Garmin Quest 2 Portable Weatherproof Handheld GPS Review
October 5th, 2009
Garmin Quest 2 Portable Weatherproof Handheld GPS Review from Dave. Buy the Quest 1 instead, We purchased the Quest II as a 2nd unit because we like our Quest I so much. Quest II is a *big* disappointment for one simple reason — it’s too slow. Garmin tech support says Quest II is 10-15% slower than Quest I due to the larger memory chip; we ran side-by-side comparisons with both versions, and our experience was more like 200-300% (we even tried another Quest II w/ same results). The Quest II is frequently late in announcing/displaying directions when there is a sequence of closely-spaced instructions; when you miss a turn in a city (where there’s lots of data), the recalculation is too slow (it announces/displays instructions *after* you’ve passed the street to turn on, even when traveling at 5 mph); the screen redraw in a city is also very slow, sometimes so slow that you can’t see upcoming streets and landmarks until it’s too late. We offered recorded video to show to Garmin, but they simply acknowledged the performance and suggested that we purchase the Quest I instead. So we did. You should, too. The new features in the Quest II don’t come anywhere close to making up for the poor performance, but the Quest I is a great unit: small footprint for pedestrian use, voice instructions and reasonable screen for car use, int’l and topo maps available, etc.
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