Garmin Quest GPS

Submitted: Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:09
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I was in a store the other day and they had the Garmin Quest on sale for $498 does that sound like a fair buy.

The only thing I find with this model is the screen is very small.

Mind you I was not intending to be looking at the screen while driving and I guess it could be hooked to a touch screen if need be.

Brian
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Reply By: Voxson - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:20

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:20
I would buy it... It has heaps of features over the touchscreen ones..
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Follow Up By: Voxson - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:21

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:21
oh,, i have a touchscreen one and a quest and like both,,,, if i had to give one away it would be the touchscreen one...
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Reply By: Member - Franga (QLD) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:29

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:29
Hi Brian H,
Could you tell me where they are for that price, I wouldn't mind getting one myself.

Cheers with Beers
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian H (QLD) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 23:50

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 23:50
Franga I will go there tomorrow and see if its the only one or its just a good sale.

PM me with your phone number and I will call if they have a few maybe get better price if buy more at once :)

Brian
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Reply By: Phil.Fehlberg - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:31

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 21:31
I'd grab it. I have one and it's a great little unit. It talks you through the cities, has off-road mode and can be slipped in your pocket so that you can find your way back to the car. It also takes an external aerial and connects to a PC by USB. I paid $847 for mine.
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 22:15

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 22:15
It could be the old model with the 115mb memory, mind you there's nil wrong with it , same as mine, but if you want to compare the price check this link.

www.ja-gps.com.au/garmin_quest_1.html
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Reply By: Member - Doug T (W.A) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 22:18

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 22:18
Back again, I just realised the price $500 , if it is used then you would be much better buying a new one with the bigger memory , extra $350 only and you do get the CD also
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Follow Up By: Member - Brian H (QLD) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 23:47

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 23:47
Doug its brand new ........ I just spotted it as they had a sale on. To be honest i have no idea if its the only one they have or they are all at that price.

Will find out tomorrow.

Brian
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Reply By: Kumunara (NT) - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 22:56

Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 22:56
Brian

I was recently in the market for a GPS and the Garmin Quest was one I looked at. It is a very good unit. It appears a very good price.

I decided to get a PDA GPS but that was my personal choice.
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Reply By: Member No 1- Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:52

Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007 at 07:52
they were over a grand when they first came out

Quest also has UTM for comparing against paper map....other navigators dont...making it great for bush walking too
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Reply By: Member - Brian H (QLD) - Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:30

Wednesday, Mar 07, 2007 at 12:30
Well the price is correct and at first the infomation I got was it is the new model with 243 meg mem and navigator 7 with street maps. I had a couple of others intereted (from this site) so I was VERY keen to make sure all was correct. I was also told they could get more in as required (great).

The end result as I was paying I was reading the box and it was not the new one it was the 115 meg memory with nav 6 (BUGGER). So i brought this to the salesmans notice an with some discussion with the boss the saleman simply gave me the wrong info and apologised for stuffing me around.

So it is the old version and they only have two left at that price and they are trying to see if they can get the upgraded version Nav 7 for free. However not sure if this will have an effect on the 115 memory.

My understanding is the old and new model work the same with the newer one having a larger memory.

I dare say even this is still a fair buy.

Brian
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Reply By: Member - Brian H (QLD) - Friday, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:19

Friday, Mar 09, 2007 at 10:19
Ended up picking up the Quest ........ I figured for $498 with Nav 7 CD for free was a good buy. So the fun is now learn how to use it :) :). In the end I figured I'm not looking at the screen while driving and I was mainly after it to plot locations for photo's and interesting places and trip info ........ I' sure it will do the trick.

Now just gotta go read that stuff Doug T sent me again (if i can find it) and put to practice. :) :)

Brian
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