Trail Tech Voyager & other brand GPS units

Ok I'm thinking that I want to add a do all GPS unit instead of the stock dash on my TE510 09. What are the feelings of the people that have the Voyager mounted on their bikes versus other brands ? Pros and cons and issues, I've heard water resistance may be an issue with some of these, as well as durability.

I would love to hear opinions as well. Good point about rain. Just rode in it yesterday. The Garmin Montana looks great because it takes a licking and is touch screen. Don't know about mounts for this unit.

The voyager holds ~100,000 log points so longer rides are easily recorded....

Not sure why exactly, but my riding friend was using the voyager for logging our trip path and a garmin V to view the road map on... Something about the voyager not being compatible with his map software i think...

We got rained on only a couple times and no problems with the device...

I can attest to the waterproofness of the Voyager...

I completely submerged mine in a fast moving creek with no issues.

Luckily Shane came through behind me and did the same thing. Kelly documented the situation.



Later,

I guess there's not many people with any experience with these units, like myself. I'm wondering if the voyager has the ability to pull up a map, or find things of interest like closest gas station,food,hotel,ect. like the kind I've used in a car before.Thanks for the replys and it does appear that they are water resistent from that picture. From what I have read it seems that the maps that are available for the Voyager seem to be on the West Coast.

Right: not like a tomtom for the car- very different Just like the tomtom can't find FS Roads/trails and fire lanes (non gas tax) and build tracks and store them- these and others used for offroad don't have the "POI" functions or tell you to " in 50 feet turn right down the cliff"

I use a Garmin 60CSX in a touratech mount hardwired 12v. Has city nav and US topo installed. Does it all...... and has been bullet proof. You can explore/ride in Topo and when you need gas or food switch to city nav in about 5 seconds and find any POI just like your car GPS will. Map/view on Google earth...plot a ride.....I have found that I like to pair it up with a DeLorme State specific Off Road map book WITH lat. and long lines. Using the book with the GPS coordinates and a compass and always know where you are at. Even left it on doing some enduro's and hare scrambles. Best part, can take it off for....hunting, hiking, geocaching.........

Thanks for all the input now I just have to decide on what I'm looking for. I really like the features of the Voyager, but it doesn't give me the feature to load a topo and go explore, and then find a close alternative to gas up again or find some eats somewhere close by. The garmin on the other hand sounds like it will do it all.

Does anyone have experience with the Garmin Montana? Looks like a nice unit with a big screen.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15952925

Have a read.

Thanks. That's quite a thread.

I use a garmin Etrex and I am content with it.

I live in a 3 rd world country so you would think the maps are more or less disregarded.

the Garmin does have it pretty OK in control here in Cambodia the maps are available and its the only brand of GPS that is commonly used here (because of the maps is my guess)

Robert-Jan

Where did you get the topo maps from? I have the same gps and would love to get the topos.

I use a Garmin bicycle unit, it comes with multiple mounts so I can easily move it from bike to bike. It's also weather proof and fat finger compatible.

I have a Voyager and its great for engine data and maintenance tracking. It also does a great job telling you where you have BEEN but is very poor at teling you where to GO if you havent been there already. You cannot load maps of any sort into the unit unless there is a software crack or something I am unaware of. Its perfect for finding the truck after a day of exploring and being able to see your RPM H2O and hours is a great benefit to me on my 449. You can load waypoints but its a route only type thing, it draws straight lines between waypoints. Its perfect for the dirt bike and short trips, it would not work well on long multi-day trip Im afraid. I just turn on tracking and ride. Im still happy as hell with it but it will be backed up with my 60CS or Montana if I need traditional GPS data.

I am looking into getting one of these. I just saw that they said you can download maps on ohvtrail.net Is this not the case? I am referring to the trailtech voyager^

yes they have maps

They do not have maps, I just went to my logon ohvtrails and it is still only capable of uploading and downloading tracks. Maps on the Voyager are not possible. What your probably referring to is the tracks can be displayed on top of Google Maps (this is what you see on ohvtrails) but the map itself is not able to be input into the voyage, only the track. The only maps you can see are on a computer.