Special offer on Garmin Montana 600/650 for Dubai offroaders
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It is my pleasure to bring to you a special offer courtesy Garmin on the Garmin Montana series of GPS Systems.
A serious offroad GPS is an essential piece of equipment that we are all going to need, if we want to do any serious offroading while keeping a tab about where we are and where do we want to go…Garmin Montana 600 + City Navigator Middle East & North Africa 2013 (Preloaded) + Garmin Auto Suction Mount with built in speaker & car charger @ AED2,098.00
MORE DETAILS AT http://www.techsouq.com/garmin-montana-650-waterproof-hiking-offroad-gps-with-5-megapixel-camera/Garmin Montana 650 + City Navigator Middle East & North Africa 2013 (Preloaded) + Garmin Auto Suction Mount with built in speaker & car charger @ AED2,198.00
MORE DETAILS AT http://www.techsouq.com/garmin-montana-600-waterproof-hiking-offroad-driving-gps/The offered products are brand new Sealed packed units, not used or re-furbished and come with a full Garmin Warranty.
The Garmin Montana 600 and 650 are the two models in Garmin’s newest handheld series. With it’s large 4” touch-screen, I had initially thought the Montanas were targeted at us, the motorized crowd , but after spending over a month with one, I’m convinced that a lot of hikers and geocachers will be attracted to it as well. Before we get into the details, here’s some info on the rest of the series…
Related units
The basic difference between the 600 & 650 is the 5MP camera on the 650 that allows you to take geotagged pictures.
Note that both the Montana models have a tri-axial electronic compass and barometric altimeter.Display
The Montana’s 4” display, and the features that the expanded screen real estate allows, are some of the prime factors making this an attractive device. The screen is recessed, giving it an extra bit of protection. BTW, that 4” display offers almost twice the viewing area of the Oregon series (45.19 sq. cm. vs. 23.94 sq. cm.), and more than twice that of the 62 series (19.8 sq. cm.)
Visibility is better than the Garmin Oregon x50 series, thanks to a slightly lower resolution screen (relative to screen size; 2889 pixels per sq. cm. vs. 4010 pixels/sq. cm. for the Oregon series), which means significantly more light can be reflected back to Montana users. Personally, I don’t find it to be a huge difference, but it is still another incremental improvement, making it somewhat better than the Oregon 450.
Montana-650-camera-screenThe screen rotates automatically between landscape and portrait views. Interestingly enough, it only rotates three ways, not four. In the image above of another model in the Montana series, it doesn’t matter if the “Montana 650” text on the body of the device is at the top or bottom in landscape mode, but in portrait mode, the “Garmin” text must be at the bottom; the screen will not rotate 180 degrees from this position. One thing I found as a result of having landscape mode available – I can see all of long waypoint names. Nice!
Screen rotation is generally fast, taking just a second or two as long as the unit is being held at an angle approaching vertical. Hold it horizontally, flip it, and it can take quite a while to figure it out, even if you then incline it vertically. In actuality, this takes some getting used to, since many users tend to hold the device at an angle closer to horizontal than vertical.
Camera
The 650 has the camera, which Geotags the photograph when you take one.
Dual-use
When combined with a Garmin mount that features an external speaker, and City Navigator maps, the Montana can deliver spoken turn-by-turn directions, calling out street names. Very useful and effective as City Navigator Middle East has the whole Middle East covered including the complete Arabian peninsula, levant and North Africa!!!
Auto-nuvi-mode
As you can see above, there is a “nuvi” mode, which will definitely give you a very nuvi-like experience. It is a true joy to be able to navigate to a cache or trailhead by car, using your handheld. Gone are the days of having to load waypoints to two units…so this replaces your old Nuvi too!!!
The arrow icon at the left of the Favourites dashboard allows one to have the dashboard slide out of sight and get a full screen view of the map. Tap the arrow again and the dashboard slides back into view. Nice!
A Shortcuts feature is available from the Setup menu (also from the Favorites dashboard menu). Shortcuts can be added to the Main Menu, App Drawer or Favorites. This feature is a little buggy, with many shortcuts not working. I did manage to place a working shortcut to the display settings on my Favorites dashboard. Once Garmin works the bugs out of shortcuts, you should be able to access just about any feature with a couple of taps.
One of the big improvements is also one of the simplest, the addition of the menu icon (the icon with the three horizontal bars below at left).
Montana map with menu button
Tap it on the map screen and you’ll see this…
Montana-map-menu
A simple thing, but two less taps than it takes on the Oregon.
Here’s another menu tip.
One other note – you know how you can tap the power button on most Garmins to adjust the backlight, see the signal strength, time of day and battery status? Well you can add a dashboard there as well. My personal favorite is Shortcuts. So now I can tap the power key and get access to a few functions that would push me past nine apps on the home screen – items like Display setup that allows me to enable screen shots. Very nice indeed. Hat tip to Boyd for turning me onto this possibility.
