64 pages. So, before I press the 'buy' tit on an 810, is the basemap Worldwide? I only ask because I'm hoping to ride in Cuba and Portugal next year. I just need basic navigation and not detailed topographic/city mapping.

The basemap is 'basic' as in it only knows motorways and major A roads. It will not know about any road you are likely to want to cycle on. Given that they've now managed to make a functional chocolate teapot, this means the basemap is less useful than a chocolate teapot for these purposes. Buy the 810, and then load OSM maps onto it.

download the free open source maps, you can choose which countries/areas you want.

http://microcosm.app/out/xKg

Thank you, nice Internet people. I was naive enough to think that a £300 navigation device would allow me to, well, navigate. Silly old sausage, aren't I?!

Welcome to your first experience of a garmin product letting you down...

Only if you brought the cycling version.

And I'm guessing not the last.....

However, the 810 seems to do a lot of things I want and a lot more I didn't even know I wanted. Is it worth shelling out the extra £37 for City Navigation for Europe Maps? Are the maps only of cities (I have no intention of riding in a city!)?

Pardon the moronic noob technophobe questions....

Check @c0gsucker's respond a couple post up.

Not really worth spending more money on free maps.

AFAIK I think the Edge Touring come with the European map as standard, whether the 810 doesn't.

Yeah, dont buy any maps at all.

I bought my 800 as the unit only and installed the OSM maps, really quick and easy and they've been great so far.

Thanks once more, I was merely wondering whether there was anything special about the garmin maps to persuade me to part with more hard-earned. I have my answer, there isn't, I won't!

Not quite sure what you're trying to say? Every garmin device/accessory I've bought has needed replacing, repairing or resetting. Usually more than once.

Absolutely - buy the unit without maps, buy a big SD card, then download the OSM maps and off you go!

City Navigator isn't just for cities, despite the stupid name. It's basically just Garmin's navigation data locked to an SD card. I decided that it was worth buying it, since you can't download (easily) OSM maps for the whole of Europe, and I like the ease of just having it work anywhere in Europe without having to faff around with downloads and SD cards and the rest. However, YMMV.

anything special about the garmin maps

They are lower resolution and inaccurate.

So they have that going for them...

I've found out why my Fenix II is so shit: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26575-dark-matter-could-be-seen-in-gps-time-glitches.html#.VGpOXPnF8k8

Anyone got a 1000?

What I want to know, is the processor faster? The 810 can be slow loading on maps.

Anyone got a 705 they want to rid of? I want to try this GPS shindig.

Hi, I have a Garmin Touring device - i think it's similar to an Edge 800. I've loaded maps onto it and a route... for some reason the device is about 35-40 ft off. meaning, it tells me to turn to a street, 35-40 ft AFTER i'm supposed to.... i don't see a way to calibrate the device - any tips pls?