What brand(s) of GPS do you own?

Keith · 12-27-2006, 7:56 PM

Cast your vote! If you own multiple brands, mark all that apply.

JonathanKramer · 01-03-2007, 9:28 PM

Besides my many Garmin IIIs and Vs, I also own a verrrrry old Scoutmaster, a Lexus LS430, and a BV Systems PCS drive test receiver.

-Jonathan

PS: I've attached a PDF with the specs of the Trimble Scoutmaster. It cost nearly $1000 when I bought it a decade ago. I've also set my avatar to show me using my Scoutmaster like a cell phone. "Can you find me now?"

Max · 01-04-2007, 6:49 PM

I was thinking of the Lexus myself, but it didn't come with a belt clip option so I went with the 60csx

JonathanKramer · 01-04-2007, 7:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max

I was thinking of the Lexus myself, but it didn't come with a belt clip option so I went with the 60csx

Yes, the lack of a belt clip might well be a problem! j

RichardinIdaho · 12-22-2007, 3:04 PM

I have the TT920. Well it's really on a UPS truck. Should be hear on the 24th.

Andy · 12-22-2007, 11:43 PM

Nice Christmas gift!

Max · 12-28-2007, 4:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardinIdaho

I have the TT920. Well it's really on a UPS truck. Should be hear on the 24th.

Wow, I just got a black and decker Arize myself, but the 920 looks to be a nice machine:

Amazon.co.uk: Kenwood TT920 Toaster 4 Slice Stainless Steel 1500W: Kitchen & Home

egadgetguy · 01-04-2008, 10:36 PM

Other... Navigon 2100, but I had a Jensen NVX200 for 5 days and a Garmin Nuvi200 for four days, and I still have my GPS-V.

EDIT: I bought a MIO C230 just to test after I got frustrated with the 2100s wierd routing, but I'm not sure the MIO is any better.

Also, It seems that MIO c230 uses a newer version of the same program as the Jensen, but the maps are still old compared to the other units.

It does identify one street correctly where the 2100 has the wrong street name!

The MIO voice is a bit millitant, the 2100 says 'please'

Max · 01-09-2008, 11:50 PM

I added Navigon, and started it at 1 for egadgetguy

I am curious to see how much this climbs in coming times

egadgetguy · 01-10-2008, 12:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max

I added Navigon, and started it at 1 for egadgetguy

I am curious to see how much this climbs in coming times

THX MAX!!!

Though, I may take it back and get something else. The routing Sucks at the moment... I mean BIG TIME!!!

Max · 01-10-2008, 6:32 AM

I guess that would make it a nonscientific poll pretty quickly then

egadgetguy · 01-10-2008, 2:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Max

I guess that would make it a nonscientific poll pretty quickly then

Yeah, I guess so. BTW, my family is getting frustrated with my GPS returning...

I don't blame them.
I bought a Jensen NVX200 on Dec 20th and a Garmin Nuvi200 on the 22nd, to compare them; then I took them both back on the 26th and bought the Navigon 2100. Then Tuesday; I bought a MIO C230 to compare them, and I'm taking one of them back on Saturday. I am leaning heavily toward the Navigon going back... [and I have my eye on a TomTom 1 -3rd ed! too, so....]

Maybe I'll just get one of each... j/k!

Keith · 01-10-2008, 3:54 PM

I reset the poll and added some additional brands. If you don't see your brand listed, let us know and we'll add it BEFORE you place your vote.

Thanks

DigupCoins · 01-19-2008, 9:56 PM

I use the Magellan Maestro 4040 I have had it for about a month Now ! great GPS so far , my last unit was the magellan Roadmate 700 . As You see with my " nick name DigupCoins " my main Hobby is Metal detecting , I some times use my GPS to find POI's of historic Sites , then from there Find the nearest Parks , and there i have a place to dig up The Coins , Rings and relic things

pcorns · 01-26-2008, 2:58 PM

Hello DigupCoins, I just bought a Magellen 4040. So far so good. I am not sure which SD card to purchase. I have heard that some brands of SD cards are not compatable with the unit. Any advise as to brand and capacity?

I too am a treasure hunter, I use the Whites Spectrum XLT.

egadgetguy · 01-28-2008, 6:44 PM

well... shoot! I took the Navigon back, then I took the MIO back, and now I'm stuck with my GPSV agian.
I am looking at Intellinav 3! it seems to have all the things I need, esp Navteq maps and customizable displays in-route.

Andy · 02-03-2008, 12:10 PM

Nice signature egadgetguy!

dav · 02-19-2008, 12:15 AM

I jwas ust looking at the graph, and I don't see Max.

Yo, Max! Too many, you can't decide how to answer?

Max · 02-22-2008, 6:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dav

I jwas ust looking at the graph, and I don't see Max.

