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Garmin Nuvi 760 760T Car GPS Receiver

$353.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?simple to use, great price, great routing around traffic, great lithium ion battery when you go portable.
from www.amazon.com
on the fly plotting and re-routing was great and it ended up being a much better device than the streetpilots and other car navigators that were available.
from www.amazon.com
device quickly acquires satellite fix and generated trip plans seem to work well.
from www.amazon.com
some of the routing it gives is not the way i would go on known routes but that is true with the built ins also.
from www.amazon.com
it is especially helpful routing us through large cities.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Great Accuracy, Good Display, Designation: Automobile

2 RECOMMENDED by 7 people for ROUTE PLANNING

Tomtom GO 730 GPS Receiver

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from Mac from Raleigh, NC. USA, www.circuitcity.com
the iq routing really does appear to work as advertised, calculating different routes home from work depending upon the time of day using its historical database.
from www.amazon.com
- iq routing: my first thought was "yeah right, bull@#$&" it won't know my local short-cuts, no other gps i have used was able to.
from www.amazon.com
excellent screen and routing, but not much on features.
from www.amazon.com
routing is very reliable and more accurate than that of garmin, though garmin's attachment to the windscreen works better.
from www.amazon.com
- routing seems better than on my garmins.

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Positives: Designation: Automobile, Form Factor: Fixed, Display Size: 4.3 in., Map capabilities: Internal

3 RECOMMENDED by 21 people for ROUTE PLANNING

Garmin Nuvi 265W GPS Receiver

$353.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the routing does take traffic delays into account, though sometimes it's hard to tell if the detours would actually save you much time.
from www.amazon.com
2) traffic re-routing - the few times we asked it to select an alternate route, it became very confused and sent us a way that friends familiar with the local roads did not recommend.
from www.amazon.com
it has the accident alert feature with the automatic re-routing of a new faster route.
from www.amazon.com
i've also noticed that the software navigation logic can come up with some strange routings that it thinks are the shortest times when they obviously are not and visa versa.
from www.amazon.com
yes, i have it set to use freeway routing whenever possible, but this doesn't seem to matter.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Display, Nice Map Quality, Form Factor: Fixed

4 RECOMMENDED by 21 people for ROUTE PLANNING

Garmin nüvi 265WT GPS Receiver

$290.00 Est. at Amazon

from alanp, www.shopping.com
navigation routing works well.?
from www.amazon.com
the routing does take traffic delays into account, though sometimes it's hard to tell if the detours would actually save you much time.
from www.amazon.com
i've also noticed that the software navigation logic can come up with some strange routings that it thinks are the shortest times when they obviously are not and visa versa.
from www.amazon.com
yes, i have it set to use freeway routing whenever possible, but this doesn't seem to matter.
from www.amazon.com
2) traffic re-routing - the few times we asked it to select an alternate route, it became very confused and sent us a way that friends familiar with the local roads did not recommend.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Display, Great Map Quality, Designation: Automobile

5 RECOMMENDED by 17 people for ROUTE PLANNING

Garmin nuvi® 255W GPS Receiver

$290.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
i did find that it was intuitive to use and it was great at getting me back on track when i decide to go off the planned route.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?downloadable maps, re-routing, comes with usb cable.
from www.bestbuy.com
aquiring satalites was fast as was the trip planning, ease of use with high visibilty icons made this unit one i would recommend to anyone, especially around the two hundred dollar mark.one tip -
from Ben from Brighton, CO, clickfrom.buy.com
i normally have to plan directions from mapquest before i go some where i'm not familiar with.
from www.amazon.com
it adds a few excellent features to garmin's already stellar and solid mapping and routing systems.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Display, Good Map Quality, Designation: Automobile

Garmin nuvi 260W Car GPS Receiver

$235.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
reason i gave it 4 stars is it doesn't have routing capabilities and only has one waypoint.
from www.amazon.com
the routing the unit does is sometimes a little strange but that's true of all computerized routing (try it on any popular website).
from www.amazon.com
only thing i don't like is when you use it in routing your way, it doesn't show the direction you are traveling in but that's ok, the car has a compass.
from www.amazon.com
although no absolutly %100 perfect, the garmin has been very accurate, only failing me 2 or 3 times in the first month when routing me on small rural gravel roads or on roads that were proposed as
from www.amazon.com
be willing to break up longer trips into smaller ones just so you can get better/more customized routing from the unit.

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Positives: Good Display, Easy To Use, Good Map Quality, Form Factor: Fixed

Magellan RoadMate 1412 GPS Receiver

$193.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
the unit comes with a built in battery so you can do routing in the comfort of your home or rv and then move it to the dash and 'away you go'.
from Marizpt from Michigan, www.circuitcity.com
automatic re-routing: theres no need to panic when you make a wrong turn, it automatically recalculate you're route.
from www.amazon.com
great product for realtors especially with "trip planner".
from www.amazon.com
there is a learning curve trying to figure out the icons to hit for routing properly, but within about one hour i figured it out.
from www.amazon.com
it does have some good features including poi, detour options, multiple destination selection options, trip routing and optimization, and others.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Excellent Map Quality, Good Accuracy, Designation: Automobile