Other recent features
I recently posted five six reasons to buy one of the newer Garmin handhelds, and the Montana series has all of these capabilities. Follow the link above for more details on each:
Garmin BirdsEye aerial imagery
Garmin custom maps
Advanced track navigation
Paperless geocaching
Profiles
Garmin Montana 650 pros
Large, bright screen
Extensive customization options
Garmin’s best dual-use unit
5MP geotagging camera
Li-ion battery (relatively long life and you don’t have to open the battery cover to recharge)
Accurate odometer and tracklog readings
Screen can be viewed in landscape or portrait orientation
Easy to hide dashboards to get full screen map view
Garmin Montana 650 cons
Relatively bulky and heavy
Additional maps and mount required to make best highway use of device
No carabiner clip
Conclusion and recommendation
The Montana series has some great features – a larger and somewhat brighter touchscreen that can rotate between portrait and landscape orientations, an interface that makes it much easier to access settings and switch functions, and a dashboard that can slide out of the way to give you a full screen map view. The ability, at additional cost, to set it up for a nuvi-like highway routing experience is another big plus.THE UNIT COMES WITH THE STANDARD MANUFACTURER’S WARRANTY WHICH CAN ONLY BE AVAILED DIRECTLY FROM THE AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER.
BLAZE COMPUTERS LLC/ TECHSOUQ/ DUBAI OFFROADERS ARE NOT AUTHORIZED/LIABLE/RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY WARRANTY RELATED ISSUES.
I want to buy Moyana650, Where should i go or contact…?
Manesh, this is a great offer and merely reply to this thread putting your name down in a numbered list format.
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etc.For all others, this is a fantastic offer, and if you do not have a GPS yet, then this is something you should seriously consider, this being one of the best units on the market.
quote Manesh M:I want to buy Moyana650, Where should i go or contact…?Manesh your GPS is already on its way to you and should be delivered by the courier either today or tomorrow.
Salam Ahmed Bhai
I too wanted a Garmin Montana 650, how can i get one.
quote Amjed:Salam Ahmed Bhai
I too wanted a Garmin Montana 650, how can i get one.Oye Gabbar,
Just call him and you will get at your home by courier..
Its really nice, I got one, Thanks! to Ahmed bhai
quote khshareef:quote Amjed:Salam Ahmed Bhai
I too wanted a Garmin Montana 650, how can i get one.Oye Gabbar,
Just call him and you will get at your home by courier..
Humayun whom to call dear !
Thanks Ahmed Bhai for few tips to use. The first thing I bought before even going into desert is Montana 600 on recommendation on this site. The dealers are charging exorbitant money for road maps, I believe some 300 or 400 Dhs. Any chance of getting maps cheaper than that. I bought off road maps but the road network was very old rather not of much use
Ravindreddy
quote ravindreddy:Thanks Ahmed Bhai for few tips to use. The first thing I bought before even going into desert is Montana 600 on recommendation on this site. The dealers are charging exorbitant money for road maps, I believe some 300 or 400 Dhs. Any chance of getting maps cheaper than that. I bought off road maps but the road network was very old rather not of much use
RavindreddyThat’s right the maps alone sell for some 500-600 Dhs. depending on whether they come on CD or SD Card.
I consider the offroad maps to be an oxymoron!!!
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If it is on a map…then it is not offroad…obviously!!!
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quote ravindreddy:Thanks Ahmed Bhai for few tips to use. The first thing I bought before even going into desert is Montana 600 on recommendation on this site. The dealers are charging exorbitant money for road maps, I believe some 300 or 400 Dhs. Any chance of getting maps cheaper than that. I bought off road maps but the road network was very old rather not of much use
RavindreddyHi Ravindreddy
If you have a Garmin then it is possible that you can download Bird’s Eye imagery. This is a paid subscription service and basically gives you Google Earth on your GPS. For offroad usage these are excellent aids to navigation.
If you are looking for on road stuff then just purchase the appropriate sd card from DG Shariff or other outlets, the cost is the same just about wherever in the world you buy these maps. The local offroad maps available here in the UAE show a variety of tracks and notable outcrops plus contours of the major dune areas. They are not meant for pure blacktop use. If you need road only then my suggestion is use the Nuvi or similar gps with turn by turn directions accompanied with the relevant regional map.
Thanks Brian. The road maps were offered by the dealer of Montana for 300 Dhs. Instead of spending that much I thought of buying another cheaper GPS mostly coming with road maps. I should subscribe for bird’s eye imagery
Ravindreddy
Thanks Ahmed Bhai, i got the montana 600 delivered yesterday evening. one question, when connected to the garmin website to register the device why is it that it does not show any maps on the device?
Awaiting my shipment. Hopefully it arrives before the weekend.
quote Amjed:Thanks Ahmed Bhai, i got the montana 600 delivered yesterday evening. one question, when connected to the garmin website to register the device why is it that it does not show any maps on the device?If it show the maps when you switch it on to navigate, then obviously the maps are there.
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