Yo, Max! Too many, you can't decide how to answer?

Ok ok guilty, I forgot Keith refreshed the voting since Egadgetguy had to buy one of every kind

I'm back in there - but it only let me put in 1 checkmark for Garmin, not 4

ninja279 · 05-10-2008, 4:11 PM

I have three PDA GPS units:
Ipaq rx5915 (2G internal memory 4G SD card)

,
Mio P550 (2G internal memory 4G SD card)

Mio 168 (64M internal memory 2G SD card)

I am currently testing:

Garmin Mobile XT USA

TomTom 6 USA (comes standard with IPAQ)

but cannot get updates

Navigon 6.5 USA

IGO 2006SE USA

MIO V3 USA (With P550) Pretty much the same as IGO

TomTom is still the smoothest and quickest, Navigon has strange routes, Mio is good and Garmin is the least accurate and most jerky when tracking position.

agg9900 · 06-14-2008, 1:14 AM

I have a Garmin Legend, c330, 200 nuvi

seh2000 · 07-31-2008, 12:16 AM

I got only one GPS device - the Garmin Nuvi 880 my first ever GPS device. I am so-so happy with the device.

dbaker · 08-27-2008, 9:32 AM

I used to own a Mio... which i have to say, was shit.

nothing close to the Gramin i own today.

After the mistake of buying a mio, i did my reasearch the next time and found that Gramin is the device to have.

and i see that most ppl agree...

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Gramin GPS Navigation Devices

iamasmith · 10-11-2008, 4:14 PM

I own 4, I voted Garmin because that's the one I own that I prefer the most.

I have...

a) ORIGINAL TomTom Go. Relic that sits in the attic.
b) Holux 236 Slim, love it!!, wonderful Sirf III bluetooth GPS... can't fault it but the only thing I have to practically use it with is TomTom Navigator on a PocketPC. I HATE Windows Mobile, seems like you buy a model and they release a new version of the software 2 weeks later and the manufacturers never let you upgrade. Also NOT particularly Mac friendly.
c) iPhone, possibly the most useful day-to-day GPS I have. When I'm out in the city just walking around the simple GPS and Google map functionality can't really be beaten. Think about the amount of money you pay for full GPS Mapping features on commercial software and then realise that the name has changed on something or you haven't got the tile for the area that you are in... this is an awesome standby.
d) The Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx, Just got it but I can already see the advantage over the TomTom and other units. It does suffer from the issue that you need expensive maps of course and you may curse that map that says a particular shop or bar is there when it disappeared 3 years ago but that is a map quality problem not a functionality problem. Man, if mapping vendors would team up with Google to get POI updates they would have an awesome service... anyway, main points... 1. Now I have converted my maps I can do everything with OSX and don't need to launch an XP VM^^, Garmin are starting to support the Mac nicely. 2. Road routable and direct routes.. snap to road or not. 3. Sirf III (nuff said). 4. Widely supported by 3rd party solutions. 5. Decent map sources.. 6. Free maps being generated all the time! 7. Tracking! - THIS is the main reason I wanted one, it can record my trail be it on a hike.. climb (actually I'm banned from climbing since the kids arrived :S), bike ride or boat trip to a dive site. I love recording as much as I can of the time that I value and believe me when you have a couple of kids you may feel the same too. Tracking and simple, readable GPS information that I can geotag images with is just the bees knees to me

, 8. It's rugged, I can take the thing anywhere with me and I don't have to worry that somebody brushes up against me.. let alone that the thing falls in the water ^^ (anything with a touch screen gets several hundred negative points in this area).

-Andy

deni74xi · 10-21-2008, 3:16 AM

Hi, still love my leica and now with gps1200 rtk like use a tank to shot a little birds.

earlthepearl · 10-21-2008, 5:30 AM

Garmin Legend HCx now......

Now a Nuvi 205 also....
Garmin is -->

m3incorp · 12-16-2008, 3:28 PM

I recently bought the Garmin Nuvi 760 and also have a Garmin eTrex Legend.

FunkyRes · 01-07-2009, 1:04 PM

I currently own an eTrex Legend.
I'm thinking about getting a newer model with a color screen - as I suspect topo maps will look better on it.

estoppel · 01-13-2009, 11:40 PM

I have a Garmin Nuvi 760, but want to switch to Navigon 7200T. But alas, the thrifty POIs hesitate my ultimate response.

GeorgeC · 01-19-2009, 8:12 PM

There must not be many boaters on here.

In addition to my Garmin 176C, I have a Garmin 760 on the way and a Raytheon HSB Series Chart Plotter.

