road angel

ok, poor battery life, a tad large maybe and not as robust as some but i think its feckin cheap considering its a full on car sat nav too, and comes with memory map national parks. if, as i do you allready have memory map the unit can be bought without for under 200 notes and all the maps you may have on your pc can be downloaded onto a sd card. 

 im almost sold...

8 hours battery life is poor? It does look very good as a do it all GPS, i could use it on my MTB, motorbike, and in my car

 Very tempted to order one.

compared to garmin which normally have at least 16 hours.

i like the fact that i can down load my memory maps to sd card and off i go.

i ordered mine yesterday found them for under £175 on amazon without the memory maps bloody bargain imo..

where did you find that miles?

hmm, wouldnt be bad as a "just in case" back up thought

http://www.roadangel.co.uk/onlineshop/cart/productlist.php?sid=43

towards the bottom of the page...... 

cheers miles.

did a ride around the peaks yesterday using the road angel, have to say im very happy with it. how i used it battery life was no where near a problem i kept the device on stand by in my pocket (38 hrs battery life iirc) and just looked at it when i was unsure of the route to take. using it like this i didnt use the "follow route" option which is like a garmin gps where an arrow is displayed on screen, i simple followed the red dot around the route i had down loaded.

having a proper os map on the screen in front of me is great and what ive been searching for for a while. i always know exactly where i am and no more wondering where that trail that wanders off into the woods goes..

very pleased.

if you've got a mobile phone that runs the symbian S60 operating system, nokia N-series etc  try this

http://www.viewranger.com/

just downloaded ALL the national park landranger maps (1:25,000) for £25

you can look at the maps in a manual mode or if you have a bluetooth gps unit you can let it do all the hard work for you...never had any problem with battery life 5 - 6 hour no problem. 

only limitation is the size of the screen, no substitute for rolling out the whole map.. 

Yeah I use that too Pie, nice to just ride off in a general direction then check the map for bridleways where you are etc.

Just trying out the function where you can tag a photo with your position, then upload it to the server which then displays it on a Windows live maps.....pretty neat! 

Sounds great.

Anyone know what is the difference between the Navigator 7000 and the Adventurer 7000? The Adventurer seems more expensive, but I'm not sure why?

Also, can it be used to track a route whilst out on a ride, so that you could store the route and follow it again at a later date?

Thanks.......Jim. 

I've answered the first question,  the Adventurer comes with O/S maps pre-loaded, the Navigator doesn't.

..........Jim. 

"Also, can it be used to track a route whilst out on a ride, so that you could store the route and follow it again at a later date?"

im still trying to suss that one out, ive not used the unit  like a gps yet (with an arrow showing which direction to go in) ive been viewing the screen with the os map on and my location, when used like this a red trail is left showing where you have been but it doesnt follow the route of the trail very well, cutting corners and looking very angular.

i will try it this weekend and use it like a gps and see if that makes any difference.

the funny thing with the navigator is that no where does it mention that in can be used with memory map, not on the box nor in the instructions, i think they want us all to splash out the extra on the adventurer where its compatability with memory map is plastered all over the box...

After having had a good play with the 7000 Adventurer i must say... i'm unimpressed. A good idea implemented very clumsily.

That view ranger looks a bargain, although my N95's battery life wont let me do much GPSing...