Monterra gps
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Gotta upgrade my gps. See a used, like new for 2000 aed. Is this still one of the best to use. Price ok? With mount n speaker but dont thonk speaker so important. Current gps serves fin on road. Sharing coordinates, tracks, etc a prob now.
Monterra is probably one of the best current GPS for offroad applications, the uncrowned king is still the Garmin 276C, though.The problem is that used units are selling for twice the price at what they were selling for when new…
Ouch! Is 2k aed a fair price on the monterra?
AED 2k for used one sounds a bit high. For a couple hundred more I believe you can buy a brand new one. Call AMIT in Deira. They are the local distributors for Garmin and they can tell you over the phone how much a new one is currently. Also enquire about the Monatana 650. I use this one for many activities: sailing, hiking, and of course offroading. I love it. Be advised you will need to buy the local maps from Garmin website for it to be of practical use.
They dont sell monterra now. They push montana 680t. I lean to monterra. Any suggestions?
Well you can buy it on Garmin US website for $650 so approx. aed 2400, plus shipping, plus you would have to buy the local maps, which could be another aed 500, plus the cradle. So if you are getting all of this for aed 2000 and it is in good shape then sounds like it might not be a bad deal.
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/into-sports/hiking/monterra-/prod113522.html#gallery-dialog
They dont sell monterra now. They push montana 680t. I lean to monterra. Android, download open maps.. includes cradle, speaker, maps, n a collection of uae n oman tracks. Seems good.
I ordered a monterra from http://www.souq.com for AED 2578 2 days ago, which were 5 in stock. but it is out of stock today. you better check sometimes this web site, they might bring additional pieces, because all of them are sold very quickly.
Manuf refurb, with shipping less than 1800 AED, cheapest on ebay.
Now the prowd owner of a monterra ….. Learning time
Mabrook Steve, lots of fun and enjoyment now! Be sure to download Garmin Base camp. It is free and allows you to do lots of neat things with your routes and trips on your computer too!
quote Steve Tribble:Now the prowd owner of a monterra ….. Learning timeCongrats @Steve Tribble. Can you elaborate some more on it, like How much u paid for it? And from where u bought it. Thinking to buy same for me.
I paid 2000 aed. Wanted to do less but another member of our family was chasin it also. In perfect condition. It had mount plus speaker plus some maps n stuff that can get through our friends for free.
Was on dubizzle.
Check out page 7, Garmin Montana 680T for ~AED1,600 from REI in the US. This is a very good deal.
I have the Monterra and it’s an impressive unit. I bought it in Dubai at Adventure HQ about 1.5 years ago for about 2500 AED. It runs on Android and also has wifi so you could get your email, etc. and load any apps you want onto the device. It only lacks a sim card, so no calling.
I have found a website with free road maps all over the world for Garmin devices (built by Garmin users by uploading tracks). I can find and post the link if people are interested (it’s on a different computer). I occasionally have issues with a corrupt file, but usually they work really well and have a lot of landmarks displayed.
The best part about the Monterra (and I believe the Montana as well) is using the Garmin service to download satellite images. They are geolocated and the resolution is quite good (I can see specific trees, dunes, etc.) and you can see exactly where you are at when you’re driving in the desert. I can zoom in to see if there is a gap in the fence I can squeeze through. It’s $29.99 USD per year and worth every penny. It works through the Garmin Basecamp software on your computer mentioned above. It takes awhile to download images, but I consider it brilliant.
The biggest downside to the Garmin’s is the user-friendliness. The instructions are non existent and it’s not easy to search for a destination. Keep your other GPS technology for driving on the road, and use the Garmin for off-road and hiking.
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