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Puddle Jumper
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Endicott, NY 2011 Vision | I have a Tom Tom GPS mounted on my Vision but it is completely useless during the day. It's completely washed out and I have to stop and put it under my jacket in order to see the screen. It's a few years old and I'm wondering if there has been improvements made to them. The one that Victory offers is pretty pricey and I don't know if it functions any better than the one I own. Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Thanx! |
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Visionary
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| I'll bet it's one for a car |
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Tourer
Posts: 494
Akron Ohio area | I've used a Garmin (one designed for the car) for almost 6 years.
When it rains, it gets covered with a Zip Lock sandwich bag.
You can get a good one with free lifetime map updates for under $200.
If you wear a white T-Shirt, the sun reflects off of it and makes the screen hard to see.
If I'm wearing my black motorcycle jacket GPS visibility is just fine. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 721
| The best motorcycle specific gps I have used has been what I've been using for 7 years now, a Garmin Zumo 550. I have no problem seeing the screen even when the sun is shining on it directly. I know the TomTom units are also supposed to have a good screen, have you tried increasing the daytime brightness setting? My Zumo is separate brightness setting for both daytime and nighttime, perhaps your TomTom has thee same? |
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Iron Butt
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, WI | A sun shade can help - 
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | http://glarestomper.com/?gclid=CPqh4N3xjrACFYhM4AodvkMgrg |
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Cruiser
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Midlothian, Va. | Travelin Man - 2012-05-19 10:44 PM The best motorcycle specific gps I have used has been what I've been using for 7 years now, a Garmin Zumo 550. I have no problem seeing the screen even when the sun is shining on it directly. I know the TomTom units are also supposed to have a good screen, have you tried increasing the daytime brightness setting? My Zumo is separate brightness setting for both daytime and nighttime, perhaps your TomTom has thee same?I also have a Zumo 550 having bought it not long after they came out and has never let me down and yes the light colored shirt will make it more difficult to see.
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Cruiser
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Princeton, MN | Garmin 665 is fully viewable in bright sun and blue sky,, very little glare and glove friendly touch screen,, live weather radar and xm also on the unit. Two thumbs up!!  |
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Cruiser
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Danbury, Connecticut | viclvr - 2012-05-21 10:18 AM
Garmin 665 is fully viewable in bright sun and blue sky,, very little glare and glove friendly touch screen,, live weather radar and xm also on the unit. Two thumbs up!!
Viclvr, is that your first motorcycle GPS? I thought about getting a Zumo 665 to have satellite weather but the feedback at the time, mostly from Zumo 550 owners was not so good, so I held off. I own the 550 and it has become one of the very best motorcycle accessory purchases I have made. Mostly because I use the map software on the computer to find the nicest bike roads. Funny how many great roads were so close to home and they just didn't stand out on a conventional map. |
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Iron Butt
Posts: 752
Broken Arrow, OK | i had a zumo 660 and returned it after 1 trip cause of the washed out screen in bright sun. i now have the nuv 765T and at 99 bucks i can stomach the poor screen in bright sun. still a paper map guy but the nuvi finds us eating joints, motels and such. |
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Visionary
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Pittsburgh, PA | i used to own (4) motorcycle gps's... all garmin.. all broken in under 2 years.. not completely broken but at least one feature or function stopped working (after the warranty) so i got fedup with high priced mc units and just bought a $99 garmin car unit.. i use a sun visor and if it rains i use a upside down sandwich bag... and it WORKS! then if my $99 unit breaks i dont care as much as my past $500+ units.. hell it could get stolen and i wouldnt get that upset. plus if i am on the road and it broken i could just go to the nearest electronics store and get a new one.. |
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Daylight viewable GPS ?????