On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 06:29:53PM -0600, William Robb wrote: > 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..... > > Thanks > -- > > William Robb >
My wife and I are very happy with our Garmin (it has free lifetime traffic subscription) and my parents just bought a Magellan (also with the traffic feature included) that they are very happy with. I think those two brands have the better reputations in the industry which is why we ended up buying the units. -- Christian ------------------------------------- http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- 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.
