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Garmin inReach Messenger How-To Tutorials
In the fall of 2022, Garmin released a direct competitor to the ZOLEO Satellite Communicator with the Garmin inReach Messenger. This new inReach model focuses on messaging rather than be integrated with GPS navigation functions. With the focus on messaging, the Garmin inReach Messenger requires the Messenger smartphone app and a valid Garmin Explore account…
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Cam-Am Defender ATV Trail Riding – Nova Scotia Mersey Bowater to Ellerhouse Loop
On this trip, a Yamaha Viking and Can-Am Defender goes out for a loop run starting from the Mersey Bowater parking lot and the route consists of crossing into the Ellerhouse Windmill farm and using the service road along the 101 highway back to the Pipeline road trail back to the start. This was a…
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How To Create & Transfer Waypoints, Tracks and Routes to Garmin Montana 700 series GPS Using Garmin Explore App
I’ll go over how you can use your Garmin Explore smartphone app to create and transfer waypoint, tracks, routes and courses. This is handy when you are planning on the go using your smartphone and use bluetooth from your phone and Garmin Montana. CREATE A WAYPOINT Scroll over the map to the area you want…
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Garmin Launches inReach Messenger To Compete With ZOLEO
It was a matter of time until we would see how Garmin would respond to the ZOLEO Satellite Communicator. While Garmin has been very busy integrating the inReach technology into various GPS frame, there is something to be said about the simple puck design with core inputs and associated smartphone app. The Garmin inReach Messenger…
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Finding Trail Access & Difficulty Information On Garmin Tread
The Garmin Tread Off-Road GPS Device displays a lot of trail information curated from various sources like OpenStreetMap and MUVM for many areas of the US. This specific type of information allows you to find out trail access and difficulty whether you want to hit the trails in a full sized vehicle, ATV, Side by…
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Garmin Offers Audio System For Powersport Vehicles & Garmin Tread GPS Users
One thing you notice when you get into powersports and start riding an ATV or in my case a Side by Side; the accessories are expensive. Garmin adds an audio system with LED lights as an add-on to their Tread line of GPS devices focused on this area. Today, Garmin formally announced the Garmin Audio…
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Wallace to Leicester NS Side by Side Ride
I hauled up the Side by Side and paid a visit to my buddy Keith up in the Tatamagouche area of Nova Scotia for a ride along the trails. If I was going solo, I would have unloaded at Tatamagouche Train Station trailhead, which is a large lot that hosts a trans canada trail kiosk…
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Can-Am 2022 Defender DPS HD7 4 Month Review
When I started shopping for a side by side, I wanted something that I could use everyday either for work or play. And I am not disappointed in my decision. The Can-Am defender helps a lot around the house as we have lots to do in terms of cleanup and landscaping. It also a great…
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Garmin GPS Mounting Options For Side By Side Can-Am Defender
In this video, I’ll go over some Garmin GPS device & monting options when you want to mount a Garmin GPS to a side by side UTV or other. Here I am using a Can-Am defender, but this also applied to similar styled utility rigs such as Polaris Ranger, Honda Pioneer and Yamaha Viking In…
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How Loud Is Can-Am 2022 Defender HD7 Engine?
I’ll try to answer a question I’ve been getting on my other Can-AM 2022 Defender HD7 which is how loud is the engine noise? This is one of the things I was surprised by was how quiet it was next to other machines. I find that when operating in the 3200 RPM range you are…
