Garmin Zumo 220
Designed for Your Motorcycle

Garmin introduces the new Garmin Zumo 220, a rugged GPS designed by motorcycle riders especially for their navigation needs, all at a lower cost than previous Zumo models. Although it is equally useful as a car GPS, the new Zumo 220 is given a rugged and weatherproof body to withstand vibrations, movements, road grime and fuel splashes.

It comes with the same advanced Garmin GPS technology, which feature Bluetooth hands-free calling, lane assist, text to speech and on road and off road route planning and calculating features. Although there are no widescreen versions for this Garmin offering, it performs well in beating the usual hassles of motorcycle navigating experience.

Key Features

The first thing that you will notice about the Garmin Zumo 220 is its compact size. Its 3.5-inch screen size easily fits onto the handle bars or beside the gauges of motorcycles. It is also touchscreen operated. The display is actually finished with a special material that minimizes reflections to avoid washing out the color of the display and maintain visibility particularly under bright sunlight.

Now, to allow ease in on and off road motorcycle navigation, Garmin Zumo 220 features a user-friendly interface. The design is generally easy to read and displays colors that are easy on the eyes and text that is large enough to read. This way, it becomes easy to view and comprehend under any outdoor conditions.

The easy to follow menu setup only adds to its user-friendly interface. It is intuitive and the data fields are easy to customize depending on your usual navigating needs. Not only that, the interface is so responsive, riders can operate this device even with their gloves on.

Perhaps you will appreciate Zumo 220's lane assist and guidance feature, custom route and quick route calculating capabilities. This way, you will be relieved of dealing with the hassles of being on the road. With these features, you will not only cut down your travel time but also your overall travel cost.

Speaking of travel cost, the rudimentary digital fuel gauge installed in this new motorcycle GPS allows you to keep track of the amount of fuel consumed during your travels efficiently. While it tracks your speed as well as the kilometers you have traveled, it also gives updates of your proximity to your destination or set points of interests. This design aspect is particularly helpful to motorcycle models as well as custom motorcycles that do not have fuel gauges.

Perhaps the more exciting features of this motorcycle GPS is its Bluetooth headset integration feature. It can conveniently be paired with Bluetooth enabled cell phone headset, which eases up the transmission and relay of the GPS's audio turn by turn instructions. Hooking up the device with Bluetooth-enabled phones can conveniently be done via on-screen menu prompts.

Pros and Cons

Riders are most likely to appreciate Garmin Zumo 220's ability to plan routes using the Garmin City Navigator. Downloading this feature will allow you to plan and transfer route information to and from your GPS unit and personal computer.

The only thing that you might not appreciate with this model is that its slightly shiny screen sometimes makes it a struggle to maintain excellent screen visibility as well as off axis viewing.

Overall, it is an affordable and compact motorcycle GPS that is designed to effectively guide you through your on and off road motorcycle adventures.

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