I think the Garmin users are sticking with the method of use Garmin project. Programme the box, clamp it to the handlebars, spend all day with the septic tart on some slide show telling you you are " off rout" and need to " make a ewe turn" .
As I don't want woodwork and farming advice all day I don't do this. I memorise or make a rough list each night and bimble along enjoying the scenery or music. At the afternoon tea break I switch phone batteries and if faced with a city centre etc. Turn on the GPS and listen to advice via headphones. My 14 quid app, 20 quid charger, 10 quid second battery and 2 quid headphones modified with a tenners worth of earplug putty are lighter, smaller, cheaper, multi functional etc.
The question would seem to be how controlling against useful you ( and it is a personal choice unless your mates all insist you leave gang if you don't have the right Touratech bits to hold your GPS and spare GPS and GPS tracker ) find these tools to be.
Andy
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