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Navigate the United States and Canada with ease with this GPS that features free lifetime traffic updates, up to 1,000 waypoints and customizable points of interest for easy route planning. The "Where Am I?" emergency locator and travel assistant tools provide additional support.
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5
Road tested and recommended
on January 7, 2010
Posted by: Scoutgirl
from St. Paul, MN
I purchased this great little GPS on Black Friday so I got it for a great deal from Best Buy. I had spent the past month reading reviews and weighing what options were the most important to me and settled on this model. I had an older model from Garmin which was always reliable so I decided to stick with a good thing. True, this model does not have all the bells and whistles that many of the new models have...but really, who needs to have voice recognition on their GPS? It takes only a minute to enter my destination so that was not a feature that was a priority to me. I also decided to choose a model without the hands free blue-tooth option, again not a feature I had to have in a GPS. What I was able to get for my money were all the features I really did want, plus the added bonus of the free traffic service. Living in snowy MN it was appreciated during a recent snow storm to alert me to the best route to take, and to tell me the approx. (fairly accurate) delay that I should anticipate. The small ads the pop up are barely noticeable, I am curious to find out if anyone other than Best Western advertises on it! This GPS was ready to go right out of the box, just updated the software which took only a few minutes and did the free map upgrade. I also purchased the lifetime maps feature as at the time of purchase as all accessories for my GPS could be purchased at a discount which saved me over $40 on the accessories I purchased. While I like the online My Garmin features I wish there were more voices to choose from, I think I've tried them all, and finally settled on one that has the best tone quality for me. Not sure why but my first reaction to the sound was that it was tinny. I'm not sure if I got use to it or what but the sound quality sounds fine to me now. Though this unit has some great routing options...fastest time, shortest & eco route I do wish there was a way to select to avoid certain roads. The eco route is really a neat feature though. I've gone through and determined the eco route to all the places I go to regularly and while it may add a minute or two to my travel time I can see that I make far less stops & travel on roads with my most fuel efficient speed limit so I have noticed better fuel efficiency. I did not expect to use this unit so often around my home, I bought it mostly for when I travel, but have found it to be really helpful to find new routes I would never have thought to try in the Twin Cities, and to find new points of interest in my own area. I've been using the unit now for almost 6 weeks and have not had any problems. I can now find the closest coffee anywhere I am! I recommend this Garmin GPS if you are looking for everything you really need in a GPS without all the extras you'll never use.
What's great about it: Garmin's easy to use interface, free traffic updates, routing options, My Garmin online support
What's not so great: sound quality, inability to select or avoid specific roads/highways
I would recommend this to a friend!
Durability
5
Ease of Use
5
Features
4
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