GPS systems for off the beaten track

[wags on the water]

I'm in the market for a GPS unit. It will be mainly used away from the city (I have a UBD for the city). I'd like to know your thoughts on the best unit for the bush. I have done a little research on the Hema Navigator, and yes I'm aware it's not far off $1000.

I'd like to know your thoughts.

Cheers,

Wags

[finga]

Take a co-pilot.
They seem to work

And now we cross over to some serious opinions.

[wags on the water]

Take a co-pilot.
They seem to work

And now we cross over to some serious opinions.

I have found (previous experience) co-pilots are unreliable and backchat....

[GBC]

Mine makes me stop the vehicle every time she has to turn the page - Oh and she'll only navigate while going North - because she can't read up side down.

Seriously though - try exploroz.com - they spend half their lives talking about that stuff.

[catfishkid]

I was seriously considering the magellan crossover unit with the streets and tracks oz card,That is the model after the explorist units which are good but have a really small screen.they show full topographic maps of most areas,when I looked the maps of the mount mee area were there and pretty accurate.

Cheers Craig

[chisel]

You can buy either a mio, navman or some generic units off ebay for $150-250 and run oziexplorer on it if you like. It is a bit of mucking around but will get you something close to a hema navigator for $500-ish (have to buy oziexplorer software and the hema maps).

[wags on the water]

You can buy either a mio, navman or some generic units off ebay for $150-250 and run oziexplorer on it if you like. It is a bit of mucking around but will get you something close to a hema navigator for $500-ish (have to buy oziexplorer software and the hema maps).

My last purchase off Ebay has put me off the cons on there. When an item is marked 'Brand new in box'....it should be just that. I will look into it but buyer beware....

[Lucky_Phill]

I bought the Magellan X-over a while ago when they were a fart under 1,000.

The offroad stuff is fantastic. The street navigator is ' ordinary ' but will get you there in the end.

You can also drop a " SD " card in and it will do ' on water ' as well.

Battery life is over two hours.... maybe more.. I forget, so it can also be used for bush walking.

Only down side is you cannot change the " english " voice from that annoying American woman. , But the French and Italian girls sounds nice



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[wags on the water]

You can also drop a " SD " card in and it will do ' on water ' as well.


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Is that for those extra deep river crossings? or mud puddles......

[dec0guy]

I've been looking for a GPS and considering a Garmin unit. You can get off road mapping such as Oztopo or Garmin have just released Topo Australia maps.

http://www.oztopo.com/index.htm

I was looking at a Garmin 265W GPS on the weekend which is on special at JB Hifi for $383 (RRP $449) and included a hundred dollars of free accessories.

[Lucky_Phill]

Yes, Mike, it's for the ' deep ' water and I believe it can be interphased with a fish finder

Olbis...... at Rockela, is where I got mine.

I see battery life is 8 hours....!

It can come with a PC software thing-a-ma-jig that let's you down load / up load POI's and also enables you to plot routes Aust wide.

http://www.nextdestination.com.au/pa...?ProductId=244


and , I also found this:-


http://www.ryda.com.au/Magellan-Cros...smagpnd100.htm


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[TheRealAndy]

I have a garmin nuvi or something like that. You can download tracks4australia and shonky maps for it free of charge. I reckon both are best of useless but they are free so who really cares. You can also get topo maps for it. The shonky maps have topo, but I cant remember the contours. shonky is 250000:1. Garmin also have topo series, and the lads at johnny appleseed also had different topo's for the garmin.

However, if you want my honest opinion, the topo maps on GPS are useless. Sunmap paper maps leave them for dead. Takes a little more getting used to though. I used to be a hiker and all I had was paper maps, cause GPS does not work in rainforest.

[welder]

Have you guys shopped Walmart , Basspro, Cabela's, Gander mountain, www.boemarine.com or the like on line here in the states ?
And could someone here in the states send you a item that was bought here ? Would it be cheaper or save you money.

[wags on the water]

Have you guys shopped Walmart , Basspro, Cabela's, Gander mountain, www.boemarine.com or the like on line here in the states ?
And could someone here in the states send you a item that was bought here ? Would it be cheaper or save you money.

Haven't looked that way yet, but more research required.

[welder]

Wags , PM me if I can Help.