What is the best mobile GPS system? Magellan? Blackbird? TomTom? Garmin?
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Garmin
I have a garmin and i'm very happy with it...It has served me faithfully for 2 years now...
Garmin hands down
I have garmin and it has been amazing. It does a 3d view of the map your driving on. It can change directions from vehicle to walking to motercycle to other forms too. And it can track your speed, stoppage time, driving time, etc too. And you can have multiple voices----from an australian to a british to a american. We call ours mimi. Hahahaha. HIGHLY recommended. But it is a bit pricy. Mine was 700 dollars.
I have both Gamin and Megellan. Both systems require some getting used to, but I am pleased with the excellent results of Garmin, which I started using more and more. Others think what part of the world you live..
Garmin
Well... it really depends on your needs. Are you talking about navigating in a car, or hiking in the back-country, or sailing your yacht back to port? Do you need to play MP3s with your unit? - Who the heck decided we needed that? Do you need real-time routing around traffic tie-ups? For straight forward, few frills, easy to use auto navigation, the Garmin 330 is as good as it gets. Tom-tom is said, in reviews, to be better because it has more features. It is also pricier. If you need real-time traffic alerts with re-routing, look at the Tom-tom and also at the competitors. We have a 330. We also have a more expensive Garmin 340 - it can pronounce the name of the streets with voice synthesis. However, it does not provide verbal notification of the next turn until it is too late, sometimes. I don't recommend that model. My advice - look at the features the various models have and make a list of the features you "need". For you, the Garmin models, and there are quite a few, might not be ideal. There is a reason why Garmin is not the only manufacturer. Of course, that can be more work than fun. In that case, choose the Garmin 330, and don't complain that it doesn't do MP3s. Features to look at: perspective view of map as well as straight down, touch screen v. buttons v. combination, built-in data base v. extra cost downloads, multiple destinations for your garage sale jaunts, detours - they all recalculate if you are off-route, but only some suggest a good detour, requires memory cards, mounting system, needs add-on antenna with some tinted windows, screen size and colors, easy programming - look for reviews, does it have batteries so you can program it sitting in the house, and so it does not lose the programming when you turn off the ignition, do you think it's pretty. The Garmin 330 does most of that, except for MP3s, traffic alerts, and multiple destinations, and it uses only touch screen input.
