| # |
Username |
GPS model |
Pros |
Cons |
Rating |
| 1 |
kwknox |
Nuvi 465t |
Provides information regarding weight restrictions, bridge heights, road widths, toll information. |
Not intuitive enough. Difficult to find Points of Interest and too much time is spent trying to determine routes. |
5 |
| 2 |
pablo_gsxr750 |
Garmin Nuvi 1390T |
Device does exactly what it says on the box! |
Stay away from Garmin online shop & customer service department. |
5 |
| 3 |
rnatoli |
Garmin 755T |
Easy to use. Great viewing screen. |
Entry buttons are very close together. Unit sometimes locks-up. |
9 |
| 4 |
alex.bojanic |
Garmin Nuvi 765T |
Fast routing, very accurate traffic alerts (at least in Chicago area), Line assist, displaying speed limits. Work great as MP3 player. Solid FM transmit functionality with some white noise around airports (which is expected). |
Better Line assist coverage, option to display POIs on main routing map... |
9 |
| 5 |
Peter33333333 |
zumo 550 |
Very Good |
I do not think I can bypas Recalc Directions. It always wants to take me back to ITS original route. |
8 |
| 6 |
jack3388 |
Garmin |
Good UI, muti language |
no build in TV |
9 |
| 7 |
rosspat |
KNA-G430 |
This is an older unit (2006) which is installed in the car I have just bought. So far I have no Major complaints with it. |
The only minor complaint is that it is a bit too bright at night even with it dimmed. |
4 |
| 8 |
rgp |
Navman MY55T |
Fast adjustments to routes, easy to use, connects to bluetooth phones ,voice can be linked to FM radio |
The Home button is in a bad spot as I seem to keep running my thumb over it while setting up |
6 |
| 9 |
buggie67 |
nüvi® 855 |
I love it! Easy to use even take on walks to see how far and fast I walk. |
Sound on fm radio not so good |
7 |
| 10 |
cpsoft |
Garmin Nuvi 265T |
Small. Easily readable. Doesnt need much space. Works well in Mini Cooper. The Blutooth is excellent. |
The traffic warnings are not up to speed on construction zones. The text-to-speech is fairly poor with some common words, like North. Cant turn up loud enough to hear over music without distorting speaker. |
6 |
| 11 |
annehendersongreer |
navman 40i |
clear screen photopix ability to use pics as destination |
short battery life |
6 |
| 12 |
nrsss |
Garmin 265WT |
Easy to find most locations including small parks and soccer fields. Proximity look up is nice when trying to find convenient places to eat, etc. It get us where we need to be. |
predefined routes not supported as far as I can tell on this unit |
7 |
| 13 |
james.thompson19 |
Garmin 53 |
Good interface with HSV media screen, Fast and reliable navigation |
Graffics are chunky and road signage displays obscure road graffics |
6 |
| 14 |
SalukiCyclist |
Garmin Nuvi 255w |
Easy to use, simple |
It would be nice if a user could uptimize the most efficient route for several waipoints.
Also it would be nice to be able to access photos by touching the map icons. I store more detailed maps of apartment complexes etc and I need a more convenient way to access this data. |
7 |
| 15 |
stokesay34 |
Garmin Mobile XT |
Provides a good clear map, very easy to use and set up, provides good route information. In all I would recommend. |
Not spotted many yet but does sometimes crash when zooming in on maps, and has a tendency to give a fully zoomed out map when looking up POIs on the map. |
8 |
| 16 |
sam33 |
Garmin Nuvi 205 |
Quick and easy to use |
No street names are verbalized - hard to know when you should turn sometimes. |
4 |
| 17 |
mikenmon |
GARMIN GPSmap 60CSX |
Versatile ,compact , good in bright sunlight, portable , long battery life. |
Small screen , will not do school zones with time brackets. |
7 |
| 18 |
Gottfried |
nuvi 1350, Mobile XT |
Nuvi 1350: Cheap and useful. Can do nearly all
Mobile XT: Powers my mobile |
Nuvi 1350: No bluetooth
Mobile XT: Useful and easy |
7 |
| 19 |
whisky2000 |
HTC HD2 - Co Pilot |
Large screen, fast, good touch sense, uses micro sd cards |
Wont run TomTom 6. Using Co-Pilot atm. Waiting for TT 7. |
6 |
| 20 |
mike.herring |
Garmin nuvi 350 |
Very easy to use.
