Help Please - Garmin 800 Maps

[Norry1]

I currently have a Garmin 705 with CN Europe NT 2011.10 maps on the SD Card.

I'm planning to get a Garmin 800 this Xmas but am unsure what to do about the mapping. The option seems to be to buy Garmin GB Discoverer 1:50K maps.

Can anyone tell me

1. Could I just take the card out of my 705 and put it in my 800?
2. Are the Discoverer 1.50k maps better or worse than the CN Europe maps?
3. As I own the CN maps, can I use them on both units?

PS, do people who have swapped from the 705 to the 800 think it was a good move?

Cheers

Martin

 

[ufkacbln]

1. Could I just take the card out of my 705 and put it in my 800?

Worked for me.... however you cannot put the OSGB into the 705

2. Are the Discoverer 1.50k maps better or worse than the CN Europe maps?

Apples and Pears. The OSGB Discoverer is classic Ordnance Survey,

The NT is more of a Sat Nav road mapping system. it depends how much info you require.(and just to complicate things consider the OSM Cyclemaps a free alternative that adds routable cycle tracks)

3. As I own the CN maps, can I use them on both units?

I have done so successfully

PS, do people who have swapped from the 705 to the 800 think it was a good move?

Again apples and pears. The advantage is the touch screen and a better mount, but the 800 screen is less crisp and you lose the ability to communicate between devices

 

[Norry1]

Thanks - that was a detailed response.

The main reason I want to upgrade is that I find my 705 turns itself off quite often when I tell it to navigate a stored GPX ride. I am at the latest software level and out of maintenance. I've hard rebooted several times but still get the problem. Any ideas anyone?