After a few weeks of frustration, it's time to tell everybody what we have found out about the new Montana 700 range of GPS units.

Welcome to the GPS Training podcast for this month, it’s our 43rd episode.

This month I am again joined by Ian, are you keeping well?

It’s been a strange Ian the last couple of months not having you on the Podcast, did you listen with both my interview with Chris the Coast walker and also Tom from Garmin?It’s good to have you back, we have lots of news to talk about, there's plenty been going on.

So without further ado, let's get on with today’s Podcast

The first thing we need to talk about is our real honest thoughts on the new Montana 700 range.Then we are going to have a quick update about Chris, the coast walker who was on our podcast 41Then we have Ian’s FAQ’s, the frequently asked questions Ian’s been asked whilst supporting our customers

1 – So, Ian, we have representatives or people looking over our shoulders, lets have a good honest chat about the Garmin Montana 700

Montana 700/ 700i and 750iIan’s thoughtsWhat you likeWhat you don’t likeTopo Pro 1:25k map card – 700i and 750i (city navigator and map card) – thanks to everybody for their patience. Spoke to every single customer individually and big thank you to tom, from Garmin for helping solve the problemAccessoriesMy two favourite stories – City Navigator not on 700 and the sizeSales wise – never seen a unit sell so quicklyTrade in units – massive amountOnline resourceI have one on my lakes course and you have one on a course next weekend, so it’s great to see them already filtering onto our training courses.

I’m really looking forward to working with those who have bought them.

To find out more about the Garmin Montana 700 range of GPS units please go to our websites – gpstraining.co.uk – and click on - reviews – then - Review - Garmin Montana 700 series

2 – Chris the coast walker

Ramsgate! Well into my fourth county I always had it in mind that my first big target would be at the end of the first 30 days. Here I’d stop for two days to see my wife & cubs then continue on when they leave me at Ramsgate harbour to begin the path south.

Where can people find out more about Chris’s epic journey

Web - https://thecoastwalker.com/

Facebook - christhecoastwalker

Twitter - @thecoastwalker

3 - Ian’s FAQ’s, the frequently asked questions you have been asked over the past few months.

I don’t want to hijack you piece Ian, but I have found a great App for the iPhone (and I suspect works on Android phones) that ties in with my Garmin Fenix watch – Calorie Counter +

I know this sounds a bit naff, but let me explain.

It’s a tad geeky but it’s great seeing how your exercise offsets the calories you have ate/ drank during each day

Now back to what we should have been talking about – Ian’s FAQ’s

Garmin Should I use the Battery Save option or not?

My personal opinion……….

The features that use most battery power are

Screen brightness level

Frequency of use

Backlight set to be on for more than 30 seconds

Coupled with using good quality Lithium or NiMH rechargeable batteries (minimum 2500mAh), will give you a good day's worth of use out of them without needing to have the Battery Save on provided the other features above are set.

The advantage in not having the Battery Save on is that you just need to tap the screen/press a button for the backlight to come back on if needed. The screen is so good that you can still see the map with the backlight off.

Satmap

How do I remove routes that show on my map screen and clutter up the screen?

The two ways to remove the inactive routes from the Active 20 map screen are:

delete them from the Active 20

or if you wish them to remain on the Active 20 but not show

Main menu>Settings>Option 22>Set Trip Data>Hide Inactive Routes

Wearables

Various pieces of data like the temperature, pressure, notifications (texts,