Garmin GPS - Which GPS To Get?

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Which GPS To Get?

george

2008-01-24, 10:34 pm

Hi All
I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
it never took me the obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more
expensive, so what better features does it have then the above mentioned? I
also want my
new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I would
like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
Any suggestions? Cheers.

BigJim

2008-01-25, 4:33 am

one thing is get pure text to speech so you get the street and route name/
as far as programming routes someone else will have to give you that answer.
"george" <george@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
> amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
> Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
> it never took me the obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more
> expensive, so what better features does it have then the above mentioned?
> I also want my
> new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I would
> like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
> Any suggestions? Cheers.
>
>

theslaz

2008-01-25, 7:33 am

I have a Magellan Roadmate 800 and a Nuvi 250. I would take the Roadmate 800
any day over the Nuvi 250. For your requirements; the Roadmate will
eliminate what ever routes you want; however; it is nearly impossible with
the Nuvi!
The Garmin units only advantage over the Magellan units is that they can be
programmed a lot easier. More resources for the Garmins available than there
is for the Magellan's.
My opinion!
"george" <george@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Hi All
> I am thinking of buying a GPS unit, Garmin Street Pilot and TomTom One are
> amongst the cheapest in UK, popular choices also include a number of
> Navmans, although I had a navman and was not to impressed with it, because
> it never took me the obvious way. Garmin Nuvi 250 is slightly more
> expensive, so what better features does it have then the above mentioned?
> I also want my
> new unit to have an option to avoid certain road, so for example, I would
> like to be able to specify route a to b, but avoid m6.
> Any suggestions? Cheers.
>
>
>

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