Best Buy Ratings and Reviews

Best Buy Ratings and Reviews

Customer Reviews for DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W GPS with SPOT Satellite Communicator

DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W GPS with SPOT Satellite Communicator

Model: AE-008231-201
SKU: 1359497
UPC: 019916004910
Find your way with this GPS that features a 2.2" display for easy navigation. The satellite communicator allows you to type and send text messages on the go and allows others to track your trip via social networking sites, such as Facebook and Twitter.
Average Customer Rating:
4 out of 5
4.0
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67% of customers would recommend this product to a friend 
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Customer Reviews for DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W GPS with SPOT Satellite Communicator
Review 1 for DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W GPS with SPOT Satellite Communicator

Difficult to program

Customer Rating
3.0 out of 5
3.0
Posted by: Anonymous
from Colorado
on 02/14/2011
Value for Price
3.0 out of 5
3.0
Durability
3.0 out of 5
3.0
Ease of Use
1.0 out of 5
1.0
Features
2.0 out of 5
2.0
What's great about it: Links with Spot
What's not so great: difficult to program, heavy, bulky
Not intuitive menu and difficult to save tracks.
Record/Pause button counter intuitive.
Heavy
Bulky
Topo maps okay
Trail maps okay
Have not used Spot yet.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
0points
0out of 0found this review helpful.
Review 2 for DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W GPS with SPOT Satellite Communicator

Important note about this unit...

Customer Rating
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Posted by: GPSguy2
on 12/17/2010
Value for Price
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Durability
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0 out of 5
4.0
Features
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Note that this is the older/lower end PN-60W unit with only 3.5GB of internal storage (500MB available to the user). The new PN-60w SE model has 16GB of internal memory. Of course, you can add a memory card to expand the memory, but it you want to compare pricing, make sure that the units have the same amount of RAM.
I would recommend this to a friend!
-2points
1out of 4found this review helpful.
Review 3 for DeLorme Earthmate PN-60W GPS with SPOT Satellite Communicator

Breakthrough in Handheld GPS

Customer Rating
5.0 out of 5
5.0
Posted by: LuckyGuy55
from Detroit
on 11/23/2010
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What's great about it: Amazing to stay in touch from middle of nowhere.
What's not so great: Included base map for Europe just okay.
I have been a Garmin 60csx user for many years and had the chance to demo the DeLorme PN-60w with SPOT at the Boy Scouts event over the summer and recently bought one. All I can say is WOW! Loaded with incredibly detailed topo and street maps, with access to imagery and nautical charts, the GPS itself is waterproof and rugged. One of the Delorme people at the event told me troops in Afganistan have been buying them. (I also learned DeLorme is owned by a veteran, which I especially liked to hear.) But then you add the SPOT to this GPS and now I can send messages to my buddies (and wife) when outside cell coverage. I have posted to Facebook and Twitter from the middle of nowhere ( especially amazing when in northern Canada this fall where the topo maps were very helpful) much to the amazement of my friends back home. I don't know of any other GPS that offers this so it is truly cool when a genuine innovation that actually works this well comes to be.
I would recommend this to a friend!
+11points
11out of 11found this review helpful.