rtr Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 So I'm falling into the black friday maddness, looking at getting a GPS unit for the car. There are several on sale that I'm looking at including the Tomtom One 3rd edition (and LE at bestbuy), Mio C220 and 320, and Magellan Maestro 3100. This will be used for normal in car navigation, curious if anyone can comment on any of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Also.. you might look at the Gamrin Nuvi 350. Some places have it for the $375 range.. others $450 - $499 I'm very happy with mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipscbob Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Costco has the Magellan 3050 for $299 and the 40xx sereis for $399. Both excellent GPSs. Costco has the best return policy in the industry concerning electonics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R/T Performance Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I bought a garmin Ique 350?? on eabay new with v8 maps fro 199 I think new but has been discountiend and really love it.on the road if I had to choose phone or gps I leave the phone first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandbagger Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 +1 on garmin nuvi series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritinUSA Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Circuit City has both the TomTom and the Magellan on sale tomorrow morning for about $130.. Circuit City Web-site Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Mainus Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 (edited) I have a Garmin 2610. The best thing I ever bought for travel. I would stick with the Garmin's. http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=86 This is the link to the Enos forums of GPS stuff. Edited November 23, 2007 by Tom Mainus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 +2 on the Garmin nuvi. I've tried the magellan and tomtom, I bought the nuvi 350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Stick w Garmin. We have 3 Garmin and a Tomtom. Tomtom seems to send you in roundabout ways. Garmin seems to be better. Local knowledge is still required. Example I am 11 miles to work by any of 4 routes, but at 7am they time will vary by over 20 min. Garmin doesn't want to send you across the back roads until you get past a certain turn point. apparently no way to change this. However the unit is extremely accurate. I also have the DeLorme Mapping program and a laptop in my car. It has many really nice features, but it is more difficult to program. No touch screen. BTW, the Garmins are 2) 340's and 1)250W nuvi. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boz1911 Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Just bought a TomTom this morning for 130.00. At this point I am amazed at what it do for that kinda money. I didn't want or need any of the high end features, so I hope this will work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 There were some smoking deals out there for GPSs this morning.. I think all the new ones are pretty similar.. for that price.. you can't go wrong (form a name brand). Ijust hate thier commericals. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseywales Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 which of the brands allow you to create a route with multiple stops (like a starting position, 3-4 different addresses, a destination) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I'd like to throw my two cents toward the Garmin Nuvi series as well. I just upgraded from an older Garmin model. I got the Nuvi 200 (the low end model) It has a 3.5 inch screen and the touchscreen is to die for. Scroll the map around, put your finger on a spot and tell it to go there. Many more features as well. About $300. FWIW dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vluc Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 Nuvi 350 and the invisishield screen protector. Don't know how I went places without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Norman Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 which of the brands allow you to create a route with multiple stops (like a starting position, 3-4 different addresses, a destination) The garmin Nuvi 250w allows you to input one way point. maybe more, but I am still feeling my way through it. The DeLorme map program with a lap top will allow many, how many I don't know. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtr Posted November 23, 2007 Author Share Posted November 23, 2007 Well my mother in law bought a Garmin C330 at Sam's today for like $130, so she's going to pick one up for me too. In playing with some units at stores it seemed to me that the Garmins OS was more intuitive than the TomTom or Mio. Plus the Garmins have 5 million POI, a feature I think will be nice when driving in areas I'm not familiar with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtr Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Ended up joining Sams and got the Garmin C330, so now I can buy everything I want in quantities larger than I need. Used the unit today and it works well so far, the POI database had all the places I wanted to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhunter Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 On the advise of you guys, I bought the Garmin 350 yesterday, as a X-Mas presents, FROM my parents to ME!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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