Garmin Powersport Off-Road Navigator: Conquer the Trails with Tread

Jason F.Jason F.: When taking in consideration the competition, this is the most outstanding product on the Shelf today for mapping. It is durable, the screen is outstandingly clear, and has many helpful features. The price for this is high but reflects the value of the product.

United States on Nov 18, 2023

Jeremy Jerome: Awesome gadget for the trails

Canada on Nov 15, 2023

Vkesu: Have this on sxs and have used it in Tennessee and Missouri. Works well but not my favorite Garmin device…. Almost my least liked. For being a new device it has quirks and weirdness. Trail maps are nice but I would guess they will work on any device. Lacks support from community for gpx files.

United States on Oct 01, 2023

Lassey: Awesome product. Everything we were looking for, we got.

Canada on Aug 30, 2023

Derek L.: Finally Garmin came out with a large screen GPS that's robust enough for the SXS. Easy to use and the Birdseye view is excellent.

Canada on Aug 21, 2023

Jeff Parry: This unit rocks I’m in love but wish you didn’t need subscription for the chat services with the price of this unit

Canada on Jun 25, 2023

Don: I don’t really write reviews, but here goes:

PROS: Touch screen is solid so is screen

User interface is pretty good as well.

CONS:

Where do I start? In the photos it shows all these satellite views for off roading and such. I had an ATV race today, so I went to download them, and what do you know? It says I need a paid subscription. So I go to the URL on my computer, and guess what? Service has been discontinued! So it’s basically just a regular GPS. Maybe I’m missing something?

Also, the mounts?!? I guess I’m used to easy GoPro mounts, but I couldn’t find any that fit my bars. I will say I was in a hurry, and should have gave myself more time, but this seemed just way too complicated.

It feels solid, and seems like it has some nice features like listening to music and such, but who really cares.

So my plan is to get a rugged mount for my old iPhone, get an app that downloads trails offline, and just use that. Sucks because I really wanted to like this unit, but I feel like my 10 year old Garmin Navi was easier than this.

United States on Sep 24, 2022

doubeleivedoubeleive: I would like to start out that I have used Garmin GPS's in there various incarnations for nearly 30 years. I purchased the Tread for both on & off road use. The 1st thing I did upon receipt of the unit was to connect it to the computer and run any updates, well it does not like to update via usb but it does like to update via wifi so just a heads up, the initial updates did not take long less than 1 hour. The 2nd thing I did was try it with a GTM-60 traffic receiver I already have that is used with other models, according to the compatibility list it is not compatible, but I noticed the "overlander" was compatible which is the same OS as the Tread and sure enough when i plugged it in it did a little firmware update to the GTM-60 and it works great as noted in my photo it gets digital updates where they are provided (digital is not broadcast in all city's). Functionally it has a lot of features some of which I may never use but they are there if you need them. The search function works great, you no longer have to search by city/state/etc to find many things you just put what you want in search and bam there it is. Out of the box it has a lot of boundary lines enabled for...

United States on Aug 05, 2022

Richard James Bennett: Happy with my Garmin tread sxs edition

Canada on May 28, 2022

MinnCanoeGuy: I go off road a lot in the northern upper peninsula of Michigan. The two track and other roads are not marked the best. Recently, coming home in the dark I would have got back to camp without this GPS but I would have put on a lot of extra miles. My gut was saying to go in one direction but the Garmin Tread said to go in another direction. I went the Garmin direction! I was so glad I had it. Once my gut and the Garmin came into alignment it made sense why the "all seeing eye" of the Garmin Tread said to go the way it did!

I know the price tag is high. I choked on it as well. But if you can get past the price bring this GPS if for nothing more than the large screen and for the how it connects to other cameras. I no longer need my Garmin 62.

Honestly, in the old days I used a Topo map and compass to get around. That system is still relevant but using the Garmin is so much better. For night time driving out in the wilds the Garmin Tread is superior to my Garmin handheld GPS. Do I still keep a compass in my pocket? You bet!

United States on Oct 18, 2021