2010/6/2 William Robb <[email protected]>: > So, I decided to update my less than 1 year old TomTom and the bastards want > me to pay for the pleasure. Now, there is nothing wrong with the unit, it > just kinda irks me. > So, what's a good GPS unit? > I'm interested in either a Garmin or a Magellan since I now have a hate on > for the folks at TomTom. > Is this a situation where the more you spend the better you get? Or does it > really matter? > One thing about the TomTom that I don't like is that it often takes 5 > minutes or more to find a signal, this being in the countryside, so it's not > like as if I'm trying to find my way across downtown Chicago with the thing. > Do any of the units have a reputation for better back road maps? Can any of > the units be updated on the fly? > etc.....
I have a Garmin eTrex Legend HCx for offroading, geocaching, hiking, etc. and it does a good job. I use the free maps available all over the net. I find € 199 for topo maps for Germany a complete outrage as that is more than the gps handheld costs. time to first fix is good, weatherproofing works, all buttons can be operated with gloves on and it runs on a pair of AA batteries. only nit is the poor menu structure but hey it never pretended to be a Nokia cellphone. for onroad I use a Navigon 2110max (now succeeded by 4310max, no idea if US names are the same) which I chose after long testing which led me to conclude that the Navigons are far superior to the TomToms. Map updates were € 19 for 2 years quarterly (special offer, normally 99), maps are from NavTeq - TomTom uses TeleAtlas, those are the two principal map providers you have access to here, everything else is normally proprietary. HTH Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
