Garmin durability on trails?

[pinkbikes]

I must just be as lucky as all get out then. I have the Edge 705 and I use it every time I ride whether on the roadie, the MTB, the commuter or the tandem. I have a mount on each and I haven't had one break yet! And DH had the Edge 305 before that without any dramas either. We've both used them extensively to MTB.

I ride with it on single track all the time, especially when I'm racing so I can track my stats (HRM, speed, elevation, lap times etc). Despite my habit of going over the bars usually at least once per race I have yet to damage the Garmin (keeping fingers firmly crossed now)!

The race I did this last weekend was a 6hour enduro and it was VERY muddy but the Garmin was very weatherproof and I just washed it off later. The one thing I have done though is buy those PDA screen protector films and put them on both my Garmin and DH's so we don't scratch up the screens.

As for getting lost, we are pretty fortunate that some enterprising person has mapped all of our local forests and uploaded them to the net and so we have downloaded them to the Garmins. So now when I go to one of the forests that I don't know too well, instead of taking a paper map that I will disintegrate with my sweat in my back pocket, I just take the Garmin and I can find out where I am and how to get back to the car as easily as looking at the map on my screen.

Good idea about putting it in the backpack though - I will give that a whirl if the weather turns foul on me.

[crazycanuck]

I was going to ask if the trails in the states had been mapped out. I certainly wouldn't rely on a GPS if I didn't know the trail system & if there were mountains around!!!



Ian has a Garmin & puts it in his hydration pack.As in Qld, WA has all of its trails mapped & can be downloaded. I know we have all of them on our GPS.

I don't use a GPS but seem to have a clue about where i'm going on the trail. I just memorize it & seem to know which way is downhill. That's only in the hills though.

We don't need to worry as much on other trail networks. Forsyth's Mill & Turner Hill are perfect examples as they've been marked by the DEC & there is only one wonderful trail.

[Miranda]

This is really interesting about RAM mountings...

I asked Mr. Google and came up with this home page link below...
http://www.ram-mount.com/Home/tabid/37/Default.aspx

Anyone that has one, how to you have it set up? Looks like these peeps make a lil of everything.

OH!... btw, I think I read that in an old thread here once... you know your a female mtb when you own more CamelBak's than you do purses... funny, I just finally got myself a new purse and I can't stand carrying the thing... maybe I do need another CamelBak instead.

[bluebug32]

That's so funny about the Camelbaks. I definitely get excited about them, too! I also love Hydrapak and Dakine.

In terms of the Garmin, my 305 has been dropped, rained on, and gone through the washing machine and it keeps on tickin' and plotting points.

[dirtygirl1]

I am a very agressive racer and rider and have never had any issues with my Garmin 305 edge. i even use it in the wet conditions - no problem. In my over 600 hours (including four 24hr races) of using it I've never had it fall off or stop working for any reason other than I need to charge the battery.

I give this gear two thumbs up and would reccomend it to anyone!!!