Zumo 665 - Advantages and Disadvantages

During CES 2010, Garmin presented the Zumo 665 bike DEVICE navigator, a great navigator for bikers. This navigator has 4. 3-inch touchscreen display monitor and offers numerous features such as real-time XM NavWeather, antenna for XM Satellite Radio, and also real-time XM NavTraffic. This following Zumo 665 review would be very useful for the riders who needs to prepare their journey this summer.
What Zumo 665 Does
1. The sturdy and waterproof (IPX 7 standards) Zumo 665 supports Wireless bluetooth with A2DP technology so that you could stay in touch with your friends or loved ones while you're traveling. Simply just combine the Bluetooth with your mobile phone and you could make or receive cell phone calls with your compatible headset without any trouble. Also, pairing the Bluetooth with on-board MP3 player and your compatible headset, you're able to take pleasure in tunes with stereo sound.
2. XM Radio comes with a cutting edge dimension of operation to the Zumo 665 with 170 digital channels of commercial-free music, sports, news, dialogue and even entertainment while you are traveling inside the U. S.
3. XM NavWeather lets you gain access to up-to-the-minute weather data. Combining it along with NEXRAD radar graphics with 4. 3 inch map monitor, you're able to also keep track of probable weather condition problems.
4. XM NavTraffic helps you to discover the place that the problem areas are plus route around them. When you travel exactly the same ways often then traffic difficulty area avoidance may be probably the most beneficial performs of Zumo 665.
5. The Zumo 665 is installed with detailed street mapping of the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico with more than 6 million points of interest (POIs). This shows 3D clear view of surrounding buildings in several locations.
6. A digital fuel gauge lets you to keep track of just how many miles you have left before it's time for you to get gas.
Benefits and drawbacks of Zumo 665
Benefits:
1. Large screen
2. Wireless bluetooth A2DP technology support
3. Extremely fast XM Weather, XM Traffic and XM Radio response
4. Quick satellite reception
5. MP3 playback
6. High sensitivity
7. Waterproof and also Sunproof
8. Removable battery
9. XM-40 antenna included
Disadvantages:
1. Short battery life. The standard battery is merely for 3 hours. The battery efficiency of Zumo 665 is reduced, for example, by the inclusion of a GXM 40 XM antenna for obtaining XM Radio satellite radio service. But, the battery life would only be a problem away from a charger connection inside the car as well as on the bicycle.
2. The purchase price isn't so cheap.