Garmin Quest 2 GPS Review:

The Garmin Quest 2 is a portable GPS navigator that makes it easy to travel to new locations. The Garmin Quest 2’s control pad has been designed to make it easy to make selections and switch between modes, allowing you to keep your eyes on the road. The bright, 2.2-by-1.5-inch display is readable in bright sunlight and features 240 x 160 pixel resolution. Both the display and the keypad are backlit for night driving. An included speaker attachment that is built into the 12-volt cigarette lighter adapter enables the Garmin Quest 2 to deliver voice prompts, while an internal rechargeable lithium-ion battery delivers 20 hours of power when you’re outside your vehicle. A flip-up antenna that communicates with up to 12 GPS satellites is provided, as is a USB port for PC connectivity. There’s also an MCX-type connector for hooking up an optional external GPS antenna. And if you need waterproofing, the Garmin Quest 2 is up to the challenge; it meets IEC 60529 IPX7 standards, which means it’s submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 minutes.

You can choose between a map view or a trip computer mode that provides a large speed display, odometer, stopped time, moving average, overall average, total time, max speed, and more. The Garmin Quest 2’s route planner lets you save 50 routes and preview all the maneuvers you’ll need to make on a given route. Plus, you can automatically sort multiple destinations to provide an efficient route for deliveries and sales calls. Or if you know where bad traffic exists, you can tell the device to avoid certain areas. And with the Garmin Quest 2’s One-Button Home feature you can find the quickest route home no matter where you are. Another time- and frustration-saving feature of the Garmin Quest 2 is the database of preloaded maps and points of interest. Gone are the days of uploading partial maps from your computer to your GPS device: the Garmin Quest 2 has them all built in. The unit comes preloaded with Garmin’s highly detailed City Select NT street data of the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Finding points of interest along your route is made easy with the Garmin Quest 2’s huge built-in database of nearly six million hotels, restaurants, gas stations, ATMs, and attractions. Garmin has also made it easy for users to upload custom points of interest via a PC, as well as up to 500 waypoints with names, categories, comments, and graphic symbols. Last but not least, the Garmin Quest 2 has 140 MB of extra storage space for uploading supplemental Garmin map products like U.S. Topo, U.S. Recreational Lakes with Fishing Hot Spots, and BlueChart.

Garmin Quest 2 GPS User Said:

I had a Quest which was recently lifted from my luggage at the airport. I was going to replace it but decided to get the Garmin Quest 2. I wish I had gone with the original Quest.
(1). The U.S. maps are locked in. I cannot remove them. As long as you are in the U.S. of A. you’re OK but I’m in Europe. I do not have enough memory (35mb) to create the maps that I need. I now have to take my laptop on every trip to upload the next section of maps that I need. With the Garmin Quest 2, I could load much more (115mb). As I am going back to the states eventually, it won’t be that big a deal but I still like the option of having full control over the maps.
(2). There are minor changes to the unit from the original Quest. One is the routing. When you select a waypoint and tell the unit to route to it, the unit does not give the indication that it’s doing anything. The old Quest would display “Calculating” and a percentage done at the top of the screen until finished. The Garmin Quest 2 shows a tiny question mark with the cursor.
All in all it’s not a bad unit but with the option of memory cards in other units and some of the other features I will be going with one of them when it’s time…

—– By Gordon H. Gosch

Garmin Quest 2 GPS Features

• Powerful, portable GPS device with 12-channel WAAS accuracy
• Voice prompts guide you to your destination
• Comes preloaded with Garmin City Select NT street data of the entire United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico
• Bright, sunlight-readable color display; backlit keypad
• Lithium-ion battery delivers 20 hours of power when you’re outside your vehicle

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