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Originally Posted by TravellingStrom
I like the Montana, BUT, I had one replaced due to its inability to guide me through busy interchanges and large cities.
I'd say TS that was down to not having up to date mapping (which is never 100% anyway) and/or not using the combo map/compass/map technique
I am not sure the Montana is robust enough for the work it has been through, it was in the Rugged mount at all times, except when I was hand held Geocaching.
re: screen cracking-
the people who have experienced this have had the Montana mounted in the rugged mount BUT then the rugged mount was attached (mostly) to a RAM ball mount system to the handlebars. This works well but has the major drawback of exposing the Montana to a lot of vibration and that is what kills off GPS devices in time and possibly the cause of screen crack-
Touratech have designed a bespoke mount into which the rugged mount fits to reduce that very vibration problem-
And, IMHO, that is a worthwhile investment- see poics showing rubber anti-vibration mount-
I have one of the first '600' and it is still going strong- a few glitches but these were down to software and the updates take care of that.
As Mr Gates once said re windows OS software " if I wait to make a poerfect product, I'll never get it to market".
The TT mount is spot on aside from a minor glitch with some of the mounting screws which I have replaced.
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