Garmin Zumo 396 Lmt-S, Motorcycle Gps With 4.3-Inch Display, Rugged Design For Harsh Weather, Live T
Garmin zumo 396 LMT-S, Motorcycle GPS with 4.3-inch Display, Rugged Design for Harsh Weather, Live Traffic and Weather
- Motorcycle navigation for the twisty road to adventure
- Rugged, glove friendly, Sunlight readable 4.3 inch display; resistant to fuel vapors, UV Rays and harsh weather
- Pair with a compatible smartphone for hands free calling, smart notifications through the free Smartphone Link app, easily share GPX files for group rides
- Access free Live services for traffic and weather using the smartphone link app
- Garmin Adventurous Routing finds curvy or hilly roads; limits major highways
Brand : Garmin
Category : Automotive,Motorcycle & Powersports,Accessories,Electronics,GPS Units
Rating : 4.3
ListPrice : US $399.99
Price : US $359.99
Review Count : 905
ChildASIN : B07C9YYDWK
Garmin zumo 396 LMT-S, Motorcycle GPS with 4.3-inch Display, Rugged Design for Harsh Weather, Live Traffic and Weather
- Bought to use on a 40 day, 11,000 mile, trip around the country. Used Trip Planner to choose routes of 28 segments. Installed 128G card to ensure enough memory.Problem 1 - once all Trip Planner data was transferred from the computer to the GPS unit, use of the Where To? function and any subsequent change to route preferences for these searches would want to change the saved Trip Planner routes. Seriously? The Trip Planner data isn\'t secured? 1.1 - On routes that were built on the computer in Trip Planner, intermediary stops (Brown Flags) would be present that required physically visiting or the units would reroute until so done. 1.2 - On some routes, the GPS would suggest taking side roads, off the chosen route, that most often were unpaved, private roads. Thee roads were often less than a mile long and would merge back on to the chosen road. In some cases the unit would recalculate over and over trying to get a u-turn.2. More than once the location information was incorrect. For example, using the search for nearest gas station on a route east to west across Central Texas, the unit indicated a Valero gas station 13 miles away. After a 35 mile goose chase I was deposited in front of a cattle gate in the middle of nowhere in 110 degree heat. Thank God Texas has uniform cell coverage and my phone was able to get me to a gas station. My tank holds 4.2 gallons. I put in 4.18 and added about 1.5 hours to my trip IN 110 DEGREE HEAT.3. After approximately 14 days of use the unit stopped accepting power from the cradle. I was forced to keep external power via cord from a cycle battery source. This was marginally successful as vibration would loosen the cord connection in the back of the unit and it would go dark. After several attempts a creating a stable power input, out of frustration, I licked the power contacts on the back of the unit and clicked it into the cradle. Low and behold it came on. But it was intermittent and I would repeatedly have to lick it or moisten the contact bumps on the cradle.4. Near the end of the trip, day 36, the unit stopped taking Where To? searches. With the address entered, when Search was pushed it would power off. Every time. And still does.5. In Colorado I encountered back country locations where GPS did not function. Reception? Before my trip I read on a BLM site that in certain far north locations GPS can not be relied upon. I called Garmin to ask about this and was told that the satellite system works everywhere. It doesn\'t.Useless for safe trip guidance and not heavy enough for a door stop.
- Startup instructions minimal. Downloaded topographical maps, mostly for use for hiking trails, took ALOT of effort to get installed even after buying mini SD card because instructions are outdated and inaccurate and doesn\'t even tell you how to switch maps on the GPS, had to figure it out myself. Nice it has wifi connection to check for software updates but you still have to use USB to the desktop app to download the additional topo maps and install them to the GPS. I wasted a lot of time displaying the topo maps in the desktop app and using screen clips to gif files only to find out after pushing them to the GPS they\'re not readable by the device (oops). After a day, figured out how to access the topo maps but not until after several retries to download to gps as I though I was doing it wrong. Yes, the screen\'s a little small but the wifi is available whereas the newer larger unit doesn\'t have wifi. The other thing is this unit has no \'walking\' mode! But, there\'s nothing else quite like this unit so although it\'s not perfect it is probably good enough. I bought direct from Garmin the auto mount/cigarette lighter power plug too. Will update review after a few motorcycle rides and auto trips.
- I\'m a motorcycle tour guide, and need this for business. Garmin has always been solid, and for the most part I love this little unit.The touchscreen is great, and it has nearly every road I\'d want to take, except for some really funky side roads which it can struggle with. The maps are good, but not great (its not google maps, if you\'re used to those). It has nearly everything you\'d want, but falls short on some of the details.The PRO\'s: Price. For a solid waterproof GPS that can take a pounding, its hard to beat.- Ease of Use: really easy to use, with some nice features. The live traffic updates are useful.- The RAM mount ---- I love that they added it, and it mounts on nearly any bike out there with standard sized bars.The CON\'s -- The software sorta blows, if you\'re planning out a long trip. Basecamp could use a serious upgrade. IT works, but you gotta dance to make it work. Whomever said its straight out of the 90s was dead on.- Your settings will overwrite things sometimes and change your routes. I didn\'t like that part, and had to put in my own, extra waypoints to keep me on the routes I wanted to ride.- The mount: its killer if you want to hard wire it to your bike --- I didn\'t. I use an AC Adapter so I can move it to another bike, and ended up sawing a corner of the mount off just so I could make it work with a standard AC adapter. that part, could have been thought out a little bit better.I\'m happy with it, it works well and has a lot of features. Its just a hair short of getting that last star which would have made me love this thing.
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