George

12-27-2006, 7:56 PM	#1
Keith Administrator Join Date: Dec 27 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Age: 37 Posts: 285	What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Cast your vote! If you own multiple brands, mark all that apply. __________________ My Blog

01-04-2007, 6:49 PM	#3
Max Chicks dig waypoints. Join Date: Dec 28 2006 Location: Near Boston, Ma. Posts: 1,268 Blog Entries: 5	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I was thinking of the Lexus myself, but it didn't come with a belt clip option so I went with the 60csx

12-22-2007, 3:04 PM	#5
RichardinIdaho Join Date: Dec 22 2007 Location: Idaho Posts: 4	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I have the TT920. Well it's really on a UPS truck. Should be hear on the 24th.

12-22-2007, 11:43 PM	#6
Andy Survey Says? Join Date: Dec 29 2006 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 1,440	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Nice Christmas gift!

01-04-2008, 10:36 PM	#8
egadgetguy Join Date: Dec 31 2007 Location: Auburn, AL Posts: 32	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Other... Navigon 2100, but I had a Jensen NVX200 for 5 days and a Garmin Nuvi200 for four days, and I still have my GPS-V. EDIT: I bought a MIO C230 just to test after I got frustrated with the 2100s wierd routing, but I'm not sure the MIO is any better. Also, It seems that MIO c230 uses a newer version of the same program as the Jensen, but the maps are still old compared to the other units. It does identify one street correctly where the 2100 has the wrong street name! The MIO voice is a bit millitant, the 2100 says 'please' Last edited by egadgetguy; 01-08-2008 at 2:17 PM.

View Poll Results: What GPS Brand(s) do you own?
Garmin	288	69.23%
TomTom	27	6.49%
Magellan	57	13.70%
Navigon	22	5.29%
Jensen	9	2.16%
Alpine	1	0.24%
Mio	17	4.09%
Other	80	19.23%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 416. You may not vote on this poll

01-09-2008, 11:50 PM	#9
Max Chicks dig waypoints. Join Date: Dec 28 2006 Location: Near Boston, Ma. Posts: 1,268 Blog Entries: 5	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I added Navigon, and started it at 1 for egadgetguy I am curious to see how much this climbs in coming times

01-10-2008, 6:32 AM	#11
Max Chicks dig waypoints. Join Date: Dec 28 2006 Location: Near Boston, Ma. Posts: 1,268 Blog Entries: 5	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I guess that would make it a nonscientific poll pretty quickly then

01-10-2008, 3:54 PM	#13
Keith Administrator Join Date: Dec 27 2006 Location: Raleigh, NC Age: 37 Posts: 285	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I reset the poll and added some additional brands. If you don't see your brand listed, let us know and we'll add it BEFORE you place your vote. Thanks __________________ My Blog

01-19-2008, 9:56 PM	#14
DigupCoins Join Date: Jan 19 2008 Location: Windsor , Ontario, Canada Posts: 12	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I use the Magellan Maestro 4040 I have had it for about a month Now ! great GPS so far , my last unit was the magellan Roadmate 700 . As You see with my " nick name DigupCoins " my main Hobby is Metal detecting , I some times use my GPS to find POI's of historic Sites , then from there Find the nearest Parks , and there i have a place to dig up The Coins , Rings and relic things

01-26-2008, 2:58 PM	#15
pcorns Join Date: Jan 26 2008 Location: Asheville, NC Posts: 2	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Hello DigupCoins, I just bought a Magellen 4040. So far so good. I am not sure which SD card to purchase. I have heard that some brands of SD cards are not compatable with the unit. Any advise as to brand and capacity? I too am a treasure hunter, I use the Whites Spectrum XLT.

01-28-2008, 6:44 PM	#16
egadgetguy Join Date: Dec 31 2007 Location: Auburn, AL Posts: 32	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? well... shoot! I took the Navigon back, then I took the MIO back, and now I'm stuck with my GPSV agian. I am looking at Intellinav 3! it seems to have all the things I need, esp Navteq maps and customizable displays in-route. __________________ emap> Magellan MAP410> GPSV JensenNVX200 >Garmin Nuvi200> Navigon 2100 MIO C230 >GPSV

02-03-2008, 12:10 PM	#17
Andy Survey Says? Join Date: Dec 29 2006 Location: Monterey, CA Posts: 1,440	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Nice signature egadgetguy!

02-19-2008, 12:15 AM	#18
dav Moderator Join Date: Jan 04 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 1,204	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I jwas ust looking at the graph, and I don't see Max. Yo, Max! Too many, you can't decide how to answer? Last edited by dav; 02-22-2008 at 4:21 PM.

05-10-2008, 4:11 PM	#20
ninja279 Join Date: May 03 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 49	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I have three PDA GPS units: Ipaq rx5915 (2G internal memory 4G SD card) , Mio P550 (2G internal memory 4G SD card) Mio 168 (64M internal memory 2G SD card) I am currently testing: Garmin Mobile XT USA TomTom 6 USA (comes standard with IPAQ) but cannot get updates Navigon 6.5 USA IGO 2006SE USA MIO V3 USA (With P550) Pretty much the same as IGO TomTom is still the smoothest and quickest, Navigon has strange routes, Mio is good and Garmin is the least accurate and most jerky when tracking position.

