HEMA

Woozle, Have a look at the reviews loaded into the system via the link in provided to the product in our shop. This link is at the top of this thread on the RHS - open the shop page and the reviews will all be shown.
DM

Hi woozle, I have used the Hema GPS since they first came out. They are a great thing to have besides being able to setup as detailed as 25,000:1 of your favorite areas of travel, real easy to load maps on SD cards.
I find they are great even when travelling on long trips on bitumen where you know where you are going and just have it on to see the names of hills, lakes, stations etc as you drive along. Bit hard with paper to do that and drive safe.
I have a 32GB SD card full just with W.A. maps and other cards loaded with the most detailed maps available for the East coast and Tassie.
The only down side is (in a good way), you go places sometimes you shouldn't of gone so far in the rough scratching the paintwork when on your own and feel like an explorer and wonder if you really should of "just have a drive down here" on that little squiggle on the screen.
I did nearly 5000kms in three months driving around that "little" place called Tassie, criss-crossing along the old logging tracks and trying to get where I was going and not going on bitumen, finding all sorts of places, and you have confidence that you will get back out. Great.
Once you get one you will wonder why you didn't do it sooner. Shout yourself for Christmas.

David & Michelle I can go to the shop and open other items but when I click on the Hema I keep getting a server error but from what I am led to believe these are the go

Woozle,
We have one of the first models. Had to have the battery replaced after two years. Battery and complete software upgrade by HEMA cost $70. Improved clarity of the maps was noticeable immediately. It has been great and I would expect the HN 5 to be at least as good. My only complaint is that it will not give an ETA on any of the 4WD navigational screens. So, when on a big trip, I also use a Magellan Sportrak set up to show the ETA for each day's final destination.
Jon W