Garmin Montana 750i, First Look

This doesn't belong to me, but at least I get a chance to try it out! I'm figuring out how to install road maps and use this as car travel GPS.
I'm going to look at how to put the free Open Street Maps.

[@theroguetomato5362]

Holy hell, nearly $800 for something my phone does.

[@m005kennedy]

No, your phone does not do this. Phone GPS are not as accurate as this. They appear to be because the software pins your signal to a nearby road. Take away the roads, and your phone is less accurate. These don't need cell service or the internet to work. Besides using GPS satellites more accurately than your phone, it communicates through the Iridium satellite system. That means it works as well in Haiti as it does in Maine. The satellite system has enormous worldwide service. Your phone doesn't. There can be a pretty hefty surcharge for using your phone in a different country. Plus, again, using Haiti as an example, they old cellphone network forces most visitors to buy a phone there. And it probably has pretty poor coverage of the country. With this, the only problem might be a satellite being blocked for a short time in a mountainous area. You can get these for $600. You might have paid more for your phone. If I was in a remote area where cell service was spotty or non-existent and I wanted to prepare for an emergency situation I would definitely want this instead of or in addition to a cell phone. This just a proven system that has been used world wide.

[@theroguetomato5362]

@@m005kennedy Well, I happen to drive on roads. It's kind of my thing.

[@m005kennedy]

A lot of people don't. This is primarily an off-road or remote area device. Getting it to act like a car GPS turns it into a much simpler device. But...it communicates by satellite. It works where other devices don't. It has a rescue button that gets emergency services. A through hiker on youtube had a heart problem and pushed the botton and got rescued. She had the rescue insurance, so garmin paid $50K of the $60K rescue cost. The person using this is going to be in some remote area of the USA and Canada with little or no cell service. Also, I have heard people complain that cell phones are not very accurate if you want to do geocaching. But if you're in cell service range and just driving in populated areas you are right.