Garmin presented the Tread, a cutting-edge GPS navigator letting you connect with other vehicles, locate your position on a trail, and more.
Ones familiar with quads, ATVs, and UTVs know how difficult it is to find a navigator suitable for off-roading. As a solution, Garmin launched the Tread, a GPS navigator allowing its users to share their location and send pre-programmed messages to up to 20 devices without an internet connection.
The Tread is a rugged device that can withstand dirt, splashes, and extreme temperatures. It features an easy-to-use 5.5-inch super bright touchscreen that can be operated even while wearing gloves.
It’s also compatible with Garmin’s inReach satellite communication, allowing users to send and receive text messages, communicate with their mates, access weather information, and have interactive SOS emergency signaling.
Besides, the new Tread 4 app enables overlanders to synchronize waypoints, tracks, and routes. Also, importing or exporting GPX files between smartphones and the device becomes reasonably easy.
To offer greater precision in the most challenging terrains, the Garmin Tread boasts various sensors, including an altimeter, barometer, compass, and pitch and roll sensors.
Moreover, Garmin Tread integrates topographic maps as well as birdseye satellite images. This can be complemented by the iOverlander database, which offers points of interest, such as campgrounds.
Another novelty of this navigator is the Garmin PowerSwitch accessory, a connection box allowing you to use the Tread’s screen to control the electrical accessories installed in the vehicle, such as auxiliary lights, air compressors, pneumatic differential locks, and others.
The screen can also be used to display images from the BC 40 wireless camera. To simplify installation, it dispenses with wiring and instead has a battery that lasts up to three months on a single charge. It allows the camera signal to be sent over a distance of 25 feet for crisp and clear footage.
Of course, thanks to all these advanced features, the Garmin Tread doesn’t come cheap. At $799.99 plus $15o for the BC 40 wireless camera, it’s definitely not a GPS for amateurs. But if you are serious about your off-roading-game, it would be tough to find a better option than that out there.
More details on Garmin’s website.
