Originally Posted By DAR I'm going to be purchasing one as a gift for my dad. But I need a little info before I purchase it. So anything you can give will be helpful.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS I don't like either LOL I LOVE my Magellan. The only problem with it is that you can't download celebrity voices for it. Other than that, it is awesome.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan We got a Tom Tom for my extremely directionally-challenged daughter last Christmas. It's very intuitive and easy to use even for someone not a wizard at electronic type stuff. We got it on sale at Target for $120. I've used it several times myself and have no complaints about it. It's a fantastic device, recalculating directions should you make a wrong turn. (And so far, my daughter keeps finding her way home, so it really, really works.)
Originally Posted By disney pete we got a TOM TOM and theyre good weve managed uk europe and florida without any problems.
Originally Posted By WestWind I recently purchased a Garmin and am quite happy with it ... I haven't tried any others to compare it to.
Originally Posted By Labuda I've got a Tom Tom and love it. But, Garmin also makes a very fine product. It's kind of tomato/tomahto to me.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan BONUS: They're really cool to take on airplanes. You can see where you're at the whole flight, plus get your airspeed. Almost as much fun as reading Sky Mall.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Um, Kar2oonMan, you DO realize that you're not supposed to use GPS on airplanes, now don't you?
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I use Garmin in my car. I keep it up on the window all the time, not just when I'm traveling. Even if I'm traveling regionally and know the directions, I like to see my estimated arrival time. One thing I don't like about Garmin is some locations that should be in it are not in it. (I didn't know some vendors offer celebrity voices---or that people wanted them.)
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Um, Kar2oonMan, you DO realize that you're not supposed to use GPS on airplanes, now don't you?<< Really? I don't see why not. It doesn't transmit or anything like a cellphone. We did this flying to Florida on Southwest couple years ago, and none of the flight attendants seemed to mind. Is that an FAA rule or up to the individual airlines I wonder?
Originally Posted By EdisYoda Anything that has a radio in it is prohibited from use... check your inflight magazine
Originally Posted By friendofdd >>>Back to Sky Mall, I guess<<< Be sure to lick your thumb and forefinger when turning the pages, 2ooney. Everybody does it... with the same magazine.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I just got a Tomtom a few weeks ago, and I'm not sure how I like it. When you're travelling on a highway/interstate, and there's an exit for another highway/interstate, it tells you to stay in the far left lane. Usually, this wouldn't be that big of a deal, but driving in southern California, where almost every other interchange is some sort of freeway (including those surface streets that get Highway funding!), it gets really old after just a few exits. I'm hoping that there's a way that I can turn it off, so that it only tells me when I actually need to exit, not when I need to keep doing what I'm already doing, but I haven't figured it out yet. On the other hand, my parents have a Garmin (though one that's probably 6 years old now), and it seems like it's more difficult to use. There aren't as many options for the settings, and there are certain things that it just can't handle (roundabouts!) without freaking out. And if you miss your turn, it's really annoying about telling you that it's recalculating, while the Tomtom just updates you with where to turn next. I don't know if these are issues that have been fixed with more recent models (since it was one of the first ones on the widespread market), but I'd say that there are good and bad things with both brands.
Originally Posted By TheParsec My Father gave me a Garmin Last year and my DW has a Tom Tom. She uses the Garmin.
Originally Posted By disney pete Ferret we had same problembs driving through Tampa but realised right away the mistake and rectified it and few days later on same stretch we just ignored the tom tom on that part of the road,never use it wether tom tom or garmin to get to busch gardens we ended up a the security gate to the cast members entrance to be greeted by a security guard who said i guess you listened to your satnav did ya.
