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  Re: Garmin nuvi 765T or 755T Battery life?
| Gene E. Bloch | 06-11-2010 |
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| Peter H. Coffin | 06-12-2010 |
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| Gene E. Bloch | 06-12-2010 |
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| Gene E. Bloch | 06-14-2010 |
  Re: Garmin nuvi 765T or 755T Battery life?
| Greg Russell | 06-15-2010 |
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Nope - sounds right to me -
It's just there are morons everywhere....
they offer no direct advice,
but feel compelled to tell you everything they know,
even though it is totally off topic.
It gets pretty furstrating sometimes,
when it is usually eduational to read thru the threads
and learn a little something new each day.
>>> 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.
>>> 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.
>> To be fair, it IS a Garmin-specific newsgroup though. Someone would
>> have bump up a layer in the hierarchy to find a general one, and
>> alt.satellite.gps.magellan, et al.
>> have bump up a layer in the hierarchy to find a general one, and
>> alt.satellite.gps.magellan, et al.
> But to be fair :-) the OP did say "I know this is a Garmin site so
> you all may be prejudice"...
> I don't read that as meaning a "Garmin-specific newsgroup"; to me it
> says a site owned and run by Garmin.
> you all may be prejudice"...
> I don't read that as meaning a "Garmin-specific newsgroup"; to me it
> says a site owned and run by Garmin.
This is indeed a Garmin-specific Usenet newsgroup, as indicated by the
hierarchical structure.
If one wishes to speak of non-Garmin devices, those groups exist elsewhere.
Introducing the term "you all may be prejudice" <sic> might be slightly
inflammatory to some, but let it pass, let it pass ... we *are* talking
about Garmin devices here.
> 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.
> 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.
Here is a comparison of the two, from the Garmin web site. Garmin states
the battery life as "Up to three hours".
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/compare.do?cID=134&compareProduct=14926&compareProduct=14933
> Here is a comparison of the two, from the Garmin web site. Garmin states
> the battery life as "Up to three hours".
> the battery life as "Up to three hours".
IMHO you have to put stress on "up to", meaning you will _never_ succeed to
exceed the 3 hours :-)
> 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.
> 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.
Wanted to come back to the original message,
since you really asked several different questions
in addition to your battery life subject.
1 - GPS type - car vs hiker
they are very different from each other,
with a different set of features focused on your particular scenario
ie - turn by turn voice instruction for car
vs hiker related issues...
Plus keep in mind, the GPS needs to "see" the open sky to "see" the sats,
which is always a problem in thick woody canopy cover,
along with tall urban buildings.. if you can't see the vast sky, neither
can the GPS.
It will usually take a minute or longer to lock onto the sats from a
powerup.
2 - NY vs London vs Glasgow - not getting lost
Each GPS generally has some form of very basic "base map"
and then shipped with a highly detailed map for your local country.
Therefore - a car GPS map will have all the routing, streets, highways for
that area
and the hiker GPS will have none of that...
Also - if you have a GPS for the USA, it will not have any info for the UK.
You can purchase additional Garmin maps on micro SD cards,
but they are almost the same cost as the GPS itself.
3 - Battery life - this is just like a laptop or any other computer with a
screen.
The battery is used more while "working" but also drained more based upon
the screen brightness.
Most of the car GPS units have the 12v DC adapter cable, and can also be
charged via USB cable.
The car GPS has an internal battery, while the hiking GPS usually has AA
batteries.
Hope this helps add some info to your 3 different questions.
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> When I say its a garmin site it means nothing more or less. It does not
> mean that it is run by garmin or not run by garmin I suppose. So your
> asumption is wrong. But truthfully if I responded to Alt.etc.etc.etc.ford
> and said its a ford site and people are probably favourable to fords. I
> would asume that ford does not run the site.
> I guess what I get frustrated with is people who want to pick on
> everything but answer the question asked.
> Any way just my opinion.
> Maybe i had a bad day.