Interested to hear good and bad points about the current range of GPS.
Whats:-
Loading routes like, battery life, fitting them to the bike, helmet mic’s etc…
i use a car one from a company called navman battery lasts about 2 hours and it has a headphone jack so i just listen to the directions so i don’t get distracted by the screen. Pretty good with routes but it’s a bit slow getting a signal sometimes. can’t complain though it was free and always gets me places i’ve never been before:)
I have Tom Tom mobile on my windows phone.
Very convenient as it fits in the map pocket of my tank bag and have the headphones to listen to then instructions and can glance down if it the instructions are not clear.
battery life is obviously not the best (but i could connect it to the bikes battery if needed) but i can always charge easily (if staying somewhere with plugs in the walls)
no complains to date… also like the postcode search option
i thought GPS was so you dont get lost! 
where’s the fun in that?:w00t:
I use Copilot, which came with my XDA (Windows mobile 6). It takes about 5 minutes to find its location which is a bit long, but once it’s going it’s great. Not had any problems with the directions.
I haven’t yet used the headphones or tried bluetooth with it, I just take a quick glance when I need to.
I’ve fitted a mount for it, but this would be a problem if it’s raining.
Battery life when the GPS is active is not good, but I’ve got an accessory socket which I can plug into and charge while riding, so not too bothered by it.
The best thing about for me is that it keeps logs when the GPS is on. This allows me to convert the file into something useable with Google Earth and I can keep record of the routes I do. Although I think that most SatNav units do this.
All in all, I’m quite happy with it. Saves me having to carry around a phone, a PDA, a satnav, etc.
I bought one made by VDO from Halfords (in Belgium) for 99 Euros… It works well - comes with Western Europe maps and loads of functions. It can get a bit confused if I make lots of rapid direction changes but sorts itself out faily well. Battery life seems good but very easy to wire to the bike electrics. I’ve done without one until now and don’t understand why - makes life much easier going through unknown cities:)
Ive got a garmin zumo 500 n I recommend it above all else! Easy to use with gloves on, easy to read shockproof waterproof battery life is decent around 4 hours without being connected to the battery. Mines connected to the swith gear tho so no worries lol. Its easy enough to load up but Iv not tried settig routes from my laptop yet. It reconnects quickly if I dont follow its route too. You can use it with your headset or bluetooth and download music onto it or make phone calls
I use either, the nokia maps on my mobile just listen to the directions never had to look at the screen, OR
I use an old TOM TOM one, got a 12v supply on the bike, so run it of that, inside a bagster gps tank bag, again with headphones
+1. I use nokia n95 8gb with nokia maps 2, works fine every time, free with vodafone contract. Garmin 550 is supposed to be the best but at £400 is a lot of outlay for little extra benefit in my opinion.
Garmin Quest - Powered mount on the bike, also use in the cage. Long battery life, rode from Wales back to London before battery ran flat, Waterproof (tested), fits in back pocket of jeans so portable.
Downside is that does not do a postcode search, but does the job intended
I use this too, i only got it beacause it saves me getting the map out every 5 minutes cause i like to stick to the bendy roads as much as possible so i tended to get lost a fair bit before i had it. I would recomend it.
Depends how often your gona use it, its handy when it comes to the speed cameras aswel. I got mine for a good price of amazon. paid £300 for it including the mount for my bike
Garmin 550 whitebox from mynewcheap.co.uk, £329. I don’t got no bluetooth headset, so I can’t hear it, but nonetheless it has been very useful. Possibly a bit too dependent on postcodes and house numbers which makes it a bit awkward when you have a more general address. However, it has got me to places which would have had me scratching my head in confusion, which is tricky with a lid on. Runs off the bike battery via the bracket, nicely done system. Yeah, I’m happy with it.
Edit: I should mention - pretty fast at loading, calculating and recalculating routes. Records your max trip speed too, a double edged sword methinks.
That’s good to know. I need to get the other half one as she can get lost walking around the house, god knows what she will be like between Sevenoaks and Kensington
I’d been looking at this and the TomTom and they both seem to be around the same price