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John H.[_5_]

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 13:02:09 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 12:36:39 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 07:09:30 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

I don't get out of the county much but I am going to take off for a few days and be going through heavy traffic places. Normally I'd use the wife's but she's splitting too.

So I decided to break down and get a new Garmin.

I don't been anything really expensive, but something comprehensive for road travel. I have one that's about 7 years old and probably worthless by now unless I but the updates and I'm sure the internal battery is shot too.

Basically I'm asking what model is the best bang for the buck? Or should I just go to Walmart and get one?

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Do you already have an Android or Apple smart phone? If so you may
find that mapping app to be as good as a Garmin. My Android phone
even has pretty good speech recognition for destination searching. I
think the key is to use a phone with a large, brightly lit screen.
Mine came from Amazon at a very reasonable price and with a very nice
screen:

http://www.amazon.com/Studio-5-5S-Quad-Unlocked-White/dp/B00IWCCYY8

I find it strange that everyone seems to think talking on a cell phone
is a huge danger but screwing with a GPS or any of that other dash
mounted computer hardware is just fine.

I might hit the 'Go Home' button while driving, but seldom do anything else with it
while driving. If putting in an address, I'll have wife do it or do it before taking
off. Works fine for me.
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