I am looking for a new GPS. Looking for something with free map updates. Not sure to go with 4.3 or 5.0 screen. Also dont know if I want traffic updates. Are the adds from Garmin on the free traffic alerts that bad as some reviews I have read?? How about TomTom, do their traffic alerts have ads also.
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I have a 3.5" widescreen. 205W Garmin I believe. No traffic but I have an iphone for that. No map updates but it is still good 5+ years after I got it for most every road I take, and I travel a LOT. If you travel a lot and want to take it by air, the GPS in a protective box can become an unwieldy size if the screen is too big. Ive never felt the need for a huge screen and its associated cost.
If I had my choice, I would use one that spoke the actual street names, which mine doesnt, and which has better clarity on how the lanes split off in areas where there are a lot of lanes going in each direction.
The one time I saw a GPS with traffic and ads, it seemed to show a lot of red lobsters and olive gardens...
If I had my choice, I would use one that spoke the actual street names, which mine doesnt, and which has better clarity on how the lanes split off in areas where there are a lot of lanes going in each direction.
The one time I saw a GPS with traffic and ads, it seemed to show a lot of red lobsters and olive gardens...
Get one of these refurbished for $159:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4886418-Garmin-3790LMT-Refurb-159-WalMart
Make sure you update the firmware (easy to do but takes time to download; works with Windows 7).
The traffic ads have died down since the recession. Younger folks are just using their smart phones and Google Maps.
I've owned this unit for a few years. Yeah, red lobsters and olive gardens, and I don't remember seeing them lately anyway (the ads, that is).
http://slickdeals.net/f/4886418-Garmin-3790LMT-Refurb-159-WalMart
Make sure you update the firmware (easy to do but takes time to download; works with Windows 7).
The traffic ads have died down since the recession. Younger folks are just using their smart phones and Google Maps.
I've owned this unit for a few years. Yeah, red lobsters and olive gardens, and I don't remember seeing them lately anyway (the ads, that is).
I wouldn't buy one without lifetime map updates, just me. Traffic ehh I don't really have much need for it, heard it can be hit or miss. The linked Wally Garmin 1390LMT refurb for ~$80 seems like a good deal to me, and all I would need. Traffic a bonus. ~$155 new at amazon.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Garmin-Nuvi-1390LMT-4.3-Portable-GPS-Refurbished/17781643?findingMethod=rr
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Garmin-Nuvi-1390LMT-4.3-Portable-GPS-Refurbished/17781643?findingMethod=rr
Originally Posted By: spackard
Get one of these refurbished for $159:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4886418-Garmin-3790LMT-Refurb-159-WalMart
Make sure you update the firmware (easy to do but takes time to download; works with Windows 7).
The traffic ads have died down since the recession. Younger folks are just using their smart phones and Google Maps.
I've owned this unit for a few years. Yeah, red lobsters and olive gardens, and I don't remember seeing them lately anyway (the ads, that is).
I have one of these too among a few others. New, it sure cost more. Yeah, the firmware update can take a few hours.
Get one of these refurbished for $159:
http://slickdeals.net/f/4886418-Garmin-3790LMT-Refurb-159-WalMart
Make sure you update the firmware (easy to do but takes time to download; works with Windows 7).
The traffic ads have died down since the recession. Younger folks are just using their smart phones and Google Maps.
I've owned this unit for a few years. Yeah, red lobsters and olive gardens, and I don't remember seeing them lately anyway (the ads, that is).
I have one of these too among a few others. New, it sure cost more. Yeah, the firmware update can take a few hours.
It's funny how naming street names is a pricey option. I lack it, go with a ghetto 3.5" screen which is more than good. Have the cheapest refurb garmin from WM and if I'm following someone with a "smarter" garmin they use the same navigational brains going down the same crazy side streets.
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