Routes are mostly right on.
Arrival times seem very accurate |
Display is small for our situatiuon (RV)
Lacks features found in more recent devices (free traffic, bluetooth, lane assist, multiple waypoints per trip) |
7 |
| 21 |
latali |
Garmin NUVI 350 |
Features are rich, touch screen is responsive, battery lasts very long. |
Start up is very slow, GPS receiption is below average, SD slot can only take memory of 2GB or below. |
4 |
| 22 |
aesirx |
nuvi 765t |
Great features, fast satellite acquisition, attractive interface |
sluggish and sometimes inaccurate touch screen, SW 3.90 introduces a very long screen lag when typing the second letter when searching for a POI |
7 |
| 23 |
iainbrookes |
Garmin StreetPilot C510 |
Easy to use; clear speech. Can now download UK low bridges, etc, for when driving truck! |
Puzzling when indicated I climb a stile over a ditch then drive across field. Slow picking lanes when approaching roundabouts - probably cos I need max map info!
Instructions on how to update mapping a joke - spent hours on forums.
Built-in memory too small. |
6 |
| 24 |
richard.catt |
Nuvi 310 |
Generally rliable and 49 out of 50 times better than using other methods to navigate. |
As far as I am aware, lacks an avoid this road or avoid this road for x miles option. Postcodes of course take you to the back of some commercial premises, which can be annoying |
7 |
| 25 |
huddo |
Garmin Nuvi 1350 |
Finds location quickly, recalculates quickly if off course. |
Spoken directions mis-pronunces street names occassionally, sometimes spoken directions are different from map info. |
6 |
| 26 |
mrak |
TOMTOM Go 930 |
nice wide screen |
don't get this, save your money and get the 730, the only difference in this to the 730 is you get the maps for america, europe and nz, the other feature about workng in tunnels to get better reception DOESN'T WORK |
6 |
| 27 |
Alan.Napier |
GO 750 |
Quick GPS satellite capture. Clear interface and logical display. Provides a lot of practical information to the driver... such as what lane to be in well before a turn off. Easy to load Tom Tom files and voices. |
The voice recognition is pretty unreliable. You often need to repeat commands a number of times before it selects the correct request. |
7 |
| 28 |
amedina |
Garmin Nuvi 1490T |
Screen size, brightness, contrast. And, loud clear volume. |
Often, acquiring satellites takes very long, and screen refresh rates are sometimes very slow. Also, Ive found several inaccuracies in the pre-loaded maps. This unit nuvi 1490T, replaces my old nuvi 680, so Ive not yet updated to the latest maps. |
7 |
| 29 |
TedL2 |
Magellan 4700, 2200T |
Magellan 4700: Great multiroute, lane assist, predictive and free live traffic, pedestrian mode, car locator, large screen.
Magellan 2200T: Custom POIs, good battery life, plays music/pictures, can download hiking and marine maps. |
Magellan 4700: No custom POIs, no music/pictures.
Magellan 2200T: No mulitroute, lane assist, predictive or free live traffic, music only when not using navigation. |
4 |
| 30 |
su1c1dal |
garmin 265WT |
simple to use out of the box
easy to update |
speaker sounds tinny at higher volumes
people say that they cant hear me properly via the bluetooth. |
7 |
| 31 |
bsmk1sv |
BMW Motorrad Navigator III |
Nice big screen and easy use buttons and menu |
Early ones let water in ? so when not in use over the winter keep it in the house Warm n Snug |
7 |
| 32 |
pushandpull |
TTG 940 Live |
Have owned TTGo Classic, 300, 700, 720, 920 and now the 940 Live. This has proved to be the only that I would call totally reliable!
HD Traffic and IQ Routes very good.
