100% final I have not decided yet; but I tend to very pure subjetkiv unit of Becker although the Garmin is as great Navi.
Specifically, the devices for me distinguished as follows:
- Very awesome is the power connector from Becker to the bracket. The device goes on and off with the ignition. When Garmin you always lying around the cable, the Becker Ready 50 LMU has not this active holder!
- Also requires the Becker TMC for no second antenna as the Garmin. one can thus attach something concealed fixed the current TMC cable. When Garmin you always have to connect and have the cable lying around,
- The pace of warning Garmin is a disaster! It starts at 1 km / h is exceeded and has a very unpleasant sound. This can be turned off and can be exceeding show visually, but you may also regulate better! Such as when Becker. Here you can adjust the allowable timeout for city and highway to the warning gentle Gong who does not bother really, even if it sounds more in succession. In Garmin forum I've noticed that a lot of users are very dissatisfied with the warning.
- Speed Cameras warning vain way, there is not both; even if Garmin This suggested by the adjustment. No Blitzer was me appear at the traveled routes. You have to pay extra even, as in Becker. Just what it costs at Garmin is not so easy to find, as only a 30-day trial is offered.
- Very well, I found that the Becker is easily configured by the PC software on PC. What I noticed this additional positive price transparency for additional services is (POIs, city maps, etc.). Garmin doing a little secret around, does not fit the present day!
- The Satelittenerkennung was extremely fast and well by both devices - the unit of Becker, however, was the Garmin this respect a little ahead.
- Advantage even when Becker, it can be used for up to four users create their own profiles.
- The unit of Becker also offers more locales that are displayed by simple click: speed, permitted blood alcohol etc. That makes sense for trips abroad.
However, the Garminnavi also has its features that can keep readily Becker not so:
- It offers several "Cockpit Views" with lots of information such as floor height, direction, time, speed, permissible speed and distance to the destination and time of arrival.. Becker provides this information also, but at the same time you have to for max. 4 decide.
- The route calculation is extremely fast at Garmin. The display of waypoints on the top bar is a feature that Becker can not hold and which I find very good.
- Other benefits that Garmin is significantly smaller than the Becker and when navigating I realized that Becker has piloted me to a barrier for vehicles (which for 30 years there); Garmin has not chosen this route.
So it is very difficult here to make a decision. From Satelittenerkennung and the route selection both devices are sbsolut ok. As for little things and details must at all even know what is important and what is not.
Now you have and I want to make a decision. There are smaller device, against better pace Warner and especially practical Active Holder (to the Becker Ready 50 LMU also has not!). The other criteria are not so relevant, since both devices are very good in my view.
Probably I will opt for the Becker Professional 50.
Which also needs to be considered a point is: The 'Back' button of Garmin's digital on the screen, which is the Becker mechanically on the housing. When 'lifelong' update this could possibly be a 'breaking point' !?
Each device has pros and cons; finally you have to think what one is important and what is not; there are both very good Navis.
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