Zumo 660 question

[ianrobbo1]

Are they any good, is it worth swapping from the old 550 ?? Anything I should think about before getting one please.

 

[mikeyw64]

no idea mate sorry. Only had my 660 for about 5 years or so and it's always just worked reliably including being taken down under

 

[andyBeaker]

no idea mate sorry. it's always just worked reliably including being taken down under

Is that legal?:-:

 

[mikeyw64]

Is that legal?:-:

between consenting adults yes @tu*

 

[richardgore]

Had one for a while. Used all over UK & Europe. No problems at all. Unlike TomTom. Good piece of kit,

 

[Hornblower]

Are they any good, is it worth swapping from the old 550 ?? Anything I should think about before getting one please.

I swapped up from the 550 to 660 because I got a good deal. The 660 has a bigger screen(wider) but because I always have the direction I'm going in as up it makes little difference. Its easier to get at the battery, (possibly) and memory card.
I think the 550 is a better shape to look at on the bike, but the 660 might be better in the car.
TBO I wouldn't bother, sell it and use your phone!
The only reason I've kept mine is because I was stupid and bought the lifetime updates just before phones got better for navigation.

 

[DonVulpes]

I had a 550, then a 660 and now I'm on a 590LM.

If you can afford it, ignore the 660 and go straight for the 590LM

One of the biggest issues I had with the 660 was the internal memory wasn't big enough for the Garmin update, so it had to be stored on a memory card and that slowed everything down....a lot. Re-calculating a route sometimes took ages.

The 590LM has addressed most if not all of the old 660 issues ( unreadable in direct sunlight for instance ) and it's a much faster processor, can can actually do a lot more, without chugging to a halt.

 

[Oldbull]

Are they any good, is it worth swapping from the old 550 ?? Anything I should think about before getting one please.

Ian, Aldi are doing the 340LM for ?199 pal, similar spec to the 660...

Ive had a 660 since they came out with no probs, it is a pain in direct sunlight tho, other than that it well adequate

https://www.aldi.co.uk/garmin-zumo-340lm-motorbike-sat-nav/p/069229010220100

 

[Jaws]

I have a 550 and a 660
Both work well but I do prefer the 660.. it is faster when doing route changes, destinations, and is easier to add all the weird and wonderful POI's I use ( such as LPG, Aires, stelplatz etc etc

 

[ianrobbo1]

Finally done it, went and bought a 660, easy, as most Garmin are, to start up, the only difference's I can see is the shape "obviously" and this one has a qwerty board rather than sliding back and forth along the alphabet!! which was a right pain, I'm looking at how to delete the stock pictures, I've already downloaded a load of music on to a micro sd card, it came with a 4gb Sandisk so I swapped it for a 32gb one, I should get all of the music Rolfie Dave has sent me as well as most of my own, I just hope I get the time to ride the bloody bike this year, what with being too ill and skint in the past few years to do it any justice. :dunno:

The best bit,
Garmin Zumo 660LM Motorcycle Bike GPS Navigator UK & Europe LIFETIME Map Updates
Full 1 Year Guarantee + Garmin Authorised Dealer 10 Yrs ?257.99

 

[ScottyUK]

Check settings about the keyboard format. On my 590 you can swap which layout you have so likely same on yours.

 

[Jaws]

As you can on the 550 and the 660 !

 

[ScottyUK]

Someone needs to read the instructions or have a proper play then :-0)

 

[mikeyw64]

the only difference's I can see is the shape "obviously" and this one has a qwerty board rather than sliding back and forth along the alphabet!! which was a right pain,

You can change that in the settings

 

[Jaws]

Mickey, did you read past the first post ? 8rfl@8rfl@

 

[Centaur]

Finally done it, went and bought a 660, easy, as most Garmin are, to start up, the only difference's I can see is the shape "obviously" and this one has a qwerty board rather than sliding back and forth along the alphabet!! which was a right pain, I'm looking at how to delete the stock pictures, I've already downloaded a load of music on to a micro sd card, it came with a 4gb Sandisk so I swapped it for a 32gb one, I should get all of the music Rolfie Dave has sent me as well as most of my own, I just hope I get the time to ride the bloody bike this year, what with being too ill and skint in the past few years to do it any justice. :dunno:

The best bit,
Garmin Zumo 660LM Motorcycle Bike GPS Navigator UK & Europe LIFETIME Map Updates
Full 1 Year Guarantee + Garmin Authorised Dealer 10 Yrs ?257.99

How many tanks of fuel could you get for the price of that toy? Last time I looked we still had road signs! 8rfl@

 

[ianrobbo1]

How many tanks of fuel could you get for the price of that toy? Last time I looked we still had road signs! 8rfl@

A lot, probably Bill, and it's only a matter of time until "our" road signs are multi lingual like wot them Welsh one's are!! :dunno: besides I tend to use the twat nav to find the final address which is often not easy to spot, "Taffy's" for instance, I can get to his village easily, but I'm buggered finding his actual road!! :dunno:

 

[noobie]

I tried speaking Welsh once, but I ran out of spit half way through.

 

[Jaws]

How many tanks of fuel could you get for the price of that toy? Last time I looked we still had road signs! 8rfl@

We would be pretty stuffed in the van without one that's for sure..
Really difficult to find LPG in some countries :-(

Also trying to find some of the tiny little aires de service would be impossibly time consuming without a gps !

 

[mikeyw64]

How many tanks of fuel could you get for the price of that toy? Last time I looked we still had road signs! 8rfl@

Around 14 but that's not the point

Prices have dropped, mine was well north of ?400 5 or so years ago but I don't regret spending ?1 of that