Same here, though I bought my nuvi 350 at Tiger GPS--compare and see??
GPS Recommendations - please
Melting Slicks
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I bought the Garmin PC program and installed it on my laptop. With wireless wart. When alone its great to have a 15" screen on passenger seat. Not right for everyone but if you travel with a laptop anyway its one less thing to have to mess with. I run an inverter to power the laptop. I have also found that the wart works fine inside, on the dash pushed up far forward to the glass.
Racer
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From: Jupiter FL
TOMTOM,
The biggest bang for the buck at 169.99 for a factory refurbished unit.
I bought one two weeks ago and flew to Dallis to pick up my 00FRC. We stopped along the way (back to Florida) at a few places. Drove through New Orleans. The TOMTOM guided us all the way. Very easy to operate, which I have heard the others are not.
Has an internal battery lasts about 2 hours, then runs on a cable which is the same charger as my Motorola Razor. YOu could put it in your pocket and walk around a strange city and get directions as you walk.
Jay B
Jupiter, FL
The biggest bang for the buck at 169.99 for a factory refurbished unit.
I bought one two weeks ago and flew to Dallis to pick up my 00FRC. We stopped along the way (back to Florida) at a few places. Drove through New Orleans. The TOMTOM guided us all the way. Very easy to operate, which I have heard the others are not.
Has an internal battery lasts about 2 hours, then runs on a cable which is the same charger as my Motorola Razor. YOu could put it in your pocket and walk around a strange city and get directions as you walk.
Jay B
Jupiter, FL
Drifting
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I've had a Garmin Nuvi 350 for about two years. Be sure to update the software on line. It gets you there but it will take the LONG WAY.
Two weeks ago the wife and I flew to LA. Rented a car and used our Garmin. It takes the longest way around. Very frustrating, instead of going straight and making a right turn to get where we needed to go, it took us way out of the way, horrible road construction, it took over an hour more to get there. Leave the Garmin home, print out route off of Google maps and get there faster and cheaper.
What a waste of money, every time I use Google maps, it gets you there in less time and mileage. Spend the money on mods.
David
Two weeks ago the wife and I flew to LA. Rented a car and used our Garmin. It takes the longest way around. Very frustrating, instead of going straight and making a right turn to get where we needed to go, it took us way out of the way, horrible road construction, it took over an hour more to get there. Leave the Garmin home, print out route off of Google maps and get there faster and cheaper.
What a waste of money, every time I use Google maps, it gets you there in less time and mileage. Spend the money on mods.
David
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I use a Dell Axim x51v with a Seidio charging cradle with built in gps receiver and sd card with loaded OnCourse Navigator 6. The audio is output to an FM transmitter and received over the car audio system. So, I can play mp3 stored on the 8g cf card, and navigate with all sound playing over the car audio system. All is powered by a single cable to the cradle. And, the Axim is a mini computer so it gets used for other stuff like watching full length movies while on plane flights or simple MS office stuff. From what I can tell, the total cost would be similar to mid - high end dedicated gps navigation units.
Anyway, a different solution.
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The 650 doesn't have bluetooth, and IIRC it doesn't come with an AC adapter. I find the adapter handy to charge the unit at night so I can use it while walking around.
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Garmin Nuvi 350 or Garmin 340 are good choices. There are plenty of choices you can make in the Garmin line.
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When I was looking around at all my options I was leaning towards the Garmin 660 or 680. Having garmin units before, I was leaning towards them. In the end I wanted a new stereo system so I went with the Kenwood DNX-7100. But anyways +1 for the Garmin 660. Nice unit.
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Garmin, I have a Magellan 2200 and a Garmin C340. The Magellan is OK but the interface and software on the Garmin are just better. The Magellan has a better chipset (sirfstar III) but it takes a little more work dealing with the unit to go from point A to point B.
Rick
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