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Dual Electronics Portable GPS Navigator
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Great unit
(5 out of 5) by Donna Kean on Jan 1, 2007 (USA)A cheaper option than the better advertised Tom Tom and Garmin systems, I think this one is just as good.
I actually bought it for my husband, but it has also proved extremely useful for me, a Brit living in the States.
The unit itself is a reasonable size, but not too big that it won't fit in my handbag when I leave the car. The screen is very clear, and the indicator lights are a great novelty, and very useful at night. The touch screen works well, the voice is clear and the maps appear to be very accurate. I recall on our first trip how we marveled at the map showing us reaching a bridge at the split second we passed under it!
It has far too many features for me to go into here, so I'll keep it short. A few things that spring to mind are it's ability to store addresses, it's flexibility if you decide to take a slight detour (eg to stop for food) it will recalculate your route, it advises you of speed limits and cautions you if you go over 5mph or so above that limit (though you can turn off those warnings!), it shows points of interest on the map as you are driving, as well as storing over 1 million points of interest that you can look up before you travel.
We have not had any major problems with it - it does exactly as it is supposed to do. One slight thing - occasionally, it will tell you to turn right or left, when the road actually has a sharp bend - or the other way around, it'll tell you to bear left or right when you actually need to make a turn that isn't quite a 90 degree turn, but we have not found this to cause any problems.
One thing it did do, on one trip - we were traveling on the interstate and decided to stop for food. Because we had just (unknowingly) passed a food stop, and it was closer to our current position than any up ahead, it tried to turn us back on ourselves. Again, not too drastic, but it could cause a little confusion. I think it just takes a bit of common sense, really. :)
Overall, I would recommend this system.
I actually bought it for my husband, but it has also proved extremely useful for me, a Brit living in the States.
The unit itself is a reasonable size, but not too big that it won't fit in my handbag when I leave the car. The screen is very clear, and the indicator lights are a great novelty, and very useful at night. The touch screen works well, the voice is clear and the maps appear to be very accurate. I recall on our first trip how we marveled at the map showing us reaching a bridge at the split second we passed under it!
It has far too many features for me to go into here, so I'll keep it short. A few things that spring to mind are it's ability to store addresses, it's flexibility if you decide to take a slight detour (eg to stop for food) it will recalculate your route, it advises you of speed limits and cautions you if you go over 5mph or so above that limit (though you can turn off those warnings!), it shows points of interest on the map as you are driving, as well as storing over 1 million points of interest that you can look up before you travel.
We have not had any major problems with it - it does exactly as it is supposed to do. One slight thing - occasionally, it will tell you to turn right or left, when the road actually has a sharp bend - or the other way around, it'll tell you to bear left or right when you actually need to make a turn that isn't quite a 90 degree turn, but we have not found this to cause any problems.
One thing it did do, on one trip - we were traveling on the interstate and decided to stop for food. Because we had just (unknowingly) passed a food stop, and it was closer to our current position than any up ahead, it tried to turn us back on ourselves. Again, not too drastic, but it could cause a little confusion. I think it just takes a bit of common sense, really. :)
Overall, I would recommend this system.
10 of 33 people found the following review helpful:
Highly recommend
(5 out of 5) by G. Christmas on Dec 31, 2005This is a great product. It does everything that a navigation system should do. Touch screen, with clear instructions for door to door directions.