Buying a new GPS. Your picks and pans?

[Warks]

Well two weeks on and I haven't returned the Navman. I'm pretty happy with it. I think with most things you find features you don't like and then work your way around them. The one really poor feature on this one is that it doesn't shut down when you disconnect it or it loses power from the car. The Garmins I've used always go into standby mode when power is lost.
The only other tricky thing is there is a main menu button in the 'frame' of the GPS (not on screen) and no matter how you pick it up you always seem to touch it.

Excellent features include:

• the "real-life" shots of the complicated freeway interchanges - I think all the better models have this now

• school zone warnings - it doesn't take account of the time of day but it gets your attention anyway
• it doesn't say annoying things like "Please drive to highlighted route!" or "Recalculating" - a message from the trademarked "Back-On-Track" calculation appears on the screen.
• live traffic updates works and is useful but of course like the radio, the incident is often history by the time you get there
• speed/red light camera warnings - seems to warn you only when it covers your direction of travel. Not sure if that's good.

Still finding my way about but it's pretty good. It has a two year warranty unlike the others. DSE tried to sell me extended warranty but I said after two years I'd be upgrading anyway. The three years of free maps is a good feature, I had to register for it. I'm not sure how often they update but there are always new road changes.

 

[woolnough04]

i use a navman f10 which i have had for a while.hasn't got speed cameras and such but had no trouble with it at all.don't think you can get the f10 any more though but as a whole i found navman pretty good

 

[Warks]

Thought you might be interested to meet the face behind the voice behind your GPS.

Meet the face behind the voice of your GPS

Unless you use the amusing voices like Homer or Arnie you will have heard her.

 

[Hvr]

Has obviously never been in my area, several mispronounced street names. Still, it amuses me.

Just like being married getting told where to go. Although no serious consequences if I ignore her.

 

[markis10]

Well two weeks on and I haven't returned the Navman. I'm pretty happy with it. I think with most things you find features you don't like and then work your way around them. The one really poor feature on this one is that it doesn't shut down when you disconnect it or it loses power from the car. The Garmins I've used always go into standby mode when power is lost..

Mine used to do that until I upgraded the firmware to the latest version, now it shuts down as per the power out settings.

 

[serfty]

This thread has been mentioned in dispatches:

GPS's are a lot less expensive in the USA.

Last year I purchased one with fully loaded USA Maps for USD140 - Same model in Oz was on sale for $195, USA maps would have cost another $185 to purchase in Oz.

http://www.australianfrequentflyer....ying-new-gps-your-picks-21396.html#post294020

Of course, cove was indicting you can simply purchase one on arrival into the USA.

There's some good advice here.