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John H.[_5_]

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 20:29:34 -0400, wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jul 2015 16:33:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 7/1/2015 1:02 PM, 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.

Thing is, you can set your destination on a dash mounted GPS before you
start driving and after that it's pretty much hands free. Cell phones
are a whole different story.

What different story. If you are talking to a frustrating Nav
computer, it is easily as distracting as carrying on a phone
conversation. You will also be tempted to look at the display and not
blindly turn when it says you should.

Personally I hate nav systems. I would rather look a hard copy map for
a few minutes and just drive there. It is actually pretty seldom that
I even need a map and I drove all over for work (50k miles a year in
DC).

My Garmin saved me some bucks by keeping me off toll roads on the trip to
Shipsewanna. Probably paid for itself. And, we got to see some nice countryside.
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