Since I'm really new to this technology, I've been busy making mounts for the device. Now that I've got that accomplished, I've been having a lot of problems blocking out the reflection. So, my question is, what type of a sun shield are y'all using.
Sun Shields for GPS???
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RBNS Hoods. Works well.
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I've got a Garmin ZUMO 660 and there is a specially designed sunshield for it on-line which can be made in a 3D printer. Our local public library printed one up for me and several other ST Owners and it works great! I'm afraid I don't have the website but if you search it should come up quickly. The printer file is free and not particularly large and the fit on the Garmin is perfect.
The cost is minimal but the shield takes about 4 hours to print. It is held on by rubber bands (although Doboy has found the correct size o-ring to do that job and that will be better).
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The cost is minimal but the shield takes about 4 hours to print. It is held on by rubber bands (although Doboy has found the correct size o-ring to do that job and that will be better).
Pete
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Go buy a plastic homework notebook and some industrial Velcro - sticky on one side. Cut one out to suit you with a pair scissors. Velcro to cradle and you're good!
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I get a free GPS sunshade with every oil change! It's lasted for over a year now in all kinds of weather and on trips over 2,000 miles. It's flexible, durable, customizable, no adhesive needed and I can hang my helmet over it. It's a DIY penny mod!
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The cost is pretty cheap, especially if you have the Velcro on hand (maybe $1.98). Plus you can 'fiddle' with it till you get it just the right length. And I have reason to believe that with the good Velcro, the cover will remain attached at triple digit speeds. ;-)
Yeah, I just 'debugified' all my windshields with a hot damp towel Saturday. The one I just rode to California made that windshield look super clean...
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Instead of doing "honey do's", this afternoon, I fooled around with making a pattern. This is what I've come up with so far. Because of the Rifle vent, I feel as if I will need to anchor (?) the backside, probably use velcro on the whole thing.
Still a work in the making.
Here's what the pattern looks like.
Still a work in the making.
Here's what the pattern looks like.
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I used a stiff piece of black leather and used Velcro to hold it on.
Mine is similar to Phil's.
Thin polyvinyl folder custom cut, then Velcro along the entire edge.
My new problem is my HiViz jacket reflection on the screen at times, when the sun is shining on my chest.
Good Luck
Thin polyvinyl folder custom cut, then Velcro along the entire edge.
My new problem is my HiViz jacket reflection on the screen at times, when the sun is shining on my chest.
Good Luck
I bought a glare stopper, but it didn't solve he problem. My GPS is a Nuvi - not a Zumo and it is washed out by bright sunlight even when on the dash of my car. So, I got some black cordura nylon, some camo cordura and some stiff plastic and sewed one up - basically making a deeper glarestopper with the black inside and camo outside. It looks fine, its held on by velcro but bright light still washes out the Nuvi when the sun is behind me (regardless of the brightness setting of the screen).
+1 on the GlareStomper. Super easy to install and usually less than $20.
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Blrfl
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There's a reason for that. The LCDs that have become plentiful are the transmissive type, which lets light from the back (the backlight) get through the display to reach the viewer. There's another type called transflective (transmissive and reflective), where the layer behind the display also reflects light coming from the front. That property makes the ambient light contribute to how visible the display is instead of forcing the backlight to overcome it. Most monochrome LCDs are transflective because it's cheap and easy to do it for those. Color is more difficult and expensive to get right and adds a silvery cast to everything that device manufacturers think detracts from the appearance of their products.
The only thing Garmin makes for cars or motorcycles that has a transflective display is the 590. My 2006-vintage Lowrance iWay had one and it was twelve kinds of awesome.
--Mark
Thanks, Mark. From what you are saying, the ambient light will wash out a transmissive LCD because it is brighter than the light behind the screen. And if Garmin makes only one transflective display means that most expensive Zumo's can also be washed out. I asked in another thread if users found the Zumo's hard to see in bright sunlight and got a yes from some folks. It boils down to how bright the sunlight is, and where the sun is in relation to the screen. Which is why a sun shield helps but is not a complete cure.
How do you find out ahead of time (before purchase) what kind of LCD a gps has? I've never seen this info in the specs.
Blrfl
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It's all about what reaches your eye. If ambient light reflected by the glass is brighter than what the display emits, the display will wash out. Glare filters work by diffusing the reflections so you end up seeing less of it. Shields work by preventing the light from reaching the display in the first place.
The transflective displays are the ones on the most expensive models (590 and 595). Everything else is transmissive.
You won't have seen it because it's a rare thing. Until the 590, I don't think Garmin ever made anything with a transflective display, and they call it out in the specs.
--Mark
Out of idle curiosity is there a view/mode in/on the 590LM that shows the right side of the below image full screen?
I understand the benefit of split screens but there are times when I'd just want to keep it simple.
I understand the benefit of split screens but there are times when I'd just want to keep it simple.
I haven't seen the right side (exit) of the screen ever be full screen, on my 590. I think I recall my nuvi 1490T did go to a full screen exit view, if my memory is correct.
Thanks. My small nuvii (650?) shows a full screen exit view. I prefer that to split screen.