I prefer Garmin. When I bought one 11 years ago, I actually bought a Magelian. It was clunky, very hard to use, etc. When I showed it to a guy I was working with, he said the problem is typical of Mag. So I took it back and swapped for a Garmin. Love it! I’m sure by now Mag has corrected their problems, but I still like Gar better.
I also have a Tom Tom One 3rd edition GPS, which I got at Radio Shack for $162 incl. tax.
The GOOD: It got a satellite signal quickly. Compact, easy mounting. Easy menus, choice of voices. Seemed to have POI’s that were useful. Price was good too.
The BAD: The routes it gave me to certain destinations weren’t very good. For example, for two separate test locations (Starbucks and the Bank), it gave me very inefficient and slow routes. And I live in the city. Also, the Tom Tom One does not support Mac OSX. One thing I hated was that it had no AC Adapter, only a car charger and a USB cable, unlike other GPS products.
The VERY BAD:
When you power off your Tom Tom One and try to turn it back on, you will get the WHITE SCREEN OF DEATH. (Google this, it’s a problem many users have.) I got it too. The only thing you can do is a soft reset…EVERY time. Very annoying. And it wipes out my clock every time I do that. Also, it didn’t even know what my street name was. It always says, “Unnamed street”. (Haven’t had a chance to update the maps, but hopefully that will fix it.)
Before I bought the Tom Tom One, I bought the Nextar C3, which was a horrible choice despite its reviews. Got no signal, and the menus froze. When I called the manufacturers on both the Tom Tom and Nextar, they said they knew about these problems, but they shipped the products out anyway. Pretty dispicable if you ask me.
Out of all my research, the Garmin Nuvi 200 seemed to be the best. But It’s about 250 and I didn’t have the money. If I had to do it over, I would skip the Tom Tom, which isn’t even an American company, so who knows if its knowledge about US geography is as accurate as other companies. Good luck to you!
I lost mine and I’m wondering if I should contact Garmin to have them help me locate it. I think it’s turned off but I’m not completely sure.
My cousin from the States just mailed a GPS device to me as a birthday present as my parents and I like to roadtrip a lot. She says that it works fine in the States, but she’s not sure if the maps would show up in Canada.
So I was wondering if I could use it in Canada?
I am trying to buy a new GPS device. Ive heard that Garmin is better than Tom Tom, but does it really matter? Has anyone had problems with either or?
Plug it into your computer and then go to the section under your computer where it is pluged in (it should say somthing like garmin nuvi, if not, look under the one where you think it is located). Once you do this, then click on it and then right click on the file and then click deleate. once it is deleated, then it is in the recycling bin of your computer. Good Luck!
Showing where you are? Speed? That kind of thing.
Was checking out a couple of reviews on GPS devices. Came across this one: http://thefrugalone.com/saving-money/garmin-nvi-255w-4-3-inch-widescreen-portable-gps-navigator/
I’m planning on buying this as the reviews from folks have been good and this site says this is one of Amazon’s top sellers in the GPS category.
Your thoughts?