Which GPS?????

I will second Doug on that, I have a Nuvi 760 with city navigator and shonkie maps on an sd card. The Garmin Nuvi has been on some pretty rough tracks and has performed really well.

Wow!

The Hema Navigator has certainly come down in price.
$699 from the EO Shop. That's an excellent price to what they were originally released for.

Now you've got me thinking if it's time to upgrade from my PDA.

I won't replace my Tom Tom 720 though. I love it.


Bill.

Does the Hema unit do street navigation also?

Yes, Bonz.
The Hema navigator does streets navigation too.

The upgraded Hema Navigator is about to come out (if it hasn't already) and the priice has been massively reduced to $699.

Hi Kurd
I was speaking to Rob from Hema yesterday and he said that the new 5" units should hit the market, either late October/early November.

Cheers

Stephen

Stephen,

Thanks, that puts a different light on the situation. Adele from ExplorOz emailed me that the new batch with additional features would have a new RRP of $699 as of 1st September. The web sites of both ExplorOz and Hema refer to the 4.3 inch model at that price so perhaps there is some confusuion in the camp!

Could it be that they are only reducing the price of the old 4.3 inch model to clear "old" stock before they introduce the 5 inch model? Once the 5 inch model is released we may see the price rocket back to the previous unrealistic (to me anyway) level.

Hi Kurd
I did not ask Rob the price of the new 5" Model, but I would say that is why there is the big price variation, like you say to clear stock of the 4.3" Model to make way for the new 5" units. Like I have said above, seeing the two units working side by side in the Great Victoria Desert, ie the Hema Navigator and my Garmin Nuvi 5000 with Garmin Topo Australia inserted, the Hema unit won hands down, no questions asked at all.

Cheers

Stephen