My wife and I are looking to purchase a GPS navigation system to travel with. Does anyone know which brands are better or what I should look for? We don't want to spend more than about $ 175. Also, I notice they come preloaded with maps but is there anyway to connect them to the internet to get the most updated routes? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Answer by brittneymarie
I have a Tomtom and I absolutely love it. It was only $ 99. My boyfriend has a Garmin which is more expensive but I still like mine a lot better. And it does come with a USB cord and you can plug it up to update maps, and do all sorts of things like download voices, and colored maps. If you're not trying to spend a whole lot and still get good quality, I'd go with the Tomtom.
Answer by Kourtney
I happen to ahve a Magellon. It only cost me $ 70 when they were selling them for over $ 100 at the stores. I bought mine at a pawn shop, it was originally set for $ 90 but I haggled them down for it since it didn't come with a manuel. Its a rather good gps. I believe it comes with a cord you can hook up to the computer and download maps or possibly you may buy a map card to insert in it, at least that is what I understand from what the man told me. It works pretty well.
Answer by Howard L
$ 170 will buy an excellent unit from any of the major manufacturers. You just won't get some features such as automatic traffic updates, spoken street names or bluetooth connectivity, most of which are unimportant in my opinion. Garmin has about 50% of the market with Tom Tom and Magellan dividing most of the rest between them.
I'd suggest that you begin by looking at the Garmin Nuvi 200, the TomTom 140 and the Magellan 1220. All are excellent devices which can be purchased for well under $ 150.
The manufacturers usually provide one free map update when you activate the warranty so that you have the latest maps if your unit happened to have been manufactured some time ago. Map updates after the free one cost $ 70 or more, almost the price of a new unit, so I just bought a new unit to replace my 3 year old Garmin to get the latest model with a new warranty and a fresh battery rather than update the maps. Map updates come out 3-4 times per year but roads don't change that frequently. Even a 3 or 4 year old map database will get you most anywhere you want to go to.
Answer by Brandon
i will give you a website link to very good gps's.......................
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