Finally getting a NEW gps, what kind do yall have?

[buell-eyed-devil]

I use my tomtom everyday. You cant beat it for the price.

 

[TheTopher]

I use my tomtom everyday. You cant beat it for the price.

A lot of the other guys at work use Tomtoms because of the price. At least one person a week has to call me for directions.

 

[hoosier1104]

Hince why I got a Garmin.

 

[gcfishguy]

Depends on what you want it for....
On the road only, I'd say a Nuvi 255 or 250.

I have a Garmin GSPMap 60CSx that I drooled over for a long time and finally scored a great deal on. I goecache, fish, etc plus i had been using it to map out all the jeep trails that we ran and all the trail-related waypoints.

I've had about 6 Garmins now, not because of failures but just because I pick one up used and then find another cool thing you can do with the mapping/database software and upgrade to get that newer feature. (It's my vice...lol)
Anyway, for Garmin handheld that kicks tail in the woods plus does everything on the road that the Nuvis do, I'd recommend a Legend Cx or the 60CSx (or Cx).

In the handheld Garmin line:
H = High Sensitivity Receiver
C = Colour
S = Electronic Compass and barometer
x = Expandable memory (usually a micro SD card)

Helps to know that when comparing...

Some lines like the 60 series are all H units, so the H isn't even in the name...

Anyway...if you're only using it on the road, get a road model.
If you'll be using it on the trail and the road, get a hand-held unit.

I started with Garmin, always had Garmin, so I can't comment on the other makes. They may or may not be just as good, but I have no experience with them.

 

[Plum Ranger XLT]

I have a Garmin nuvi 1250. The only big trip I have taken so far is to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland last fall and there was no way I could have found it if I didn't have my gps.

 

[Twisted_Steel]

Garmin nuvi

 

[john112deere]

I've got a Garmin....Nuvi 2xx, I think. Durn near threw it out the window the other day, though. Needed to get to a bridge, for work. Didn't have an address, just a town name, route number, and bridge number. Couldn't make the thing give me general directions toward the town without a specific address...and I didn't have one.

Which is why I rely first and foremost on these:

About the only thing I think the GPS is genuinely better than a map for is finding a specific address in a city area. Other than that, I hardly ever stick it on the windshield.

 

[Jason]

I've got a Garmin....Nuvi 2xx, I think. Durn near threw it out the window the other day, though. Needed to get to a bridge, for work. Didn't have an address, just a town name, route number, and bridge number. Couldn't make the thing give me general directions toward the town without a specific address...and I didn't have one.

Which is why I rely first and foremost on these:

About the only thing I think the GPS is genuinely better than a map for is finding a specific address in a city area. Other than that, I hardly ever stick it on the windshield.

Travel more. You won't think that way.

 

[john112deere]

Travel more. You won't think that way.

Well...I suppose, literally, you're right. The Maine atlas doesn't do me a whole lot of good outside of Maine.

I've traveled enough, and used GPS enough, to know that GPS simply does not give me the results I want for long-distance (or even medium distance) navigation. Period. It's a useful tool, in certain situations, and thus remains in my pickup, but I've driven cross-country twice with just paper maps and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I'd dread such a trip with nothing but a GPS.

As I said, where the high-tech option has the edge is in cities. I hate cities, and avoid them whenever possible, though.

 

[Jason]

Well...I suppose, literally, you're right. The Maine atlas doesn't do me a whole lot of good outside of Maine.

I've traveled enough, and used GPS enough, to know that GPS simply does not give me the results I want for long-distance (or even medium distance) navigation. Period. It's a useful tool, in certain situations, and thus remains in my pickup, but I've driven cross-country twice with just paper maps and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I'd dread such a trip with nothing but a GPS.

As I said, where the high-tech option has the edge is in cities. I hate cities, and avoid them whenever possible, though.

But the GPS IS a map. It just has other features.

I personally use my Droid now since it also has live traffic updates.

 

[TheTopher]

Learn to use your GPS better. You can easily get general directions to a town by using the "Points of interest" list for that town. You could have even just used the overhead map feature of your GPS, that works just like a paper map, to follow that rt number and see when it crossed a body of water.

 

[jmaynard]

I've traveled enough, and used GPS enough, to know that GPS simply does not give me the results I want for long-distance (or even medium distance) navigation. Period. It's a useful tool, in certain situations, and thus remains in my pickup, but I've driven cross-country twice with just paper maps and wouldn't hesitate to do it again. I'd dread such a trip with nothing but a GPS.

I'm just the other way around. I can handle the cross-country part, but the GPS is irreplaceable for guidance once I get to my destination. I don't think twice about launching for a drive to Detroit, or Chicago, or Huntsville, or Omaha, with just a GPS. I've done it enough times to know that, while it may not find the absolute optimal route, it won't lead me astray.

You don't do cities, and so don't need terminal guidance as much as I do. For me, nothing can match it, let alone beat it.

 

[r1hatman]

GPS can't cure stupid!
I went to rescue some rabbits from a lady and she said and I quote," I don't know what roads to take to get to my house, I just use my GPS." Are you shitting me? What happens when that satellite goes down one day? How is this dumb chick going to get home?? Really? Oh well..... Ignorance is bliss!

 

[Hahnsb2]

Me and my friends all rock Garmin Nuvis and love them.

 

[Jason]

I used my GPS for OTR truck driving and I still use it to deliver gas to little and big stations all over WNY and NWPA. I check for restrictions and low bridges against my atlas but frankly GPS's are way better than paper maps. Especially while driving.