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Removable air vent installs and can be easily removed without tools Compatible with all Magel… Customer Review: Good product, lousy service The GPS mount arrived on time but with no instructions. I contacted Semsons

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Every Garmin product is designed to meet the most demanding standard: customers’ satisfaction. That’… Customer Review: Great GPS mount This is a much better option than using the suction cup mount to place the GPS on the windshield.

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Garmin Portable Friction Dashboard Mount for Nüvi Series and StreetPilot C5XX Series GPS Navigators (C530, C550 and C580)

With a gorgeous widescreen display, the Garmin nüvi 650 GPS Personal Travel Assistant is your answer… Customer Review: Good Product I have found this to be a good product for the money.

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Garmin nüvi 650 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

Garmin’s nüvi 255W improves upon its 200-series predecessors by adding top-of-the-line features such… Customer Review: Great Honeymoon Companion My wife and I picked up the Nuvi 255w right before we headed off for a honeymoon trip to to the nort…

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With the Garmin 010-10723-06 Cigarette Lighter for the Nuvi 300/350/310/360 you can save your batter… Customer Review: It Works What can I say? I lost my 12 volt power cord for my NUVI 350 (Left it in a rent car.) so I ordered …

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Tom Tom One vs Magellan and Text to Speech

I replaced a Magellan 4040 with this. The Magellan had text to speech - wide screen - blue tooth and AAA guides. Cost much more.

In my opinion the inexpensive Tom Tom beats the Magellan hands down, even without text to speech.

Text to speech is a great concept but seems to strain the processor to the point that it would sometimes forget to give you street names OR directions. Very bad. I had 2 Magellan’s ( I thought first was defective and returned it ) and both would do this. I would much rather hear “turn right in 500 feet” than no instructions at all. Many times I was blocks past my turn before Magellan would announce it. Not good.

Both Magellan’s got flaky on me as well. One would need an occasional reboot for a frozen screen, the other would occasionally tell me I had reached my destination when it was still miles away.

Tom Tom has been rock solid.

Tom Tom NEVER misses a turn voice command. They are quite detailed as well unlike Magellan. Magellan says “turn right at Blair Street” where Tom Tom says “turn right in 200 feet than make third left”.

POI in Tom Tom is way better in my area than Magellan. It had an espresso stands that only opened 4 months ago near me! Of course results may vary depending upon where you live.

Voice is loud and clear, map colors are changeable, interface is very customizable.

Also Tom Tom guarantees a free download of the latest map for your unit at purchase. Garman and Magellan have very vague policies on that and may charge you for the latest map.

I have owned both Garman C220 and Magellan 4040. I will be most likely be purchasing Tom Tom from now on….

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Magellan 4250 After The Update

I’ll keep this short and sweet. This is the 2nd 4250 I own. I got them for under $250 each on Amazon. The units are slow and clunky just like everyone says (out of the box). But WAIT…once you update the firmware (current is 4.60), you’ll be moving very fast and the unit even came with 1 year free to traffic update service. You can’t beat that deal! I owned the Nuvi 360 before, and I returned it for the sole reason that it doesn’t show POI icons on the screen while I drive. That was a deal breaker for me. When your in a new place trying to find a parking garage or a gas station these icons are life savors!

Garmin is the best for GPS

I spent a lot of time trying out GPS units, and have compared Garmin, Tom Tom, Magellan, and several factory GPS units. All of these GPS units tell you how to get somewhere and will re-route if you make a wrong turn. However, Garmin is my absolute favorite, and here’s why:

1. The most important thing about Garmin units is the user interface. It is simple to understand and easy to use.

2. The Garmin unit uses a built in database of sunrise and sunset times (based upon your location) to automatically change from daylight mode to night-time mode. This is important because the daylight screen is much too bright for use at night. With the Tom Tom, you must make this change manually.

3. If you have the Garmin unit plugged into your car power, when you turn off the car (and the cigarette lighter power goes off), the Garmin unit will detect that and automatically turn itself off (it gives you 30 seconds to override and keep the unit on).

4. When you start your car again, the Garmin unit will detect that too and automatically power up. If you were in the middle of a trip, the Garmin unit will pick up where you left off, and you won’t have to tell it where you were going again.

5. Unlike most factory GPS units, Garmin will allow you to select your route and make changes while you are moving.

6. The Garmin units have an extensive database of locations and the excellent interface makes it easy to search the database to find what you want. Do you want food or gas? Just click three buttons and a list of locations (sorted by distance) will appear. If you know the name of the place you want, you can type it in on the on-screen keypad and Garmin will find it for you. You can even add your own locations using the favorites feature. I first started using this when I was out of town, but its amazing what you’ll find near you when you look.

7. While you are driving, the Garmin unit will both prompt you to turn and give you a written explanation of the turn (including the street or highway name and direction) at the top of the screen. The Garmin unit also shows an estimated arrival time (usually a few minutes earlier than you’ll actually arrive) and the distance to your next turn. A separate screen gives you detailed trip information, including how far and how long you’ve been driving and your maximum speed. I used mine on an airplane once (yes, it is allowed - read the back of the airplane magazine), and it now says that by maximum speed was 590 miles per hour.

8. I often use the Garmin even when driving locally, becase it often finds better, faster ways to get there then the way that I usually use.

9. Garmin offers a variety of installation options and accessories. My favorite is the friction based dashboard mount (three weights connected to a center stand) which is much more convenient than the supplied mounting system.

10. If you turn off the GPS receiver (see settings) and then look up another location, you will get the option to set this new location as your present location. This will allow you to use search Garmin’s points of interest for the new location. This is a great feature when planning trips, because Garmin’s points of interest database is quite extensive and includes all of the typical tourist attractions, plus food, shopping, gas, banking, etc.

11. Be sure to check for the latest map and firmware updates at Garmin’s web-site.