What's your favorite Nav system & why?
Garmin
37% (10 votes)
TomTom
7% (2 votes)
Dash or Dash Express
0% (0 votes)
Mio
0% (0 votes)
Magellan
4% (1 vote)
Navigon
0% (0 votes)
Shotgun... my sig other or passenger
0% (0 votes)
Old school... printed maps or atlas
41% (11 votes)
Really old school... stars and sextant
4% (1 vote)
iPhone, HP, PDA, or other (list it in comments)
7% (2 votes)
Total votes: 27
was Garmin, now iPhone
Submitted by admin on Sun, 04/13/2008 - 19:30.
I have an old (5+ yrs) Garmin dash-mounted StreetPilot with external antenna... was quite nice unit for its day, but rather out of date now (slow processor & never did the map updates) and now I just use my iPhone with the latest firmware's triangulation feature, although the Garmy is still good for a digital speedo. The iPhone v1 doesn't give turn-by-turn, but the maps and directions are decent enough since I don't drive a ton, and also cuts down on the yet-one-more-device while I'm waiting for iPhone v2 in June. For members who drive more, they'd probably want to have a dedicated unit so drop a comment here on what you're using or discuss more/ask member-to-member questions in our Handheld Electronics Talk forum.
BTW, for those looking for more info, you can search for various GPS and old-school nav systems via Google, Engadget, Cnet, or Wikipedia.
Using a Garmin 276C Chartplotter
Submitted by Chris Shontz on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 00:43.
I was using a Garmin GPSIII for nearly a decade, but last year I upgraded to a Garmin 276C Chartplotter w/ external Gilsson antenna. Its a waterproof, relatively large-screened unit well-suited for dashboard use, especially in open-top vehicles. Its extremely versatile and accepts topo, street-level, and nautical basemap data. Can also be used as a hand-held with a rechargeable li-ion battery. It was recently selected as Editor's Choice in a 2007 Overland Journal. My only complaint is it uses expensive proprietary memory modules instead of a more common format such as SD.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/113/310835184_5b4c5d83e4_b.jpg
international
Submitted by reporter on Fri, 04/18/2008 - 07:15.
FYI Engadget just had a recent poll for those interested in the International travel.
paper or plastic
Submitted by reporter on Thu, 05/01/2008 - 08:10.
Gizmodo reports on a new (or old?) system for the paper-friendly crowd.
...this paper GPS is the perfect sat-nav system for technophobes, or people who lose the chargers to their GPS... read more
Old school (I guess)
Submitted by F-16_MECH on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 17:35.
I like my Garmin but you never have to worry about your batteries going dead when you are navigating by the stars.............and in this age of fingertip electronics, it really impresses my grandchildren when grandpa shows them how to use the stars to find their way home across the lake at night. And also, there is this one place where I squirrel hunt where my GPS just will not work.........can't figure it out. Seems to want to send me approx 90 degrees off every time (and the same way every time). Almost like a Bermuda Triangle kind of thing.
Almost lost in the fog (in Texas)
Uglystik
As another [new] option to the above, although unfortunately PCMag doesn't seem to think it was worth the wait.
...I was willing to wait for the product to ship and give it a chance. Many months later, my review unit of the Jeep RT-300 arrived. I'm sorry to report it wasn't worth the wait...
