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This really pulls in the signals, and much more quickly than the built-in. Short cord good good for use on foot. Might be a bit short for some car layouts, but fine for my Sentra. Recommended

I have two of these for my two older Garmins and love them. I can get a signal in my garage with the door closed, it acquires satellites much faster. I was using it the other day and was impressed that it didn't loose the signal in a long tunnel, the radio lost the station I was listening too but the GPS didn't. One of the few products I have no complaints about it after using it for a while. Buy the window mount and just stick it up above your mirror out of the way and it will work great.

Seattle can have terrible GPS reception, especially when driving North/South on I-5. There seems to be a number of dead zones around the city. I own a Garmin 760 and sometimes I can drive all the way to my destination before it acquires a satellite. However, using one of these Gillson antennas I get full satellite signals almost right away and the accuracy is so good it can tell what lane you are in!

The tinted windshield on my Mazda Protege shielded my Garmin C330. Under cloud cover or rain, it couldn't acquire satellites, although the Garmin C330 works fine in my Fiero.
This antenna gives me good reception. It must be placed on the flat of the hood. With the 3' wire, I can't reach the roof. When on the slope of a fender, the antenna was useless. I wish I had clicked the 6 foot cord, because the 3 foot cord is almost too short, and limits where I can place antenna and the Garmin. But it works.
The antenna is not easy to disconnect or connect to the Garmin, so the quick-disconnect windshield mount only is quick if you leave the antenna plugged in; another reason to get the longer antenna wire.
Of course the magnet mount won't work for plastic-body cars like Fiero, Saturn, or Corvette.