06-14-2008, 1:14 AM	#21
agg9900 Join Date: Mar 29 2008 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I have a Garmin Legend, c330, 200 nuvi

07-31-2008, 12:16 AM	#22
seh2000 Join Date: Jul 11 2008 Location: Venezuela Posts: 10	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I got only one GPS device - the Garmin Nuvi 880 my first ever GPS device. I am so-so happy with the device.

08-27-2008, 9:32 AM	#23
dbaker Join Date: Aug 27 2008 Location: Israel Posts: 1	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I used to own a Mio... which i have to say, was shit. nothing close to the Gramin i own today. After the mistake of buying a mio, i did my reasearch the next time and found that Gramin is the device to have. and i see that most ppl agree... ------------------------------------------------------------------ Gramin GPS Navigation Devices

10-11-2008, 4:14 PM	#24
iamasmith Join Date: Oct 05 2008 Location: London Posts: 251	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I own 4, I voted Garmin because that's the one I own that I prefer the most. I have... a) ORIGINAL TomTom Go. Relic that sits in the attic. b) Holux 236 Slim, love it!!, wonderful Sirf III bluetooth GPS... can't fault it but the only thing I have to practically use it with is TomTom Navigator on a PocketPC. I HATE Windows Mobile, seems like you buy a model and they release a new version of the software 2 weeks later and the manufacturers never let you upgrade. Also NOT particularly Mac friendly. c) iPhone, possibly the most useful day-to-day GPS I have. When I'm out in the city just walking around the simple GPS and Google map functionality can't really be beaten. Think about the amount of money you pay for full GPS Mapping features on commercial software and then realise that the name has changed on something or you haven't got the tile for the area that you are in... this is an awesome standby. d) The Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx, Just got it but I can already see the advantage over the TomTom and other units. It does suffer from the issue that you need expensive maps of course and you may curse that map that says a particular shop or bar is there when it disappeared 3 years ago but that is a map quality problem not a functionality problem. Man, if mapping vendors would team up with Google to get POI updates they would have an awesome service... anyway, main points... 1. Now I have converted my maps I can do everything with OSX and don't need to launch an XP VM^^, Garmin are starting to support the Mac nicely. 2. Road routable and direct routes.. snap to road or not. 3. Sirf III (nuff said). 4. Widely supported by 3rd party solutions. 5. Decent map sources.. 6. Free maps being generated all the time! 7. Tracking! - THIS is the main reason I wanted one, it can record my trail be it on a hike.. climb (actually I'm banned from climbing since the kids arrived :S), bike ride or boat trip to a dive site. I love recording as much as I can of the time that I value and believe me when you have a couple of kids you may feel the same too. Tracking and simple, readable GPS information that I can geotag images with is just the bees knees to me , 8. It's rugged, I can take the thing anywhere with me and I don't have to worry that somebody brushes up against me.. let alone that the thing falls in the water ^^ (anything with a touch screen gets several hundred negative points in this area). -Andy

10-21-2008, 3:16 AM	#25
deni74xi Join Date: May 27 2008 Location: Indonesia Posts: 5	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Hi, still love my leica and now with gps1200 rtk like use a tank to shot a little birds.

10-21-2008, 5:30 AM	#26
earlthepearl . Join Date: Feb 12 2008 Location: USA - ME Posts: 101	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? Garmin Legend HCx now...... Now a Nuvi 205 also.... Garmin is --> Last edited by earlthepearl; 08-13-2009 at 2:58 PM. Reason: Updated....

12-16-2008, 3:28 PM	#27
m3incorp Join Date: Dec 16 2008 Location: TX Posts: 14	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I recently bought the Garmin Nuvi 760 and also have a Garmin eTrex Legend.

01-07-2009, 1:04 PM	#28
FunkyRes Join Date: Jan 07 2009 Location: Shasta County, CA Age: 37 Posts: 10	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I currently own an eTrex Legend. I'm thinking about getting a newer model with a color screen - as I suspect topo maps will look better on it.

01-13-2009, 11:40 PM	#29
estoppel Join Date: Jan 12 2009 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 30	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? I have a Garmin Nuvi 760, but want to switch to Navigon 7200T. But alas, the thrifty POIs hesitate my ultimate response.

01-19-2009, 8:12 PM	#30
GeorgeC Join Date: Jan 17 2009 Location: Florida Panhandle Posts: 72	Re: What brand(s) of GPS do you own? There must not be many boaters on here. In addition to my Garmin 176C, I have a Garmin 760 on the way and a Raytheon HSB Series Chart Plotter. George