GPS systems?

[RKPsk8er 10+ year member]

I don't know shit about them. Whats a good unit I could get for my dad for chrismas for about 200 or less? I don't want anything too fancy. Just simple to use and effective.

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[snoopdan 5,000+ posts]

I got the lowest line TOMTOM at walmart the other day for $120 .... It pretty much does everything I want it to do. I just changed the voice on it today to Billy Bob Thorton's "slingblade" character.

 

[blazinb2000 10+ year member]

Not sure on the price but I borrowed a friends tomtom on a recent trip and was impressed with it overall.

 

[AudioFreak 10+ year member]

I dont know much about them but Garmin is pretty good my mom has one of them

thay usally run a sell on them at walmart

 

[RKPsk8er 10+ year member]

cool cool, yeah so whats the deal with tomtom and garmin? is one better than the other or what?

 

[AudioFreak 10+ year member]

Dont know never tried the Tom Tom but the garmins are alittle more expensive and they have the best reviews

 

[mackin 10+ year member]

my sister has a garmin and she likes it. that's all i know lol.

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

i just got a garmin nuvi 200w. i like it alot. it is really simple to use and is accurate when it comes to directions. the 205w is the newer version and is more expensive, but does not have much more options. the w stands for wide screen which i highly reccomend. i believe you can get the 200w for about 130 and the 205w for 200. basically the same unit. and the tom tom is not as user frinedly and not as easy to use but has a bit more features.

i would get a garmin nuvi.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

I been using a Garmin 200W for about 7 months for work (a lot of traveling) and Id be lost without it (no pun intended)

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

and as i was researching, alot of people said it took a while for nuvi to obtain sattelites. well mine only takes abouy 5-10 seconds so if that is a concern dont worry about it. i love mine so far.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

and as i was researching, alot of people said it took a while for nuvi to obtain sattelites. well mine only takes abouy 5-10 seconds so if that is a concern dont worry about it. i love mine so far.

sometimes mine can take a while, BUT I never unplug it anymore from the car so it is always connected.

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

ya if you always leave it connected then it should find sattelites right away. and i found if you turn it on in the driveway as opposed to in the garage it finds it alot quicker.

 

[Ken448 10+ year member]

if you leave the garmin connected to the charger BUT turned off, it never loses the satellite connection. Once you unplug it from the charger AND turn it off, thats when you lose the connection, and if in certain rural area's, it can take a bit to locate a new connection. I think it has to do with the way they work, heres a link:

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/gps2.htm

 

[tacovic 10+ year member]

hmm interesting. good to know. i didnt know if that effected the battery life at all leaving it plugged in all the time.