Garmin Sat-Nav - Zumo XT

As always the service from the Sportsbikeshop is exemplary. Next day delivery is what everyone wants so they certainly deliver on that.

Now the sat-nav. I have had my Zumo 396 for years but on my last ride it failed. After several attempts to fix it with factory resets and updates, I gave up.

I then bought the Garmin XT and what a revelation it was. The screen is so much bigger than the 396 so I can actually see it properly and it works in portrait or landscape mode. It has loads of features and works better with MyRoute-app than the 396 did.

I really couldn't afford this XT, but I'm glad I took the plunge and bought it. My only gripe about the XT is that the cradle it clicks into doesn't seem very secure, but overall I am very pleased with it and the service from the sportsbikeshop.

So far so good quality item doesn't disappoint better than 660 expect many adventures in the future.

Everyone has different uses for their Nav, so I'll describe my use. Following a gpx offroad track through north spain (TET), needing to come off that track (and later rejoin) both by paved road and unpaved. The XT was a game changer, allowing adaptability along the way, it could pick quick boring roads, or more interesting biker roads, it found offroad trails that were pretty hard to see, let alone find. I wouldn't go on a trip without it.

What a great piece of kit. Really pleased with it. It has a great sized screen, i think the newer model might have been too big for my bike. It looks massive on my 1988 XT Tenere.
Everything you need comes in the box. Very simple to fit to the bike.

My only critique would be the security of the unit when its clipped into the mount. I have fitted a go-pro style leash to the actual sat nav, so its secured in the event of it falling out the mount. Was worried it might end up bouncing down the road or track.

First time using one & a lady rider & I am very impressed so far.

Upgraded my old Zumo 550 which I've had for over 20 years
The first one I got unfortunately had a broken sd card cover but it was swapped for another by sportsbikeshop with no hassle
All good now and perfect

I had heard good reports of the Zumo xt and was fed up of my satnav app on my phone being temperament. Easy to fit with all the parts for a choice of mounting. Impressed by the neatness of the power connection, unfortunately the cable was faulty. I returned it to SBS Boston where there was no problem in exchanging the cable. The staff were concerned that it didn't work and were happy for me to check it was OK on bike first, so a big thank you to them as I was disappointed because of the high cost.
The unit works well and is very secure, I just have to get acquainted with it so I can programme, but that's my IT naivety.

I'm really pleased with my Garmin Zumo XT sat-nav , it exactly what I want and the price is quite reasonable. It's easy to use and with the screen being 5.5 inch it's easy to read. The service from Sportsbikeshop was really good with the product being delivered next day.

Bought the Garmin XT to fit on my bmw xr, it fits onto my Sat nav prep with an adaptor from 3DAM, utilises the bikes power & is half the price of a Nav5 or Nav6 (bmw/garmin nav's) easy to use & the touch screen works well with gloves on.

All seems very good with the sat nav, very clear, updates are extremely quick. Lots of great features. Power supply cable could be a couple of inches longer from the small in line control box to the head mount. It is tight (ish) for adventure bikes where you may wish to install the device behind the wind shield and above the TFT screen.

Clearly a quality item, but does constantly request connection to a PC it will update over WIFI but not as easily as a TomTom.

So far so good. Not used a huge amount yet but appears to be a great puchase. Screen is clear and bright so much so im using it at 50% of total brightness. It connected to my samsung phone and cardo intercom straight away. Directions through intercom are clear and easy to understand. Ram mounting system or more so the ubolt supplied is next to useless. Far too short to use on my speed triple handle bars. Purchased the Evotech mount which works very well. With the phone connected it also supplies live traffic and text messages which can be useful.

Great product, collection was no problem.

I bought this as the extended tours I go on in summer were too complicated for phone apps. If I'd known what else it could do with respect to linking my phone to my headset I would have got one earlier. I love the traffic and weather updates I get in real time and also it can read out txt messages. Being Garmin, it goes without saying that the Satnav function is second to none.

The product seems to be robust and has been easy to initially set up, My only criticism with the mounting kit is that the U bolts holding the kit to the handle bars could be longer for the bars on my bike. So looking forwards to my first run using the unit, roll on spring.