Need a GPS, Any suggestions? Options

[Daftsgirl]

I want to get a GPS but I don't really know much about them. I am currently looking at these:

Garmin - nüvi 370 GPS Receiver with Traffic Update Capabilities



TomTom - GO 720 Portable GPS Receiver with 4.3" LCD Touch Screen

What i like about them is that they have traffic updates
Take you turn by turn
and have MP3

Any suggestions on which one or if you recommend a different one?

[LewFX]

i say go with garmin, most reliable brand

[peterkos]

i say go with garmin, most reliable brand

I second that, + that it have so easy and genius user-friendlyness!

I used the Garmin Nüvi 660 for a longer trip last month, and damn it saved me for a couple of hours driving, a couple of tickets, and had so many sweet features

[94celigts]

how did it save u tickets???

[Sh0gunkid8721]

i never understood paying that much money for a GPS when u can just buy a road map.

[MarcoGTS]

Magellan is better though i got the newest one and its pretty good! it has night mode and it will have an anti-glare effect when your using it at night. it also has roadside assistance, as well as a built in bluetooth hands free phone in it...it also tells you the street names to turn to....

[ILuvMyCelica95]

i love tom tom even though i dont listen to it sometimes and have to make u turns

[lagos]

I have a TomTom One. You can get them for about 200-300$ depending on where you shop. Its very small and simple to use, and has never let me down. You'll never get lost again. Especially by those terrible mapquest directions.

Edit... As far as traffic updates, you have to pay a monthly fee for that, and have a bluetooth phone. It's not worth it.

This post has been edited by lagos: Sep 26, 2007 - 1:53 PM

[peterkos]

how did it save u tickets???

In Norway we have this kind of thing, called a automatic traffic-control, or foto-box.



It takes pictures of speeding cars, and on Norwegian roads, going through mountains, on empty roads, it is easy to hit the throttle. Every one of these boxes are placed in the GPS, and gives a warning a couple of hundred meters in front. Lifesaving for my wallet!

[Culpable04]

I have a TomTom One. You can get them for about 200-300$ depending on where you shop. Its very small and simple to use, and has never let me down. You'll never get lost again. Especially by those terrible mapquest directions.

Edit... As far as traffic updates, you have to pay a monthly fee for that, and have a bluetooth phone. It's not worth it.

exactly !


I have Tom Tom, it has been very good so far, the battery life is not so great, but may be because I haven't let it charge long enough probably.



Daftgirl : You should have taken a better look at mine when we met up last time instead of going to sleep lol.

[lagos]

Yeah, you can add speed camera warnings into the tom tom too. Problem is, that they are just not as common in the US as they are in Europe, so its not that useful of a feature.

[Culpable04]

how did it save u tickets???

In Norway we have this kind of thing, called a automatic traffic-control, or foto-box.



It takes pictures of speeding cars, and on Norwegian roads, going through mountains, on empty roads, it is easy to hit the throttle. Every one of these boxes are placed in the GPS, and gives a warning a couple of hundred meters in front. Lifesaving for my wallet!

that's what we need in US but our boxes have wheels and move around all the time ( police cars ) lol imagine if the police cars would show on the GPS so you see them ahead of time. then that would be sweet lol

[xs94st]

that would be sweet. my gf needs one. she gets lost ALL THE TIME. my friend had a magellan, so im lookin into one of those for her. but i didnt know that there were so many..now its got me thinkin twice.

[Cutrara]

get a CarPC

[jason]

garmins are nice, the map updates which are normally like $80 are soooooo easly found on the net for free if your into that. you pretty much get what you pay for and the major differences are the added features like an mp3 player and bluetooth, stuff that you really dont need... audio quality sucks so mp3 is worthless and calls should be made from a phone.... not gps, your car stereo, your computer... even though i do use all of them from time to time, its just not worth the extra 200 and the traffic... its not entirely accurate unles your goin around a big city in non rush hour, when you really dont need to know traffic

[mikew04]

cnet did an article on their top 5:
http://reviews.cnet.com/4370-3430_7-218-101.html?tag=dir

[spolski07]

Magellan is better though i got the newest one and its pretty good! it has night mode and it will have an anti-glare effect when your using it at night. it also has roadside assistance, as well as a built in bluetooth hands free phone in it...it also tells you the street names to turn to....

i sell GPS for a living and i can tell you that Magellan is NOT better than TomTom or Garmin.
TomTom is number 1 in the world except in america.
Garmin is number one is the US due to the fact they were here first.
In reality the TomTom Go720 is the best for your money, due to the bigger screen and the text to speech function. (text to speech = turn left on alamo street; compared to the turn by turn = turn left in 200 feet)

[Daftsgirl]

Thank you all so much...Looks like there are a lot of options i have to look into... a friend of mine recommend the Garmin nuvi 200 (NUVI200) any of you know anything about that? I dont want to spend 2 much on it and from what you guys told me im just looking for one with a clear screen and turn by turn directions. I dont need the MP3 or blue tooth options.