Otherwise very pleased with the 940 Live. |
Still consider Live Services useless and unecessary expense. Fuel prices always out of date, Google search seldom gives required results.
|
7 |
| 33 |
pwilson662 |
Garmin nuvi 760 |
Acquires satellites quickly |
Map updates take several hours. |
7 |
| 34 |
rickniec |
Garmin Nuvi 760 |
Full accessories for the traveler both local & abroad. Plus blue tooth for hands free phone. |
Updating maps is expensive $70 each year. |
8 |
| 35 |
colindavis29 |
Garmin Nuvi 765t |
its an excellant piece of kit clear maps & voice plenty of features |
sometimes freezes up & the only way to get it to work again is remove it from the site of the satalites for about 5 min it always seems to happen in the same places every time also the speed warning box is really small on this model & hard to see but with cheaper nuvis there is a big banner across the top of the screen garmin should have used this feature on the 765t |
6 |
| 36 |
UC.Jim.Thomas |
1490T |
Huge screen; loud speaker; very bright - easy to see |
maybe a little too big |
8 |
| 37 |
vgraaf |
nuvi 1350 |
Compact, good inerface |
Street names spelling incorrect, some incorrect factory POI, touch LCD quality |
5 |
| 38 |
g.m.rybicki |
Mio Digi Walker |
easy to use unit on Windows Mobile |
Likes to work slow, even get stuck, especially in the city, memory max. 2GB on older type SD |
3 |
| 39 |
wcsage |
Navman My30 |
Clean, minimalist look
Slide-to-scroll now only an option |
Chunkier than 4.7-inch models
More lane guidance would be nice |
7 |
| 40 |
e.vine |
Garmin Nuvi205 |
Small enough to slip into a pocket.
Maintains its signal well, even here in the Welsh valleys.
Navigates me through the streets of Birmingham(UK), without it I get thoroughly lost. |
Sometime tells you to turn when the road only bends. |
8 |
| 41 |
dinesh |
Navman MY55T |
Fast adjustments to routes, easy to use, connects to bluetooth phones, Traffic Information (TMC) available (when it works) and suggestions of alternate routes if traffic problems |
TMC drops out virtually everyday requiring restore to factory defaults |
7 |
| 42 |
slobodan.danilovic |
Archos IT5 |
android OS
display
internet
multimedia features |
bad firmware
unstable
no joystick or pad
no battery change |
4 |
| 43 |
boz |
nuvi 760 |
Routing, mp3 player |
Device lags badly so turns can be missed, slow load time, sometimes locks/freezes, volume very quiet, |
2 |
| 44 |
dmcf01 |
HTC P3300 |
HTC P3300, reliable, PDA device with windows Mobile pro 6. |
a bit outdated and slow, screen also not too big |
6 |
| 45 |
AirCoTek |
Nuvi 650 |
Has all of the bells and whistles you might need or want except a link with you vehicle radio. |
Would be nice to be able to use a ZIP Code in place of City and State. |
9 |
| 46 |
nelson.marshall |
Zumo 550 & 650 |
I Have a Zumo 550, and a 660 for my bikes, the 660 is a lot slimmer, they both are about the same overall size, the 660 has a larger screen covered with touch buttons, the 550 has a better car speaker, but it is in the holder, the 660 speaker is in the unit which makes it more portable. |
Both are very expensive, but waterproof and motorcycle friendly, the only option I can find is a Tom Tom Rider, which is not available here yet! Zumos are difficult to programme a trip from my laptop and send to the units compared to the earlier 1226? unit I had |
7 |
| 47 |
gpsfolly |
Tom Tom 930 |
Very impressed with functional use. Occasionally gets confused and includes roads that are fenced-off stock routes, or, never opened. |
If buying again would look at Garmin for its capacity to work with PC software like OziExplorer.
No use for off road, National Parks and State Forest roads and tracks.
Software complexities for other than normal use beyond me. |
6 |
| 48 |
doug3 |
Navman MY55T |
Send Audio for directions and Mobile phone through car stereo. |
This model does not appear to play music (as was indicated in all sales blurbs) (yet another manufactures sales cons) |
7 |
| 49 |
teecherman |
TomTom XL |
I have a TomTom XL. This is the first GPS device I have ever used and once you get over the initial lack of trust in technology, I t has navigated me through capital cities, country roads and small towns with equal ease.
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Because the screen is small the maps seem to be overly cluttered and the positioning of locations can get a little tricky. |
9 |
| 50 |
deepdiver |
Garmin nuvi 755T |
Excellent satellite lock, Routing works well even on dirt trails when using Topo map, A+ Mounting system, runs Tour Guild POIs, Nice look and feel to it, |
Touch screen not as sensitive as I would like. Spoiled by Apple products! Hard to scroll around map. No Breadcrumb feature! |
7 |
