Hema 5

Hi Reuel
I have a HN5 and they are a great unit. I only use mine using OziExplorer and it is just like using a laptop, but in a small on the windscreen unit. As for Route 66, what you have hear is correct and for city destinations, I revert back to the far superior Garmin Nuvi.

People that buy these units mostly buy them for the Ozi ability and not Route 66


Other will comment and may be different to what I have said.


Cheers


Stephen

Hi

I have used Route 66 a limited number of times on the Hema 5. It seems to work Ok - got me where I wanted to go. I am lead to believe they have recently changed how the software works so maybe some of the previous bad comments about the program (on the older HN 4.3) are no longer relevant? I have also used a Mio, Garmin (CityNav on Oregon) and TwoNav - none of them are perfect. Havent used any enough to say what is better or worse. Have however learnt that it pays to plan and review your trip at home first if possible including making reference to "proper" map (street directory) or even google maps.

Cheers
Greg

Member Sand Man has a blog on this device - well worth the read.

If you want to use a GPS on road then don't buy the HEMA. I took mine back a week after buying it and swapped it for a VMS Touring 500 which also has OziExplorer and Memory map and an excellent on road program as well.

Reuel,

I have stated my opinion of Route 66 on my blog and haven't changed my mind.
Regardless of what you use, you need to understand the differences between "on road" and "off road" use.

Hema can only run one of them at a time and to my knowledge, most others would be similar.

I used to run a PDA with OziExplorer and Natmap premium for country travel and Co-Pilot Live for voice guided navigation in metro and major country town areas.
Both programs were excellent and because the PDA also ran GPSGate, the output from the GPS could be shared amongst multiple programs concurrently.

Two problems with this however.
The screen from the PDA was too small.
Co-Pilot Live ceased to be distributed in Australia.

Unless you can find a device that allows both types of navigation applications to be running concurrently, you will be much better off with two separate devices.

I run the Hema with OziExplorer and the excellent range of digital maps included with it for country travel wherever I go, recording track and waypoint data which can be saved for future reference.
I also run a TomTom device for voice guided navigation for city and country towns I come across.

This dual device solution gives much greater flexibility IMO.


Bill.