Battery life, robustness, use in wet conditions, many hiking/biking specific tools, gps reception. If you’re going out for a walk for a few hours on flat terrain you’re generally fine with a phone and an app like komoot or outdooractive or whatever. For more serious hiking in hills, mountains, rough terrain and multi day hikes, you will need a more solid device like this one. In very bad weather conditions, I’d go for a device with physical buttons though.
Hi thanks for your message, Christophers reply covers the points really well, this is a video that we did showing how good the touch screen is on the Montana 700 series devices in wet conditions compared alot of touch screen phones, - ruclips.net/video/rDzzs_32t_k/видео.html Kind regards GPS Training
@@ukgpstraining Thanks! Garmin is pretty secretive about their releases. I’ve searched all the websites. I’m an old Oregon user, having used models from the 450 to the 700, but I’m not sure I’ll invest in the 750 as the technology feels quite outdated compared to these new devices.
Hi thanks for your message, the new Montana 710, 710i & 760 have the same multi GNSS as per the previous models hence will lock onto 2 x satellite systems i.e. GPS & Galilleo, we have always found the satellite lock great with the Montana 700 series this could be down to the larger Antenna, they do not have the Dual Frequency / Multi Band option that we have on the GPSMap67 series - more info on this link regarding the benefits of Dual Frequency - support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=9NWiPDU4gM0JWMfdWFol7A we hope this helps
Great vídeo! Quick questione please. Is it possibile to record a hiking activity with the device ? Also, can I use an external HRM strap to log HR data ?! Thanks 🤩
Hi thanks for your message, yes the device will record a hike and Garmin show their following HRM straps are compatible with the device, the Garmin HRM-fit, HRM Dual & HRM200 Series, we hope this helps
Great video, GPS Training. Looking forward to your next upload! I smashed the thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the fantastic work! With the new features like the USBC charging and increased battery life, how do you think these changes will enhance user experience for outdoor enthusiasts?
Thanks for your message , any increase in battery is always a good thing, USB c cable a much better option as so many devices we now have use USB-C so we can keep with the one cable, the increased memory will also be a great help when updating the preloaded maps and downloading additional mapping, thanks again for your message, Kind regards GPS Training
Definitely a release by Garmin to conform to EU legislation requiring USB-C on personal navigation devices. Does this mean a successor to the Montana 7xx series is not coming any time soon? Also, one small nitpick, the new coverage for Outdoor Maps+ is not really related to the release of the Montana 710/710i/760i, as it has been available for other OM+ compatible devices as well.
Hi Jim, hope you are okay, apologies yes the Outdoor Maps + was added on a firmware update to the older Montana 700, 750 series, we do not tend to use this service ourselves in Great Britain as it does not include our Topo Pro OS maps, apologies I had missed this, the new addition for mapping is the ability to now download and update via wifi which is great if you do not have a computer and also there are a number of options of other free regions of Topo Active maps which we did not have on the older model, these are the same regions that we can also get on the GPSMap67 units, thanks again for your feedback it is much appreciated, all the best GPS Training
Whats the difference between this and a smartphone with offline maps? Apart from inreach and satcom?
This will more likely survive a fall off a cliff. Your phone won’t
Battery life, robustness, use in wet conditions, many hiking/biking specific tools, gps reception. If you’re going out for a walk for a few hours on flat terrain you’re generally fine with a phone and an app like komoot or outdooractive or whatever. For more serious hiking in hills, mountains, rough terrain and multi day hikes, you will need a more solid device like this one. In very bad weather conditions, I’d go for a device with physical buttons though.
Hi thanks for your message, Christophers reply covers the points really well, this is a video that we did showing how good the touch screen is on the Montana 700 series devices in wet conditions compared alot of touch screen phones, - ruclips.net/video/rDzzs_32t_k/видео.html Kind regards GPS Training
Inreach
lack of sim card tray…haha😂
so, there is no update to Inreach satellite to include the voice and photo over satellite, similar to Messenger Plus?
Nice! I have been following you for a while. It looks like Garmin is updating their devices in order. Is there any update on the Oregon series?
Thank you, We have had no updates from Garmin about any new versions of the smaller Oregon series, Kind regards GPS Training
@@ukgpstraining Thanks! Garmin is pretty secretive about their releases. I’ve searched all the websites. I’m an old Oregon user, having used models from the 450 to the 700, but I’m not sure I’ll invest in the 750 as the technology feels quite outdated compared to these new devices.
Great video. Thanks. It seems that the 67i has better sensors with Beidou, IRNSS...Is this true? Does it have an effect in the practical life ?
Hi thanks for your message, the new Montana 710, 710i & 760 have the same multi GNSS as per the previous models hence will lock onto 2 x satellite systems i.e. GPS & Galilleo, we have always found the satellite lock great with the Montana 700 series this could be down to the larger Antenna, they do not have the Dual Frequency / Multi Band option that we have on the GPSMap67 series - more info on this link regarding the benefits of Dual Frequency - support.garmin.com/en-GB/?faq=9NWiPDU4gM0JWMfdWFol7A we hope this helps
Great vídeo! Quick questione please.
Is it possibile to record a hiking activity with the device ? Also, can I use an external HRM strap to log HR data ?! Thanks 🤩
Hi thanks for your message, yes the device will record a hike and Garmin show their following HRM straps are compatible with the device, the Garmin HRM-fit, HRM Dual & HRM200 Series, we hope this helps
They need one like this with a bigger screen.
Great video, GPS Training. Looking forward to your next upload! I smashed the thumbs up button on your content. Keep up the fantastic work! With the new features like the USBC charging and increased battery life, how do you think these changes will enhance user experience for outdoor enthusiasts?
Thanks for your message , any increase in battery is always a good thing, USB c cable a much better option as so many devices we now have use USB-C so we can keep with the one cable, the increased memory will also be a great help when updating the preloaded maps and downloading additional mapping, thanks again for your message, Kind regards GPS Training
Definitely a release by Garmin to conform to EU legislation requiring USB-C on personal navigation devices. Does this mean a successor to the Montana 7xx series is not coming any time soon?
Also, one small nitpick, the new coverage for Outdoor Maps+ is not really related to the release of the Montana 710/710i/760i, as it has been available for other OM+ compatible devices as well.
Hi Jim, hope you are okay, apologies yes the Outdoor Maps + was added on a firmware update to the older Montana 700, 750 series, we do not tend to use this service ourselves in Great Britain as it does not include our Topo Pro OS maps, apologies I had missed this, the new addition for mapping is the ability to now download and update via wifi which is great if you do not have a computer and also there are a number of options of other free regions of Topo Active maps which we did not have on the older model, these are the same regions that we can also get on the GPSMap67 units, thanks again for your feedback it is much appreciated, all the best GPS Training
I have the 750i, the camera isn’t worth the extra money.