Garmin nuvi 765T or 755T Battery life?

http://www.gpsmagazine.com/buyers_guide-qr.php

Based on the article above I'm interested in getting theGarmin 765T or 755T.
I have never bought a gps before so am a complete novice. I know this is a
Garmin site so you all may be prejudice but It appears that garmin comes out
a little better than tom tom and magellan as far as units are concerned.
Although Im sure it boils down to price and what your doing with it.

Primiarily I want a GPS for traveling outside them country. And while I will
not be using a car probably most of the time. Short of me buying a more
expensive Hikers type GPS, I think I have to just buy a normal (more
reasonably priced) car gps so I can say, walk around New york city or London
or Glasgow and not get lost.

One of the questions I have is about battery life. Frankly I dontknow if
these units run off batteries, how many or what type, and how long they
last. Mostly I want to probably keep it in a knap sack and take it out when
I want to use it. By the way Im opting for the smaller screens because I
think the 5 inch screens may be too cumbersome for keeping in a camera back
or something like that when travelling. Any comments on this would be
welcome.

Thanks.

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755/765 are designed for car use. Numbers for battery life given on
Garmin's website are a bit optimistic - by my experience (Nuvi 760)
battery lasts about 45 minutes if in full use.

755/765 are designed for car use. Numbers for battery life given on
Garmin's website are a bit optimistic - by my experience (Nuvi 760)
battery lasts about 45 minutes if in full use.

Well that seems to be poor. Now I have to rethink my whole strategy.
Is there a unit that anyone knows of that would have better, battery life?

wrote:


My 760 is about 21-22 months old and still lasts about 3.5 hours on a
full charge, which is about a half hour less than it did when new. I
sometimes take it along when I go walking so I can see how far I've
walked, turning it on and sticking it in my back pocket, but I rarely
walk for more than 2 hours at a time so it's fine for that. As you
say, though, it's really designed for car use.

On Fri, 11 Jun 2010 13:27:03 -0400, steve wrote:


You said "I know this is a Garmin site so you all may be prejudice".

If you are referring to this newsgroup, you are 100% wrong. If you are
referring to the URL you mentioned, you are still wrong - it is a
commercial venture, but not a part of Garmin.

This newsgroup is a Usenet Newsgroup and it has *no* connection to Garmin.
People post here voluntarily to ask for help or to give help[1], and they
are civilians, metaphorically speaking. They are owners of Garmins or they
are people interested in GPS.

There might be Garmin employees posting here, as is their right, but they
haven't identified themselves as such, AFAIK.

[1] OK, some people post mostly to complain - but that's Usenet :-)

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