Best GPS System?

[SupYo]

To anybody that owns....what would you recommend? Looking 2 pick one up but i'm pretty new to the "market"....it seems it's between TomTom, Magellen and Garmin. I'm kinda leaning towards Garmin just because my friend is a Pilot and he says that's what they use for all their equipment on the plane.

 

[SupYo]

Also , sounds like a dumb question but like i said, i'm completley new to all of this.......

Does this work similar to a Cell phone? What i mean is.....yea, you buy the GPS Device....but it's useless without some kinda subscription to a monthly service?

 

[BlacRam357]

i use the Magellen and theres no subscription needed and it never fails

 

[PeerlessMack]

What's you budget?

Make sure it has a sIRF chip which most recent ones do. The sIRF chip acquires the satellites quicker.

Also look for:

Battery life
Frequency of Map updates (very important)
Removable storage option
Bluetooth option helps if you get a lot of calls when driving

Some people get the ones with Realtime traffic updates but I've heard the updates still aren't fast enough.

Top Brands:
Garmin
Tom Tom
Magellen

 

[Devilstrider]

Dont get a tom tom. They shits use map quest and they don't update there shit as much as garmin or Magellen. That means you might be coming up on a road and the shit does not exist on your tom tom.

 

[outlaw]

What's you budget?

Make sure it has a sIRF chip which most recent ones do. The sIRF chip acquires the satellites quicker.

Also look for:

Battery life
Frequency of Map updates (very important)
Removable storage option
Bluetooth option helps if you get a lot of calls when driving

Some people get the ones with Realtime traffic updates but I've heard the updates still aren't fast enough.

Top Brands:
Garmin
Tom Tom
Magellen

thanks for the advice I'm in the same boat as OP, are these joints basically like a portable mapquest? are they only good for straight routes or will they find you a shortcut, a route w/ the least tolls, etc.

 

[blockstar]

good thread thanks. I was looking to pick one up for my self. I already have an older indash so it looks kinda funny having an indash and on top of that a gps system might be too much going on.

 

[doggish_098]

anybody know anything about that new one called navigon or something like that it is suppose to give street level views. recently saw a commercial for it was the first i heard of it.

 

[KASNUTS]

I have a TOMTOM. Love it

 

[Da Piper]

Mio is another good one! i got it as a gift and love it, i even use it to get places i already know how to get too
voice directions, if you miss a turn it immediately puts you back on track, it can avoid highways,tolls, etc..,

 

[luvpussy]

I have a TomTom One and have no complaints. They dont use no mapquest and they have this thing called quick gps fix that comes out once a week that updates the device on the sat locations so as soon as u turn it on you have a sat lock without waitin 5 mins for one. All the new ones come with a map correction addition to the software that allows u to make changes to the map from the device w/o your pc.

Garmin is good in that they have more POI's(Points of Interest). The Nuvi series is really good and have alot of shit in the name of traffic, weather, movie times, gas prices, etc

 

[bobw927]

http://reviews.cnet.com/gps/?tag=cnetfd.dir

 

[swiftandsilent]

i use the Magellen and theres no subscription needed and it never fails

Co-Sign
I have a Magellen 3000t and it works great all over the country.