Quatix 7 - no maps in standard edition?

Yes, all Quatix 7 models, including base model, have all the maps - Topoactive, LakeVu, BluChart, SkiView, & Golf Courses.

i hope so but am not sure

look at standard vs sapphire model here:

https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/818387

The sapphire explicitly names offline map navigation... the standard version is missing this

Standard:

Sapphire: 

I'm 100% positive.

Scroll about halfway down the page in your link, it explicitly lists all the maps that the watch has, along with screenshots of how they look on the watch.

All garmin watches that have maps can do offline map navigation. If it's not listed on the spec sheet then it's just a typo, I guarantee the base Quatix does those things.

The Garmin support answered me via chat that offline maps are not included in the standard quatix. Topo Active Maps can be downloaded for free they said. but looking at the download page it says 59$/ package.

www.garmin.com/.../010-D1566-00

That is confusing. why not put them right on the watch like with the sapphire version?

C.sco said:

Scroll about halfway down the page in your link, it explicitly lists all the maps that the watch has, a

all of these maps except skiing and maybe golf have to be bought extra, some for 59$ some for several hundred $. Once you bought those then they look like the screenshots imply.

But there seem to be no maps on the standard Quatix 7 out of the box.

I find this highly disappointing as all fenix 7 models do have maps included

rentagreement said:

why not put them right on the watch like with the sapphire version?

You'd have to ask that of Garmin obviously but if they're saying you can load the maps for free then perhaps you can buy the Quatix you want with an explicit right to return if you cannot load the maps that are freely available from Garmin Express? There are essentially two types of Garmin Topo maps available, those you can buy as you link to and those that are free to download from Garmin Express. There are other maps such as OpenStreet maps too that you can download and install.

i looked into dcrainmakers review for the fenix 7:

All units get all software features, and all units get mapping. The difference is that only the Sapphire units have the maps pre-downloaded for your region (e.g. North America, Europe, etc…) – whereas the base & base solar units do not. Instead, you simply connect to WiFi and download what you need for your region (though, that does take a while). That’s because pre-loading all the maps per region would add too many SKUs for Garmin to deal with (since they’d need 4-5 different region models for each model they have, quickly escalating to something like 20-30 additional SKUs to stock).

https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2022/01/garmin-fenix7-7s-7x-in-depth-review.html

Should be the ssme with the quatix7.

I will try. thx to all.

I think the maps are not preloaded, because the Quatix 7 base model has only 16 gb memory- the devices with preloaded maps have 32 gb memory. You can download the TA maps for free via Express. The specific blue chart maps (and others like CN NT or Topo pro maps) must always be purchased additionally.