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Good find Rich have you converted one yet?

Never.
But the unit is a good buy for the money. At £50 quid brand new in the box you can't go wrong.

I have been toying with the idea of buying a GPS. But what I want to know is. Do they show byways up? IE. do they show where you are on the OS map? and can you view a full OS map with tracks etc? oh and whats the best one which is cheap?

any help greatfully received

My option was to use my existing satnav and maps, I marked the byways with green flags and added them to my favourites in my satnav.....

It only gets me between each byways but does work

Well... from my experience, the best option is never the cheapest. I purchased the Road Angel Adventurer & wan't impressed with it for a number of reasons. Screen clarity being 1 of them. So when it bounced off the mount riding away from Box Hill... I swore & after deciding not to risk life & limb looking for a broken unit, I started researching alternative SatNav's. I bought the SatMap Active 10. After returning the unit to the manufacturers (3x) I had the unit replaced. Now I am very happy with it. Because I had the Memory map software with the Road Angel, I now plot the byways onto the Memory May software on the computer & transfer it onto the Active 10 in GPX format, which IMO is the best solution. I know it is a very expensive way to come to the conclusion but thought I'd offer my thoughts.

SatMap has a route share & Route planning feature which allows you to up-load/down-load routes & share them. You select your "adventure type" & green lanes are categorised under 4 x 4. People rate the routes for accuracy etc which gives an indications of the "value" of the route. I have tried using Trailwise which I find only borders on being of assistance to the Green Laning passtime IMO. I think if the TRF was to press the councils of the UK to use Satmap as the definitive register for BOAT's as a standard because of it's logical intuitive software, then it would enhance the access to green lane users. I love riding green lanes but it seems you need a LOT of patience to understand & learn the legal lanes. I have discussed it with a few members of my TRF group & they agree. Thoughts?