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โAug-14-2019 07:58 PM
lance1 wrote:
Your thoughts are noted and I plan on going to Best Buy and checking out the units in stock.
However, the last time I checked GPS Units out at Best Buy about 4 years ago, they had some type of a demo video running in the units playing an advertisement and I couldn't actually play with the various settings ...... Don't recall which brand(s), but I know it wasn't worthwhile as it didn't let you do anything and all the same info was on the Internet. I will go there again just the same to see what I can play with these days.
Thank you.
Off topic, but if I can find a GPS unit that's half as accurate and reliable as my Sigs I'll be happy.
โAug-14-2019 07:31 PM
p220sigman wrote:
I still say go where you can play with a number of them and pick the one that seems most comfortable to you. You will find that all of the navigation sources (stand alone GPS or cell-based) will steer you wrong at times. Where I do prefer my phone over stand-alone is when I'm in an unfamiliar area and looking for a place to eat or similar. I've found the phone is more likely to be updated as to new places and places that may have closed recently.
Been a Sigman since 1994...
โAug-14-2019 06:08 PM
2oldman wrote:lance1 wrote:I've had errors with google, yes, but significantly fewer of them than with my Garmin.
Have had similar experience with my phone and google maps.
โAug-14-2019 02:39 PM
โAug-14-2019 01:56 PM
lance1 wrote:I've had errors with google, yes, but significantly fewer of them than with my Garmin.
Have had similar experience with my phone and google maps.
โAug-14-2019 01:54 PM
D.E.Bishop wrote:As were you.
Oh, so you were just speaking "tongue in cheek"?:D
โAug-14-2019 01:24 PM
p220sigman wrote:
Used Garmin for years and never had any issues. Seems easy to use to me. Tried a Tom Tom years ago (someone gave it to my mother) and didn't like it at all. Out first van had an aftermarket DVD/Navigation head unit that was Garmin-based and it worked well also. Our second van had an aftermarket DVD/Navigation unit that was Magellan based and it was not user friendly at all. Ended up using my Garmin or phone instead.
I would imagine most of them are pretty similar now days. I'd go somewhere like a Best Buy that has a selection and just play with them and see which you feel most comfortable with. I would still verify, but I think lifetime map updates is pretty standard now.
โAug-14-2019 01:16 PM
โAug-14-2019 01:14 PM
2oldman wrote:D.E.Bishop wrote:Looking for a Walmart, Garmin will direct him around 8 blocks of right turns instead of a single left that's been there for 8 years, and enroute he'll get angry and run a red light, whereupon he'll be T-boned by a semi.
Could you explain how it's going to kill him.
โAug-14-2019 12:16 PM
2oldman wrote:D.E.Bishop wrote:Looking for a Walmart, Garmin will direct him around 8 blocks of right turns instead of a single left that's been there for 8 years, and enroute he'll get angry and run a red light, whereupon he'll be T-boned by a semi.
Could you explain how it's going to kill him.