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I'm in the market for a portable GPS unit for my car. I'd like to stay in the $200 ballpark. I honestly don't know too much about them. What features should I be looking for. Any suggestions? Thanks.
OT - Can anyone recommend a good but reasonably priced GPS unit for the car.
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I have had a Garmin Street pilot and a Garmin Nuvi. I am very pleased with the Garmin products, reasonably priced and reliable. It may be that I am just used to them, but I like their graphics better than other models I have looked at. I don't use too many of the extra features available, I usually just punch in an adress and go. I do occasionally search for a restaraunt or gas station when I am away at baseball and softball tournaments. I would recommend the Garmin units.
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We purchased a Garmin nuvi from BPS on sale for $99, we really like the English accent.
Just got one of these and I am really pleased with it:
Sony NV-U83T GPS - 4.8" Touch Screen, Text-To-Speech, North American Maps at TigerDirect.com
That store, Tigerdirect.com has some really good deals. The sony unit has a HUGE screen, and has some really nice features like draw an inverted "v" on the screen and it will automatically calculate your route home, no entering addy or anything.
Sony NV-U83T GPS - 4.8" Touch Screen, Text-To-Speech, North American Maps at TigerDirect.com
That store, Tigerdirect.com has some really good deals. The sony unit has a HUGE screen, and has some really nice features like draw an inverted "v" on the screen and it will automatically calculate your route home, no entering addy or anything.
Have had a Garmin 350 for almost 2 years now, just bought one (same model) for each of my kids.. think there down to about $150 now. Excellent model. whatever model you get, be sure it has "text to speech".. that way you hear "turn right on elm street" instead of "turn right"
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Ditt the Garmin Nuvi. It's great
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Garmin Nuvi. I started out with a 200 wide screen and the only thing I didn't lie about it was it did not announce the street name when telling you to do something i.e turn ahead vs turn ahead on Smith St. That can be a big help in conjested areas or areas you just are not familiar with. I have upgraded to the Nuvi 760 since then for about $240.00 available online from Amazon.com or Walmart.com
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BOE Marine has great prices on the NUVI's. He often has the remanufactured units on sale.
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I bought a refurbished garmin c580 streetpilot for 130.00 inc shipping and love it .Try the website Boatfix.com
I have the Garmin NUVI too. Touch-screen is great.
Note that I bought an expensive one several years ago (about $500) with Bluetooth and that gave specific street names. That got stolen, and I replaced it w/ the 200W (for about $120 I think) and unfortunately the cheaper version does NOT have the individual street names. I don't think you need to spend $500 to get that feature, but it is nice.
Note that I bought an expensive one several years ago (about $500) with Bluetooth and that gave specific street names. That got stolen, and I replaced it w/ the 200W (for about $120 I think) and unfortunately the cheaper version does NOT have the individual street names. I don't think you need to spend $500 to get that feature, but it is nice.
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