A quick trip to the keyboard setting solved that maddening issue. Yes, there is an option for larger keys that is automatically enabled when you first set up the XT, but then you have to click a button to see the other half of the keyboard, sometimes making you type almost double the necessary keystrokes. Still, you’ll probably want to take off your gloves for entering more than a few characters simply because the keys on the keyboard are quite small. However, winter gloves required a little longer contact with the screen to get their inputs to register. I have since tried the screen with gloves of varying thickness, and they all worked. With the XT and bare fingers, my clicks occasionally registered before I even touched the screen. With the (several generations) older zūmo, I had to actually press on the screen for my inputs to register. While performing the initial setup of the zūmo XT, I was impressed with how much more sensitive the screen was to my fingers than the previous zūmo I owned several years ago.
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Once the card was formatted by my Mac to MS-DOS FAT 32, the operative description would be “seamlessly.” But I’m getting a little ahead of myself.
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While the maps and system take up roughly half of the internal storage, I opted to install a 256gb microSD card in the available slot to check out how it integrated into the system. A $50 accessory auto mount kit is available, though it is clearly an afterthought to the unit’s design because it requires that you plug in a USB cable every time you mount it – and that cable’s connector is a mini-USB! What is this the 1990s? The lack of the more current and convenient USB-C connection is a pretty glaring oversight on such a well thought-out GPS.ĭepending on which continent you purchase your zūmo, it will come with both the street maps, topographic maps, and other POI/location information for your location preloaded on its 32gb internal storage. While Garmin claims that the built-in lithium-ion battery can power the unit at 100% brightness for 3.5 hours, I chose to install the included motorcycle power cable to switched power on the bike. (I chose to mount my test unit on the Adventure-Spec Mini Fairing Support utilizing these holes.) To increase the mounting options, the cradle itself has an AMP mount hole pattern, meaning that there are a number of other GPS mounting options available.
So, this arm is compatible with any other ball mount you may already have on your bike. On the subject of mounting the zūmo XT, the package includes a handlebar clamp to affix the Ram-Mount-style ball-mount system that supports the cradle.
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This snugness, I must note, makes it almost impossible to feel the latch click into place, thereby prompting me to try to pull it free from the cradle every time just to be sure. Regardless, the seriousness with which Garmin approached designing the XT is reflected in the shape of the power cradle and the snugness with which the unit attaches to it. One would think that for a GPS that is being pitched towards adventure riders, resistance to dust would be a major selling point. Strangely, however, the X in the rating means that no claims of dustproofness are made about the device.
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