From what you say
4GB is more than enough but as the prices are so low, you might as well get the 8GB ones
Class 4 is fine - anything faster does not get used. (unlike in a smartphone)
I prefer Sandisk micro SD cards

Some, like Charlie Brown, swear by 'natural curly hair navigation':wink3:
I prefer to calibrate mine!


They will be fine- Once in the cradle, (assuming it is juiced up!) your montana will work fine but it will not either use nor charge the batteries- IMHO a big oversight by garmin.:rolleyes2:
It would have been a smart move to include a trickle charging system which would kick in when it detects the use of rechargeable AA's.

I spent most of Saturday traipsing around Moscow trying to get my Montana fixed, and the only options I've found so far are to have Garmin swap it out for $$$ or to have a bodge-job done on it by a corner GPS repair shop. I might just stick with AAs, since it will be in the cradle most of the time anyway.

For anyone who cares, as far as I can tell the Garmin shops at Gorbushka in Moscow have now closed or moved, so that is a pain!

Bertrand, once again thanks for your guidance.

always a pleasure :mchappy:

Bertrand, thanks, but I've already been through this--only the first of those shops is of any use, it is the main Gamin rep here and is the only place that can actually fix Garmins, the others are just sales points (according to the one I went to on Saturday). And this main rep of course does not work on weekends and is very inconveniently located.

sorry - it was the best garmin had to offer me:blushing:

Embee
I haver read of so many autocom woes that I have stayed away from one. Apologies but can't help with that device.



A simpler solution ( my opinion only- no flames please!)
Just use in ear buds - works a treat. Most people with an ipod/smartphone will already gave a set.
Alternatives are many such as the Sennheiser ear buds- brilliant!
If you need even more sound then there is an amplifier gadget that boosts the audio - one on fleabay.

Used with a splitter with an ipod so if I really need voice directions :funmeterno:, I can hear the Montana perfectly on my pogo up to 70mph provided the ipod is either 'off' or 'paused' else the sounds get mixed up/
Keeping things simple makes life easier for me anyway!:smiliex:

coming back from the ukrainian border yesterday over a crappy paved road, my Montana flew out of its cradle when I wasn't looking...I went back and looked, but could not find it. doh

So it looks like I'll be buying a new one.

The little security screw on the cradle does not really work because of my windshield (ie, I can't get the little tool into the space). I have a couple of my knobbed security screws from my Zumo, but can't get the stock security screw out of the cradle--it seems attached to the cradle somehow, and I can't get grip on it to pull it out. Any suggestions?

I never used that screw because the driver was attached to my key ring and vibrated out and was lost a long time ago

Instead I make sure it clicks into the rugged mount and I have attached a lanyard(like the ones used for security access or ID cards) and wrapped that around the stem of the mount as a " just in case"

The Montana has 'never' come loose even through the crap roads of Russia and Kaz, and that includes a lot of off road due to road works

I am thinking it was not in place properly in your case. I don't believe I have have read of anyone else on the Montana thread losing one out of the cradle once inserted correctly, that thread on ADVrider is now 5,000 posts long

Well I guess it is hard to say at this point, but I rode about 150k over very bumpy asphalt roads before it fell out, so if it is wasn't inserted properly I'm not sure how it made it that far.

I didn't notice that it had a slot for a lanyard, I'm am pretty religious about using lanyards when possible.

Sorry to read of your expensive loss. Cheap option is a tether.
For 'belt and braces', consider the vibration reducing TT mount.
A few euros of course and it depends how important your gps's health is to you!

I also use a thumb operated security screw. When I tried to get the stock one out I fiddled with it for a good 15-20 minutes without figuring it out how to get it off, then gave it to a mate who had done it before and it was off in a minute or two when i wasnt looking. I will ask how to get it out and revert mate.