Hema Navigator Hn5i

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Hi, I have read a few threads on the Hema hn5i but would like if possible some more comments from others who have purchased one and have used in their outback travels and in city areas. Any info would be appreciated,Thanks.
Bill

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Reply By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 12:47

Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 12:47

Bill,

I use mine for work in some areas that are not normally covered with a normal street nav gps. The Igo street nav has most of the roads shown and has only been lost on the Leichhardt Highway 10km north of Miles.

I used it last week on Igo to travel to Townsville from Chinchilla and it had no issues.

The offroad mapping works well IMHO and I tend to use that more than the Igo so I can plot my routes.

Cheers Kev

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Follow Up By: Member - The Drifters - Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 23:20

Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 23:20

Hi Kev
Thanks for your input.I will be going on trips both to some some big smokes and off road in the near future. I have only been to Brisbane twice in 40 years which was a hair raising experience"if you have any hair"so a GPS will be a lot of help.I live about 90ks west of Miles and traveling to places I would like to see, it would be handy for a bit of navigational aid also.
Thanks again,cheers,
Bill

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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 07:47

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 07:47

So you are in the Yuelba area?

I will be driving through there tomorrow about 7am and 12pm and possibly again on Friday around the same time if you want to catch up.

I have some work in Roma and Blythdale to do.

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Follow Up By: Member - The Drifters - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 09:23

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 09:23

No Kev my partner and I are looking after a small property on the Wandown /Jackson Rd 2ks up the Sundown Rd. Bill

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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:05

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:05

Bill,

I could make a detour if needed LOL

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Follow Up By: Member - The Drifters - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:55

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 11:55

We will be home today Kev if you do want to call in, the address is 229 Sundown Rd. about 2ks. House on left with green roof. A rough camp but your wecome.
Bill LOL

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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 13:21

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 13:21

It will be tomorrow or Friday I call in as I am a bit busy here today.

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Follow Up By: Member - The Drifters - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 15:57

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 15:57

Tomorrow will be OK just give me a rough ETA so I can make sure I'm here.

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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 16:12

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 16:12

Bill,

Have sent you an email as per the one in your member profile :)

Cheers Kev

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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 at 17:37

Wednesday, Aug 10, 2011 at 17:37

Bill,

Ran out of time today, will try and make it Friday between 11am and 12pm.

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Reply By: ExplorOz - David & Michelle - Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 13:16

Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 13:16

Bill,

FYI: I just enabled all the Reviews on the shop system so you can now see all the reviews that were temp hidden for the last week. The reason they were all hidden is that I transferred all the shop item reviews into the new review system and this created 300 forum threads - I decided to hide them for 1 week to stop the forum showing 15 pages of reviews in one slab last week when I did the import - I have now enabled them all so you can read and see each of them - if that helps.

Just click on the item link in your Question above and it will take you directly to the item - scroll down to the review section and click on the word review to open all of the reviews we have had loaded.

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Follow Up By: Member - The old fellow - Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 17:20

Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 17:20

Only problem I have with the HN5i is the IGO. If you are wanting to find an address in say Townsville it is no good just putting in the street name and Townsville, you have to know the exact name of the actual suburb as well, and often it is hard to know if one suburb overlaps another. Other than that the off road is a lot more user friendly on the HN5i than the HN5.

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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 17:25

Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 17:25

Old Fella,

I have the same issue with a Tom Tom so I think most street nav units would be the same in that respect.

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Follow Up By: Sand Man (SA) - Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 18:49

Monday, Aug 08, 2011 at 18:49

Old Fellow,

I can't agree with you re the Off Road function on the HN5i being more user friendly than the HN5.

I have a HN5 which has been recently upgraded to "EzyOzi" from the default OziExplorerCE. The difference is simply the "customised screens" that have now been applied.

As one who was familiar with the "standard" OziExplorerCE and had no issues with it,
the biggest problem I now have is that instead of simply tapping the screen when adding a waypoint of your current position, you now need to tap the second icon down the right hand side, which is NOT user friendly IMO.

Each to his own I guess.

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Follow Up By: Patrol22 - Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 19:22

Tuesday, Aug 09, 2011 at 19:22

Well that is one of the few things that Route66 does well....called free search...just type in the street name and it will list everyone in Australia with the one closest to your GPS location on top of the list.

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