No they don't. Also Garmin has got rid of the traditional Garmin "routes" on newer models and replaced them with the "Trip Planner". However BC creates "routes" so there is some conversion.
Some long time Garmin owners have bought one of the newer models on the assumption they can do what their old units did plus more. That is not necessarily true. One has to do quite a bit of research to get the right model (and even then there are compromises).
The bottom line is that Garmin has many models. Also the more (firmware) features you want the more $$$ you pay.
How does one tell if the model you are looking at supports the "make route in BC and dump to device" feature? Sorry for being so simplistic here but now I'm really lost.
Their advertising hype doesn't tell me what I need to know I guess??
Routes >= 100 ==> Supports trip planner. Routes from MapSource/BaseCamp are converted.
However, this only applies to the Nuvi series. For example, the Oregon 450, Oregon 600, GPSMap 62s and Montana 600 all support 200 routes. These are "real" routes and not the trip planner. :D
I'm talking about the "Routes" specification for whatever Garmin model you're looking at. Garmin has specifications for their models on their website (or PDF manual if you prefer).
Well from what I've learned here from you knowledgeable folks, I've just about decided on the 2797LMT.
Any opinions?
I found a Nuvi 1490LMT on Amazon early last winter for a really good price and am pleased with it, relative to the Nuvi 2455 I bought several months earlier. I found the drawbacks of the trip-oriented navigation (from waypoint to waypoint, with no way to see what comes later) very annoying. The 1490 does it the old way, showing the whole route -- it's perfectly happy if I don't run right over a waypoint and simply picks up wherever I am on the route. It's bigger, which is a mixed blessing, but for the money it can't be beat. It's close to being discontinued, or may be, but if you can find one it may be worth a look.
I don't own nor have I ever used any of the newer models so I don't have any specific comments about the 2797LMT. Personally I don't want a unit that uses the Trip Planner (traditional routes work fine for me) but you may not have much choice about that.
