springer1
British Columbia Canada
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I think they are probably all good for what they are designed for. We just bought the Magellan Maestro. The main reason is that I can talk to it and get direction up dates that are hands free. All in all we are very happy with it, and I really like to the trip calculator aspect.
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Wrace
Seattle WA
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So where do you guys have your units mounted? Do you like them on the dash at eye level or do you have them mounted down on the dash somewhere? Use any sort of special mounts?
Thanks
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KeystoneKid
Oil City, Pa
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Wheelman wrote:I have a Garmin Street Pilot that has kept me amazed for the past two years. I sure wish I could have owned one when I had a job driving semis. Lately I have lost a little confidence in my Street Pilot. Having used it in Las Vegas and western Nevada. It has not been totally reliable, telling me to turn onto roads where there no roads and picking the worst possible routes. I can't figure out how this amazing piece of technology selects the route it directs you to.
You can say that again, I cant count how many times I could have used one when I use to drive OTR and was making delivery's to places like NYC and Chicago.
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glock35ipsc
Colorado
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Wheelman wrote:I have a Garmin Street Pilot that has kept me amazed for the past two years. I sure wish I could have owned one when I had a job driving semis. Lately I have lost a little confidence in my Street Pilot. Having used it in Las Vegas and western Nevada. It has not been totally reliable, telling me to turn onto roads where there no roads and picking the worst possible routes. I can't figure out how this amazing piece of technology selects the route it directs you to.
I'm not too familiar with the Street Pilot. Can you, or have you updated it from Garmin's website? If not, that might fix some of those roads that don't exist problems.
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Frankjake
the Beaver State
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I know this topic is a few months old but I recently bought a Tom Tom 920, ordered it from Costco for $299 and that was with Costco's instant rebate. I have seen the same model at other stores for as much as $599 (Office Max). The comprable Garmin unit was the 860 and it was $499 at the least expensive place I could find.
So far I am happy with the Tom Tom, not exactly sure what some people expect but this thing will get you where you want to go. Our 4Runner had a built-in Nav unit which had much more detail than the portable units but it just a matter of getting used to the screens.
The Tom Tom I have also has an Mp3 player, Bluetooth for cell phone connection (good for the new CA law) and you can give it a few insturctions by voice (only an address, not a point of interest). For the price, I think it's a very decent unit.
Garmin has a new unit out I think it a Nuvi 5000 which is about $500 but I am not sure what it does that the Tom Tom doesn't.
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CTD2003
Arizona
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The tom tom is a very good GPS as long as you follow your maps and not the tom tom, 
I gave it a street address in Tao’s on our very first trip using it and it could not find the address with out going all the way around and through every backroad in Tao’s. I never trusted it again!
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karmasasha
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My Tom Tom is my lifeline for emergency help......recently by myself camped in a remote area of a national forest. I clicked on "where am I"....it gave co ordinates and info like how many hundred yards from forest road x and y.
Option to click for emergency help...my location would be sent to police, medical help etc.
Priceless.
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narcodog
Georgia
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I have TomTom also and sometimes she wants to send me to where there are no roads and she does not recognize my own address, we live in the woods. Recently we went to Charleston and I entered an address and she took me right to it, I was amazed.
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Martlet
Boston
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Have you updated your maps? My tomtom was screwy when first got it. I have the Rider 2nd Edition so I can use it on my motorcycle, too.
I also have a Garmin c330 I like.
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narcodog
Georgia
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Martlet wrote:Have you updated your maps? My tomtom was screwy when first got it. I have the Rider 2nd Edition so I can use it on my motorcycle, too.
I also have a Garmin c330 I like.
I have not updated but I will before I go out West.
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