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Garmin vs. Magellan GPS
protokatie:
Do any of these units say "Swim across the Atlantic ocean" when you try to plot a course from Boston to Paris, like google maps used to? If not, I wouldnt buy one that didn't, just for how funny it would be.
shardian:
Wife got a Garmin Nuvi 200 for Christmas. We used it the last few days on a trip. It works pretty darn well I think - pretty dummy proof.
Level42:
--- Quote from: protokatie on December 29, 2008, 07:11:11 pm ---Do any of these units say "Swim across the Atlantic ocean" when you try to plot a course from Boston to Paris, like google maps used to? If not, I wouldnt buy one that didn't, just for how funny it would be.
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The maps on these are usually limited to one or more countries (like the BeNeLux area) or f.i. entire Europe or regions of the US. Depends on memory cards used and what you want to pay for the maps.
Franco B:
--- Quote from: Level42 on December 27, 2008, 03:27:42 pm ---Both suck. Get a TomTom.
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QFT!!
Me and my GF bought a Nuvi 200 for our trip to Crete as we were hiring a car. We thought we would test it on the way to the airport as it is a route we know. It spent 80% of its time recalculating the route (even though we were going in the right direction all of the time) and it kept trying to send us the wrong way around roundabouts and sending us onto the wrong side of the motorway. We ended up stopping off in Birmingham and getting a Tomtom One, its been awesome and hasn't let us down once on the many journeys we have used it on since. You can change the voices too and there are a few good ones (as well as 10x awful ones), my favourite one is the official John Cleese one.
I have since spoken to other people who have bought Nuvi 200's and have had no problem but it has put me off Garmin completely.
Tomtom FTW!! :D
shmokes:
I'm not sure off the top of my head which Nuvi I have, but whichever it is, I love it. But I also got it at the absolute best possible time. I bought it as a gift for my wife a few days before we moved from Utah to Miami, FL. It's a life saver. From day one we could get anywhere in the city better than people who've lived here all their lives. Now we've been here a year and a half and while we still use it very frequently, it now stays in the center console most of the time. But if you're ever moving to a new town, do yourself a favor. Best couple hundred bucks you'll ever spend. :)
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