GPS Devices Life

Well Designed - Nicely Done, Garmin - Garmin StreetPilot® c330 Car GPS Receiver Though I've only had mine a few days, first impressions are terrific. The screen clarity is superb, the user inte...

Capable unit, affordable, but lacks modern features - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver The Garmin 2620, first released almost two years ago, can now be found for less than half its original price of $1...

As a commercial real estate appraiser I *LIVE* on mine, often seeing 30 properties in a day between Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. It is a huge improvement over prior models I’ve owned - especially the free software updates and overall usability. I am constantly punching addresses in, and though I’ve done hundreds if not more than a thousand by how I’ve NEVER been taken to the wrong address.

Note, the free software updates fixed an early glitch where my system would reset while searching for “SR-7″ (State Road 7). DO YOUR UPDATES.

I don’t completely trust the routing on any GPS/mapping system, though it is at least as good as or similar to Microsoft Streets route optimization. I usually use Streets first, optimize, adjust the route slightly manually, print the directions and then rely on the Garmin in the route order from Streets.

It is mostly great, so I’ll focus on the 2% that’s not so wonderful.

Hardware: the plastic shoe on the power connection is weak, and I had to replace mine because it bent, interrupting power in-route. There’s no battery backup, either, so when it goes out, it has to reboot. The traffic connector is difficult to remove and locks the power-shoe in, so I find myself sometimes not using it. That’s it for hardware.

Software: (1) the routing is OK, but not perfect. (2) After some disasters (my bad) I don’t tweak the system. Lots of options but I found myself going way out of the way a few times after experimenting… its not necessary out of the box. (3) I have turned off automatic recalculating and just try to find my way back to the route when off. (4) I wish I could re-program the basic assumptions about road-speeds. I’d like to drop Interstate down a bit, but state highways waaaaay down to maybe 35mph. I’ve done this in Streets and find that the routes are more realistic.

Traffic module: The good part is that you sometimes know when to MAYBE expect traffic, when there’s traffic. The downside is that it is not very accurate so you can hit traffic when not expected, or breeze through an expected jam. Also, as I said, the cable is a tight fit. I did not hook it up to my antenna and it appears to work just fine, by the way.

Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver Product 010-00357-03 Key FeaturesDesignationAutomobileForm FactorFixedMap capabil...

Overall excellent - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver I have had a StreetPilot 2620 for over four months and have used it to get around unfamiliar cities and to drive f...

Helpful, but not Flawless - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver Overall, I'm happy with my purchase of the Garmin StreetPilot 2620, but the unit isn't as flawless as Garmin would...

Get a Garmin StreetPilot 2620 and never ask for directions again. - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver When I bought my new car, I passed on the GPS system from the factory. As the next year wore on, I was regretting...

Almost perfect GPS navigation system - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver The Garmin StreetPilot 2620 is very close to being a perfect car navigation systems providing accurate accessible ...

What a Blast!! - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver I drive approximately 45K miles per year as a salesman in the North East and have been considering purchasing a na...

Help for the Directionally Impaired - Garmin StreetPilot® ColorMap Car GPS Receiver

Garmin 2620: GPS ready to use straight out of the box. - Garmin StreetPilot® 2620 Car GPS Receiver