Garmin Edge Touring

[cisamcgu]

I am going on a week- long tour down the Danube :- Vienna - Budapest basically. I was thinking of getting a Garmin Edge Touring for £169 from Halfords, but looking at it in detail shows that it doesn't cover Hungary. Does anyone know if I can get maps for Hungary and if so, how much they cost ?

Thanks

 

[MartinQ]

I think you can download it free from sites like:
http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/
check the map for coverage, but it looks fairly complete

 

[cisamcgu]

Ah, thank you - I had searched the Garmin site but got no where - I am happier when it comes from Garmin - thanks

 

[cisamcgu]

OK, it seems the maps indicated earlier were not by Garmin. Then my question becomes - is it OK to rely on "none official" maps like these ? and is it easy to install them in the GPS machine ?

 

[YahudaMoon]

Openstreet maps is excellent for Garmin if you can work it out

Im just no good at PC issues and gave up after hours of trying :/

OK, it seems the maps indicated earlier were not by Garmin. Then my question becomes - is it OK to rely on "none official" maps like these ? and is it easy to install them in the GPS machine ?

Ye's for the first question and no' for the second

 

[cisamcgu]

Hmmmmm... I'm quite computer literate, but I would worry that I would end up in the middle of Hungary with no maps. Is there a way to buy and install an official Garmin one ? Which I imagine would be easier ?

 

[YahudaMoon]

Hi

I wouldnt go anywhere unfamiliar without paper maps, especially abroad, your asking for trouble relying on GPS only

 

[YahudaMoon]

Id guess you could buy a Garmin map, aint they about £80 a go?

 

[cisamcgu]

Fair point ...

 

[YahudaMoon]

Hi

Good tip is buy the road atlas for the country you cycling in, rip out what pages you need, folds up taking no space

 

[User269]

If you want a Garmin map, you can get the Garmin NTEurope map, which includes full coverage of Hungary................it's around £75 though! You can download it from the Garmin website, or buy it on DVD or SD from various outlets.

 

[cisamcgu]

Ok, this is looking better then.. I can try the free maps, but if I fail completely I can, in the end, cough up the cash and buy an official one which, I assume, will install easily.

Then the next question that occurs to me, and maybe should have occurred earlier, is : Which is the best GPS for touring - it needs to be nothing fancy - just maps and other simple things.