Re: [ST] Garmin 2610 vs 276C and mounts

[Al Garvin <agarvin@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Rupert,
   I have a garmin Street Pilot III. It is color, and has a 128MB card 
in it. I can load up everything west of the Mississippi on it at once. 
If I ever go east I can just reload it. I took a trip this summer 
through Nevada, Arizona, Utah,Wyoming and all of California. I was able 
to load all of these states in with no trouble. I am using a RAM mount 
attached to the center bolt of the gas tank up by the steering neck. See 
pics at www.garlic.com/~agarvin.  I bought all my RAM mount hardware from
http://www.rka-luggage.com/ but I don't know if they still carry it.
Total cost of mount was about $30.00. I don't remember who I bought the 
power cable from but if you do a google search for Gramin Parts you'll 
find it. I use the Mapsource program that came with the Garmin to plan 
out routes on the large screen and then download them into the SP III. 
It loads quick.  What I use it mostly for is finding Motorcycle shops 
that I haven't been to. Just input the address and say "Route to it" and 
it takes you there. I also have a hook up to speakers in my helmet to 
get audio directions, but I don't use that much. The only downside is 
having to remove it and put it in my panniers when I stop somewhere and 
want to park the bike for a while. But it comes off easily and goes back 
on quick.
Al Garvin
San Martin, Ca.

Rupert Galea wrote:

> I have been looking at GPS units.
>
> The 276C seems to be better in every way (much nice screen, can run on
> battery) EXCEPT it cannot take regular compact flash cards so you are
> stuck with an expensive Garmin 256MB card. Whereas with the 2610 you
> can put a cheap 2GB card in and have all the maps for the US.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with these? What are people using for mounts?
> Rupert
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