Is the VMS 700HD any good

Recently I was looking to buy a VMS Touring 700HD GPS. Everybody wanted $699 plus and they wouldn't budge. I eventually discovered this bloke Jason at 12v4x4andcamping.com.au for $599. He gave service and he's a Perth local and a VMS dealer.

As for the unit well it has local suburbia street mapping and bush/remote tracks mapping. The remote is what I wanted it for and and when I was checking the unit out I was panning in on some unused locations in the Yilgarn region here in WA that I like going to and it was showing them so hence I brought one. Come next week I'll be putting it to the test.

Personally I'd Forget anything that offers the Gregory's off road maps. There alignment is incorrect on many of there maps. The "Blue Mtns" & "Snowy Mtns" maps are so far out they are useless to use as a moving map. I notice a few others over the last 18mths as well. This is on the VMS iPad app but in discussing this with them they say it's a Gregory's problem on all versions and they cant get anything done about it , Very poor.

Do you have an iPad ? You can download the Hema or vms app and for much less. Bigger screen too.

Just another option.

BW.