Comments on: Zoom, zoom with the Garmin Zumo 550 http://mark.denovich.com/2007/03/26/zoom-zoom-with-the-garmin-zumo-550/ More uninteresting crap... Now from England! Sun, 04 Oct 2009 03:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: GPSReviews http://mark.denovich.com/2007/03/26/zoom-zoom-with-the-garmin-zumo-550/comment-page-1/#comment-1143 GPSReviews Fri, 20 Mar 2009 05:55:40 +0000 http://mark.denovich.org/?p=24#comment-1143 Nice comparison with the tomtom. I have not reviewed these models, but its good to get real use opinions. Nice comparison with the tomtom. I have not reviewed these models, but its good to get real use opinions.

]]> By: GPSReviews http://mark.denovich.com/2007/03/26/zoom-zoom-with-the-garmin-zumo-550/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 GPSReviews Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:55:40 +0000 http://mark.denovich.org/?p=24#comment-1120 Nice comparison with the tomtom. I have not reviewed these models, but its good to get real use opinions. Nice comparison with the tomtom. I have not reviewed these models, but its good to get real use opinions.

]]> By: Mike Hess http://mark.denovich.com/2007/03/26/zoom-zoom-with-the-garmin-zumo-550/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Mike Hess Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:58:35 +0000 http://mark.denovich.org/?p=24#comment-15 I've had the Zumo 550 for a few months now and 10,000 miles. Its my first GPS and used almost exclusively on my FLHTCU in Australia. First impression is that Garmin needs to get some riders to develope its software. Not satellite engineers (I have 20+ years in the space business). The software is what I'd call Windows 1.0 compared to what it could be if done in windows XP. I've used MS Streets and Trips and found it oh so much better than MapSource. In all it's a steep learning curve both while riding and using MapSource...Most important is to make sure you have the latest downloads for the unit and the computer! Once "she's" gotten you lost or in trouble, you learn what to watch out for...till the next time you have to learn something....I like your comments about waypoints, I select them on the far side of the intersection so I know at least I don't have to do a U-turn. And it doesn't help that the government hasn't updated some of the maps/roads in the outback...it's fun to find yourself riding along at 89mph on a nice road only to look at the zumo and see you are out in a pasture. One last point, in my hometown of Adelaide (1 million people) the routes she wants me to take across town are often longer and more congested than the routes I've learned in my head over the years....but in a city that you don't know any better, then she's good...except in Hobart where she had me going down a main one-way street the wrong direction.... Mike I’ve had the Zumo 550 for a few months now and 10,000 miles. Its my first GPS and used almost exclusively on my FLHTCU in Australia. First impression is that Garmin needs to get some riders to develope its software. Not satellite engineers (I have 20+ years in the space business). The software is what I’d call Windows 1.0 compared to what it could be if done in windows XP. I’ve used MS Streets and Trips and found it oh so much better than MapSource.

In all it’s a steep learning curve both while riding and using MapSource…Most important is to make sure you have the latest downloads for the unit and the computer!

Once “she’s” gotten you lost or in trouble, you learn what to watch out for…till the next time you have to learn something….I like your comments about waypoints, I select them on the far side of the intersection so I know at least I don’t have to do a U-turn.

And it doesn’t help that the government hasn’t updated some of the maps/roads in the outback…it’s fun to find yourself riding along at 89mph on a nice road only to look at the zumo and see you are out in a pasture.

One last point, in my hometown of Adelaide (1 million people) the routes she wants me to take across town are often longer and more congested than the routes I’ve learned in my head over the years….but in a city that you don’t know any better, then she’s good…except in Hobart where she had me going down a main one-way street the wrong direction….

Mike

]]> By: Mark’s Blog » Blog Archive » Mini Review: Garmin Zumo 550 vs. TomTom Go 910 http://mark.denovich.com/2007/03/26/zoom-zoom-with-the-garmin-zumo-550/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Mark’s Blog » Blog Archive » Mini Review: Garmin Zumo 550 vs. TomTom Go 910 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:23:06 +0000 http://mark.denovich.org/?p=24#comment-14 [...] Update: I’ve had a chance to use it on the bike. Check out my first impressions. [...] [...] Update: I’ve had a chance to use it on the bike. Check out my first impressions. [...]

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