Garmin Quest II Handheld GPS

Garmin Quest II Handheld GPS Includes: flip-up GPS antenna, PC/USB cable, vehicle suction cup mount w/ 12-volt speaker, dashboard disk,&more.Garmin Quest 2 Pocket GPS Navigator – The Quest 2 is a portable GPS navigator that makes it easy to travel to new locations. A sunlight readable display prompts you with turn-by-turn directions, including voice guidance. Just select a destination and the Quest 2 will do the rest! WAAS-enabled, 12 parallel channel GPS 140MB of supplemental map storage is available for downloading map detail from other MapSource products Built-in Americas basemap with automatic routing capabilities including highways and exits LED Backlit Display and keypad Battery Life – up to 20 hours per charge Waterproof – submersible 1 meter @ 30 min. 500 User Locations (waypoints) with name, category, comment, and graphic symbol Route Planner lets you save 50 routes, specify via points, and preview turns Auto sort multiple destinations to provide an efficient route for deliveries and sales calls Customizable road segment and area avoidance Automatic off-route and detour recalculation One-Button Home feature quickly routes you home no matter where you are Position formats include Lat/Lon, UTM, Loran TDs, Maidenhead, MGRS, user grid and more 11 Voice Languages pre-loaded Compatible with MapSource products including BlueChart, U.S. TOPO 24K, U.S. TOPO and U.S. Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots Custom POI Support Unit Dimensions – 4.5 (w) x 2.2 (h). 9 (d) Unit Weight – 5.5 ounces
Customer Review: Review Written in 2008, an honest one..
I had this well over 2 years now. At the time of the purchase, it was like the best thing to have. Now it is 2008 where there are many more GPS units to compare it againt. This would be at the bottom of the list. I notice some reviews are written 2005. That is 3 years ago. You know how fast electronics change.

I have traveled quite a bit and rented quite a bit of GPS units along with the rental cars, Philly, NYC, L.A., Pittsburg, Atlanta, Maryland, Washington DC, Charlotte, NC…… This unit is almost useless in metropolitan area. Good luck using it in NYC. It couldn’t even keep up with me on foot. Try it yourself.

It constantly loses signal in the city with high rises and the rerouting takes forever when you are driving. If you miss the original route, it will try to recalculate from that point on but since it takes forever, you would be driving away from the initial predicted route so by the time it finishes calculating, it needs to recalculate again with your current position. Unless you are stopped, you would have driven a few miles before getting a good route.

However, I found it quite reliable in the suburban area like Charlotte, NC where there aren’t many grids of roads like other major metropolitan area. I am guessing it does not clutter up the processor of the GPS when it is rerouting since there are only a few routes to consider.

Another positive note about this unit is, the battery life is considerably high. I have used it like 13 hours straight and it still had some juice left. IIRC, they advertise some 20 hour battery life per charge, but I didn’t believe that. I think 13 hours straight was pretty impressive.

I was impressed when I got it a couple of years ago because it was like one of the few available at the time, but the time has changed, there are so many GPSs out there cheaper than QuestII and outperform it in every aspects. I am getting something else.
Customer Review: Garman Quest 2
Sometimes a little slow in pulling up info, but other than that I like it.

MP2K Magazine is your source for independent news and information about MapPoint technologies and products and is home to the popular web forum for MapPoint users and developers.

Dash Updates and Opens Platform – New Apps on Dash Express
Cool stuff ahead with the Dash – they have opened up their platform to other developers as they roll out applications that illustrate the capabilities. The Dash is a pretty amazing GPS with 2-way connectivity that allows for a…

Garmin Edge 705 – First Impressions
We have been lucky to have some great weather up here near Boston – and I took advantage of it the other day to go for a shake-down ride on my bike; the first of the season, and the…

A Simple Add-in for MapPoint API Beginners
Richard Marsden’s latest article shows step by step how to create a MapPoint COM Add-in using Visual Basic to draw circles around pushpins. Includes complete source code and screenshots.

The MapPoint Web Service Helper – Part II: Mobile Application Development
This article describes how the MapPoint Web Service Helper can be used to quickly and easily write Visual Basic 2005 mobile applications that make use of the Microsoft MapPoint Web Service.

Related Articles

• 
• 
• 
• 

Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!