Quest II
I find that the refresh can be a little annoying when navigating but nothing serious. It depends on the complexity of the map it has to redraw. So if you are in the middle of the city it takes a little longer to redraw than out in the country. It is a little annoying but it doesn't seem to hamper the functionality of the unit.
As to calculation time it really depends on the maps you have loaded. For example, to calculate from Calgary City Hall to my house (about 40 km away) takes less than 2 seconds when just the base map is used but it takes 18 seconds with the full City Select map loaded. From Calgary to Panama City, Panama took 1 minute using the base map but I stopped the fun (at 72% completed) after 3 minutes of calculating with the City Select map. In reality, the recalculating feature is fairly quick when on the road. So if you make a wrong turn it only takes a few seconds to recalculate your route.
Overall I thought the Quest II was the best for my purposes since it is so small that it is easy to use when back packing as well as on the motorbike. We'll find out how well the unit works in anger in a couple of weeks when we take a Florida vacation and rent a car...
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Ekke Kok
Redwood Meadows, AB
'89 R100GS
'03 R1150GS Adventure
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'89 R100GS 250,000 km (and ready for another continent)
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