Garmin Quest GPS - Beware

Potential purchasers of Garmin Quest GPS beware. I bought a unit 6 weeks ago and at the time was undecided between the Magellan and Garmin product. The salesman at a well known communications outlet in Adelaide advised there was some excellent new mapping coming soon in the version of City Navigator 6. I spent considerable time with the salesman and believed even if I purchased now the unit would meet my end needs.............that being that I could load the new version 6 for the Aust mainland and the Blue Marine chart for SA...... even if I had to pay approx$150 for the updated ver 6 ( no guarantee on the update being included which was fair enough I thought). Now I find out that the unit doesn't meet my needs because the new version is 132mb before you even consider the local Blue Chart.

Garmin and retailers have released info and marketed the 'new exciting software' but there has been absolutely no mention of the updated Garmin Quest with 243mb of memory for the unit to be really functional.........yes 243mb instead of the now redundant 115mb. This is so you can load all of your maps, City Navigator version 6 and the Optional Blue Chart Marine maps and don't have to muck around putting maps on and off when on a trip.

Apparently the SA distributor knew nothing about the new undated Quest let alone the local retailer. Local distributors are still selling the 115mb version as I write this and knew nothing of the 243mb version until I contacted them today. I am one very dissatisfied Garmin customer ..........don't get caught, buy the updated Garmin Quest for the same price (actually $2 cheaper!) from a well known Oz GPS retailer ..........and for all those who have recently purchased a 115mb unit it is now a redundant model!

cheers Jagg