Garmin Nuvi 780 Car GPS Receiver

$359.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
my 60csx is an exception, it was the first unit i had that also included on road routing and i quickly became addicted to it.
from www.amazon.com
it gives some traffic and allows me re-routing but most of the slow/jam is not reported.
from www.amazon.com
overall it has all of the bells & whistles however it's shortest-route mapping in my local area seems to be a little too generalized.
from www.amazon.com
magellan routing is not as good as it may take you a long way out of the way on a long trip.
from www.amazon.com
even with out a trip planeed it warns you up coming traffic concerns miles ahead, the weather warnings pop up is teriffic, save me from a flood area.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Map Quality, Nice Display, Designation: Automobile

Tomtom ONE 130S GPS Receiver

$188.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
also, in crossing urban areas on interstate routes, i would find it helpful if it had a menu choice for "rush hour" that would select beltways in preference to routing straight through the city center
from www.amazon.com
however, it may not follow the same routing to get you there that you might choose otherwise for yourself.
from www.amazon.com
route planning features are pretty good, and the ability to plan via a place or poi is nice.
from www.amazon.com
my main gripe is the route planning.
from www.amazon.com
even though i am quite familiar with the city, the novelty and new perspective of the maps helped me get around a wee bit better - without using the tomtom for routing.

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Positives: Designation: Automobile, Form Factor: Fixed, Display Size: 3.5 in., Map capabilities: Internal

Garmin nüvi 265T GPS Receiver

$226.00 Est. at Amazon

from lt.dell.com
routing was simple, phone connectivity worked every time and the phonebook transfered easily.lane assist works good and the mp3 player has been very helpfull.
from slugbeast, www.newegg.com
other thoughts: it would be nice to plan routes on your computer and input them to the device.
from www.amazon.com
* the routing engine is very good.
from www.amazon.com
i am completely amazed at how good the maps are and with the traffic feature, the gps is capable of routing me around traffic automatically.
from Dave, www.newegg.com
excellent routing.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Good Map Quality, Nice Portability, Designation: Automobile

TomTom ONE 125 GPS Receiver

$148.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?simple operation.good routing.
from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?route planning and rerouting, picture on screen very clear.
from www.bestbuy.com
demo mode quickly shows the planned route in map format.
from www.amazon.com
we also like that it was made to be used in conjunction with the computer, not just for map updating (which is good), but also for route planning (very slick).
from www.amazon.com
depending on the route, if you go a different way, it will attempt to guide you back to the planned route or plot new directions according to the street you turned on.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Map Quality, Good Accuracy, Designation: Automobile

Garmin nuvi 205 GPS Receiver

$224.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?easy set up, easy to use, good price, compact what's not so great:?re-routing, mine didn't come with a case "i didn't know i needed one until someone gave one to my wife and
from www.amazon.com
routing was a bit quirky in some cases (a-b route was different than b-a route) but this is a new technology and still not where it needs to be yet.
from hueich, www.newegg.com
it also has routing modes that avoid freeways, toll roads, and/or carpool lanes.
from www.amazon.com
the maps will occasionally be wrong with any unit, and locals will likely disagree with some of the routing in areas they are highly familiar with.
from buflobil, www.newegg.com
after that would not work got message 'no detailed maps found that support routing'.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Map Quality, Great Display, Designation: Automobile

KENWOOD DNX5120 DVD Navigation System GPS Receiver

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from www.crutchfield.com
i got the optional traffic receiver and love the auto routing around traffic.
from www.crutchfield.com
gps interface is fast and easy to use and this deck has the little-known ability to hook up a laptop via the mini-usb port in the back and do all your route planning on the laptop via garmins map

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Positives: Easy To Set Up, Easy To Use, Excellent Accuracy, Included Units: In-Dash Player, In-Dash Monitor, GPS Receiver

Garmin nuvi 205W GPS Receiver

$212.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
what's great about it:?accesses satellite and re-routing done quickly what's not so great:?no spoken street names "picked this unit up for both business use (salesman covering northeast) and for my
from www.bestbuy.com
also would have liked to see a feature for trip planning before you actually want to start driving.overall though great item, great price, and has saved my "man points" many times so far.now just
from www.amazon.com
it doesn't have mapshare, itinerary route planning, or spoken street names but so far i love it!
from www.amazon.com
routing was a bit quirky in some cases (a-b route was different than b-a route) but this is a new technology and still not where it needs to be yet.
from www.amazon.com
(see my cons) this may be one of the main reasons garmin dominates in the us -- good routing.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Nice Map Quality, Good Display, Designation: Automobile

Garmin nuvi® 880 GPS Receiver

$750.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.amazon.com
the only complaint i would have on the logic of the device is some of the routing information--if i am on a specific route & i select the weather or restaurant feature, it would be nice if it gave
from www.amazon.com
routing is precise and fast; but if you're familiar with an area, it may not select your favorite back roads.
from www.amazon.com
only real problem so far is when routing if i dont go the way it wants me to go then it reroutes, but the reroute a lot of times is just do a u turn and go the other way.
from www.amazon.com
since returning to miami i have found her routing to be somewhat point-to-point instead of the "back roads" that i tend to use from decades of driving experience here, making me wish she had some
from www.amazon.com
maps, routing engine, receiver, a well designed user interface, and a great screen.

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Positives: Good Map Quality, Easy To Use, Excellent Accuracy, Designation: Automobile

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