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Unlike many others I like my garmin 800, and so far has never crashed on me. I'm not really interested in recording what I do, just the navigation. Navigation is good so long as you preload the route, I've always found the inbuilt navigation a bit cautious to take busier roads
rj-
I'm not overly bothered about anything but the navigation either.
My only Garmin experience was with a 705 years ago, and not once did that thing manage to follow a pre-loaded gpx route correctly. Eventually I gave up on it after it changed its purple line to where IT wanted to go instead too many times. :)I'm hoping they're far more reliable these days, but just can't seem to narrow the choices down to one that ticks all the boxes. I like the size of the 520, but it's supposedly not the best for navigation. The 1000 is supposed to be great for navigation, but seems shit on battery life etc
Black_Rainbow_Project
I've been deliberating what to go for. I see loads of people still using the etrex, but the fact you can't charge them from a dynamo if you don't want to use AA's is a bit off putting. But then I keep reading in reviews of newer Garmins that the battery life is only around 5-6 hours if you're using navigation mode, which is the main function I want. So I'm guessing it would mean having them on near constant charge?