Hi Ollie,
I have thinking along the same lines concerning knowing just exactly where one is...I decided against a cab mounted laptop for all the reasons outlined above, especially dust and theft. I took one on a previous trip and it was a real nuisance, constantly having to feed it and hide it etc. Have now decided to keep it simple and have a Garmin 152 already mounted on the dash and will use a redundant PDA with Pathaway software (TTQV) as backup and to show a moving map for those confusing moments ! The PDA mounts on the 110 dash with no drilling and I will use an external aerial as the signals inside through the screen are very poor compared to the 152 on its external aerial.
The PDA can double up for other tasks no doubt and the whole thing is small enough to chuck a t shirt over in dodgy areas. It may be possible to bin the 152 if the PDA setup performs suitably, and use a handheld gps for backup.
Hope this helps,
Andrew.
(PS I 'm reminded I owe you the tubes-they WILL come !!.)
Can you email me your address please, lost the original.
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