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He loves it. Thanks. The Garmin StreetPilot was purchased as a Christmas gift for my husband. It was packaged very nicely and arrived quickly.
This is an extremely old model of GPS, and is sold here at an exorbitant price.
But updating the maps is a real pain. Before I buy a new GPS, I will check on how easy or difficult it is to update the maps. This GPS has worked fine for me for a long time. No of course, new GPS are smaller and cheaper.
Overall, a good buy compared to the Tom Tom at a slightly higher price which has no voice navigation. Home chargers have to purchased seperately. As for the device itself, the voice directions are loud and clear (with 9 volume settings), and the device is very user frienldy, featuring 2d and 3d maps, with the option of spelling your address, business, destination etc. Further, the search option allows you to find locations in your vicinity eg. The device is very user freindly and easy to install.It comes with awindow mount, that works very well.
"Austin Walmart".The only real complaint besides the outdated map and the ineffective dashboard mount is the predictive text in the "enter address" field - the device does not allow you to enter the full name, but with an updated map version, I am sure it will find the address you are looking for. It also has a feature to save your location and that helped with the outdated map software.The battery life is excellent thus far, and a car charger was included. The dashboard mount, however was not very effective and I would not recommend using it. For under $100(refurbished) I do not think I could have made a better purchase. As for the software, beware that it is very outdated (2005), and do not believe what you read, you will have to purchase the upgrades at around $70.
Other features include setting multiple stops before your final destinatation, menu options that seek out the closest resturants (asian, mexican, american,etc), gas stations, shopping malls, convenience stores, speciality stores etc.
I must have used this for three years and still works like new , I take it for camping , snowmobiling, road trips, it never failed, this product is perfect.
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