Quest vs ?

just bought quest last friday $745 so far so good but can't get the road maps into oziexploer so got natmap raster 2005 as well although mapsource is a lot easier to use (training the wife to use it)

At $750 it's even better, yes it is a good product, it also comes with the Mapsource City Navigator V7 for general city and country maps
If you want better outback / remote topo maps you can download for free and install Shonkymaps.

Hi Fuji
I bought a Quest for my upcoming trip to the Kimberleys starting in July, using the MapSource software that is supplied, I created all the routes & waypoints that I needed for the trip on the pc and downloaded them to the Quest. I even did a small route from home to work (45 klms) just to see how good it was, the voice directions & the plug-in speaker worked perfect.
To find out how accurate the Quest was I decided to find a Geocache which was hidden close to home, when the Quest indicated that I was at the coordinates given for the geocache, I found I was only about four feet away, I reckon that is fairly accurate.

I bought mine online through Johnny Applseed and paid for express delivery and it arrived the next day.
I couldn't be happier with the Quest.
Regards,
John

Imho yes. I have one & even though i have not fully tested it out in the outback & what have you,i am happy with my purchase.
Cheers Bob.

A Quest isn't one I would consider for out in the bush as its more Orientated to use of pre-loaded maps.

276c and 60c series garmins are more along the line I choose , because basically while many main routes are included in mapping there are lots of errors and out of place tracks such that in bush situations I find internal mapping relatively useless.

Main thing I do for this type of use is load in tracks I have previously recorded or from say this website, and essentially use these as a guide.

The 2 units I mentioned allow about 15 such tracks to be easily pre-loaded, in high definition, and followed without confusion of other data.

Situation is quite different for fixed roads and here the now common Navigators are useful - there is a case for both types of function.

Robin Miller

fujimiester
Absolutly no problems, will guide you from Perth to the tip of Cape York ,or to a street in Birdsville, will record 4100klm of the journey, and you can make your own routes, and you will get a CD of the Mapping Software to use on you PC and Laptop if you have one, you could also add T4A into it also,
www.ja-gps.com.au/garmin_quest_1.html

Garmin 276C is the way to go. Screen clarity is excellent.

thanx everyone. Is the 276c portable???

Have had my quest now for nearly 2 years and it is fantastic. Voice guidance is great for around the city and towns and tracks are easily downloaded using ozi. I reckon its one of the best things I have ever bought. Got mine from Johnny appleseed in Brisbane, they also run courses to get the most out it, (no connection to them, just a happy customer). If I had to find a negative, it would only be screen size, but you can't have everything. Handy to stick in your pocket when bushwalking.

Seeing that I am mentally challenged in GPS, I will have to drive to St Kilda Rd and pop into Johnny Appleseed. Why can't they just load a desert tracks map or similar onto the damn unit and make life so much simpler. I don't have the patience to be buying and loading maps onto a laptop (if the missus lets me use hers) and then downloading onto the unit. Thank you for taking the time out to reply. Wave when you see me pointing the laser at you to clock your speed.

fm

I'm looking at the nuvi 660, how does this compare to the quest doug?

thanks

fujimiester
I just done a demo page for the Quest, copy and paste this URL into the address bar.

www.doug-and-dusty.id.au/display1.htm

Doug