Using the Sat Nav on a Garmin Edge 800

Postit · 27-03-2013 07:38PM #1

Just wondering how good or bad the sat nav feature is on a Garmin Edge 800?

I know you can plan routes etc, but is it easy to follow the directions turn-by-turn? Especially on a long route, like a Euro Velo?

Also, does it re-calculate your route if you go off-course?

Diego Murphy · 27-03-2013 08:15PM

The sat nav feature can be very useful but you need to use your common sense too. I often upload routes to it using bikeroutetoaster and it works really well with turn by turn directions.

If you use the garmin to work out the directions to a particular place, it will generally send you on the shortest route which is not always ideal. I remember I had Cork City set as my destination one day and I was going through Glanmire. It was doing its best to send me up a very steep climb towards Mayfield, rather than using the dual carriageway which would have been completely flat and maybe only a few hundred metres longer.

Having said all that, I used it in Tenerife on roads that I didn't know at all and it was fantastic.

Using the Sat Nav on a Garmin Edge 800

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