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<blockquote data-quote="Bill Lumberg" data-source="post: 1395930" data-attributes="member: 87479"><p>I finally, after a year of ownership, got my 595LM to work. Before I bought it, I used dueling iphones for nav. I prefer the garmin, partly for visibility, touchscreen, fuel management, and three or four other things it does. It lets me check weather, gas locations, traffic, read texts, do routing, manage music between onboard mp3, itunes, pandora, and spotify, and a few other things, all with gloves on. My iphones do that pretty good as long as there is cell service, but are harder to see, and I can't do anything with gloves on. For me, a dedicated gps is easier to interact with while riding than an iphone (and easier to read). It's not that the gps is that much more capable, it's just easier for me to use. For a long time, Garmin could not get my 595LM to work. Finally, I terminated the phone/helmet relationship (something garmin says should not be necessary under any circumstance). As long as my phone doesn't know my helmet comms even exist, and my helmet doesn't know there's my iphone exists (except for fobo alerts), the 595LM does what it's supposed to. I still have an iphone in a lifeproof case in a slipgrip mount, but I could just as easily leave it in the topcase when I'm using the garmin.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bill Lumberg, post: 1395930, member: 87479"] I finally, after a year of ownership, got my 595LM to work. Before I bought it, I used dueling iphones for nav. I prefer the garmin, partly for visibility, touchscreen, fuel management, and three or four other things it does. It lets me check weather, gas locations, traffic, read texts, do routing, manage music between onboard mp3, itunes, pandora, and spotify, and a few other things, all with gloves on. My iphones do that pretty good as long as there is cell service, but are harder to see, and I can't do anything with gloves on. For me, a dedicated gps is easier to interact with while riding than an iphone (and easier to read). It's not that the gps is that much more capable, it's just easier for me to use. For a long time, Garmin could not get my 595LM to work. Finally, I terminated the phone/helmet relationship (something garmin says should not be necessary under any circumstance). As long as my phone doesn't know my helmet comms even exist, and my helmet doesn't know there's my iphone exists (except for fobo alerts), the 595LM does what it's supposed to. I still have an iphone in a lifeproof case in a slipgrip mount, but I could just as easily leave it in the topcase when I'm using the garmin. [/QUOTE]
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