On 5/23/10 8:51 AM, YukonBound wrote:


"hk" wrote in message
m...
Got a buddy who is graduating from college at the age of 41, and got
there by going part time after work for many years. He's going to
celebrate by taking a nice, long driving vacation across the USA, and
I'd like to get him a special gift, a GPS he can use in his car and
also outside the car for hiking trails and walking city streets...

I think something with a nice 4" to 5" screen would do, rather than
one of the tiny screen pocket models. Problem is, I know nothing about
these land-based GPS devices.

Suggestions?

Thanks.


I've been looking at the new family of Garmin Nuvi 1390T through 1490T
GPS units on sale from COSTCO.
I did read a couple of iffy reviews about the units going off & losing
info. guess I'll wait another month or so.
The advantage of these new slim, light models is that some also have
inner city info on walking and public transportation schedules.
http://www.costco.ca/Browse/Product....=11&lang=en-CA

Think I'll wait a bit longer to find out if they rate ok in the long run.


Helpful, thanks. That's sorta what I in mind...I think. The 1490T shows
on the Garmin site without a price...I wonder if it is a model about to
be dropped...
Garmin has so many damned models, it makes selection difficult...and
apparently a bunch of new models are close to being released.

Where did you find reviews?



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