Navi ??? for Garmin or TomTom users

[Uneek]

Hmmm... I wonder what impact solar flares will have on GPS according to that article. I remember a few years back when I was in college our T1 connection was acting up and my buddy blame his AOL screwing up on solar flares.

 

[iRCaDiKz]

i have the nuvi 660, it's nice the only problem i had was last sunday i was in downtown chicago and the thing went crazy. I know where im going and the nav was pointing me left and right, WAAS/POS was ON. ??

 

[gizmopt2002]

It think it was because of the tall buildings, and the signals being reflected.

 

[CNI]

yeah I was pretty much thinking about getting the NUVI 660 also. seems it has pretty good features and I could move it from car to car pretty easy too.

 

[rx900]

Same here for the most part. But I hate it when the Treo and the BT GPS receiver loses it's connection. Then I'm about as good as lost. IMO, this is where in-car nav shines, it's always spot on with your location and doesn't take any time to figure out where you are. I'll admit the Tomtom software and my GPS receiver is a helluva lot faster than my Magellan Roadmate 700 GPS, but it doesn't hold a candle to in-car nav.

I've never lost connection between my Treo and the BT GPS. I lose GPS signal in tunnels (cuz my GPS antenna is the 04 version, maybe the newer ones are improved) but never the connection, unless a call is answered. :bash:

 

[Kmvreter]

Thanks for all the replies and info.

juneau92, thanks for the Lowrance link, and others for other options to consider. I'll just have to search some more before I decide.

 

[charlier180]

i have the nuvi 660, it's nice the only problem i had was last sunday i was in downtown chicago and the thing went crazy. I know where im going and the nav was pointing me left and right, WAAS/POS was ON. ??

What you experienced with your Navi system might be just a sample of things to come.....

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/04/05/gps.solar.ap/index.html


BTW, I purchased a Garmin Streetpilot 2720 a couple of months ago. So far it has performed flawlessly and I am very satisifed with it.

 

[POS Racing]

I just returned a Nuvi (couldn't see the dang little screen) and swapped it for the New Magellin Maestro 4040. Nice big easy to view screen and offers hands free with my cell!

A week into the Magellan and I like it!

 

[SecretAgent]

just bought a tomtom go 910 today. amazing little unit. built in battery, amazingly accurate. drove around central texas in the middle of nowhere, literally, NOTHING but trees and asphalt for miles in every direction, and it picked up ever small little side street we passed. very impressed with it. also has a 20gig built in harddrive for playing MP3's, WMA's, JPEG's, and BMP's. lots of customizable options, very detailed map, route planning options, bluetooth w/ wireless data connection, and most important to me: TEXT TO SPEECH.

for 500 bucks I don't see how you could find a better unit.

 

[Boston_Runner]

If you cant pick up the signal with the nuvi 660, you wont pick it up with anything else. The Nuvi has the best reciever on the market right now.

 

[dingo]

My wife and eldest daughter went on a road trip yesterday to SoCal and used the Nuvi I just got. The battery lasted for a good 6 hours on one charge before having to use the car charger. She was also able to navigate downtown LA (fun if you like pulling teeth) WITHOUT the external attennae attachment I borrowed from my coworker. They are visiting family in Huntington Beach and Fountain Valley so that little Navi 350 unit will get a good using. Worth every penny. My only regret is buying just one, and we have TWO vehicles (I'm stuck working back home up here in the bay area ). I now see that Garmin has introduced a cheaper 200 series too.

 

[gizmopt2002]

Unless the antennae placement is different, then there is no difference. The Nuvi uses the same SiRF Star III chipset that other brands use.

 

[Kmvreter]

Thanks for all the replies and info.

juneau92, thanks for the Lowrance link, and others for other options to consider. I'll just have to search some more before I decide.

I decided and pulled the switch...

I've had it a week now and finally got a chance to get a pic of how I set the Nuvi 660 up. I won't hard wire anything because it will be primarily for my wife's car (she's the one that gets lost.) Nice unit, accurate directions, easy menus, larger screen, battery driven if we ever need it, MP3 to the stereo using the PIE connection. Bluetooth works great with the Moto V360. I like it.

 

[jharris2]

I decided and pulled the switch...

I've had it a week now and finally got a chance to get a pic of how I set the Nuvi 660 up. I won't hard wire anything because it will be primarily for my wife's car (she's the one that gets lost.) Nice unit, accurate directions, easy menus, larger screen, battery driven if we ever need it, MP3 to the stereo using the PIE connection. Bluetooth works great with the Moto V360. I like it.

That's exactly where I put my Nuvi 350 in the 4Runner. It's really irritating when renting a car and having to put it on the windshield.