Hey there, I’m looking into getting some kind of GPS device, either vehicle mounted or handheld, and I’m just wondering if anyone has any recommendations.
I know Garmin is probably my best bet because I’ve heard some really good reviews about all their products.
Thank you
Handheld/Vehicle mounted GPS Devices
December 21, 2020 - 8:13pm
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Handheld/Vehicle mounted GPS Devices
I’ve had the best luck with the Gaia app on my phone. Get a dedicated tablet if you don’t want to use your phone maybe. But it’s a solid app, reasonable subscription fee, and tons of different map layers that all get updated frequently.
For a dedicated off-road GPS device, the cost was just not worth it to me. They’re pretty specialized, and don’t do much more than a tablet and app will do.
I second Gaia, you can record, save, and share routes in it too.
Ok sounds good, I’ll look into it. I’ll probably get a second device so it’s separate from my phone, plus I like bigger screens
That's a good way to go, maybe if Shane sees this he can explain his setup. He runs a tablet and I think downloads the maps/cache to offline. I'm not tech savvy so maybe that's not completely accurate.
That's what I do. You have to download sections of the Gaia maps in advance. So I've downloaded the entire island, but if I go to the mainland I have to remeber to downoad the area in advance.
Maps.me is a good backup for totally offline maps. You can download the whole country in advance and it doesn't take up too much storage.
Yeah I might have to do something like that. I have an iPad mini but it’s probably too old to run the app :/
Yeah that seems like the best way to go about it.
What do you guys think of the Garmin Overlander?
Sorry, don’t know anything about it! I haven’t had a Garmin in many years, and it was just a basic on-road one.