| # | Username | GPS model | Pros | Cons | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nicf | Garmin 2597LMT | Good solid reliable performance, with great (if expensive) mounting system so I can transfer it between cars. | Although the device works well, and the Garmin Express software is easy to use for maintaining updates of software and maps, the Garmin online shop and support is woeful. | 3 |
| 2 | keith.brine | RNS510 | voice activation, works well with VW | personal POI's difficult to create and edit | 8 |
| 3 | mikeowens750 | Garmin Zumo 350LM | Works fine on the bike | Non-standard waypoints and routing so sometimes tedious | 7 |
| 4 | rremmuss81 | PNI L807 | A very good device for his price | Cheap plastic and on the sun some visibility issues with the screen. | 7 |
| 5 | dcgmenterprises | Garmin Nuvi 2689LMT | After previous versipon of Nuvi I have to say that I like the 4 Square especially Smart Link! | Should have come with an anti reflection screen rather than buy one for it. | 7 |
| 6 | bluesworldtour | TomTom XXL | Always gets me there. | It is the slowest satnav I've ever come across. I can take 5 minutes to boot up and if your in a busy city you've almost certainly passed your turning before it has updated. If I have to buy another I wouldn't opt for a TomTom | 1 |
| 7 | poppopsbasement | Samsung Galaxy S5 SM G900V | Now that Google maps has offline mode, does pretty much everything a dedicated GPS will do, (at least for me). Also use Delorme (now Garmin) Inreach SE sat com/tracker. Definitely like that option. | Cell phone battery life can be an issue, but I carry backup power. | 7 |
| 8 | inge.jonsson | TomTom 630 | Plus for Lane assist. I just need a simple GPS without all extra functionality | A bit pessimistic when calculating times on smaller roads, my really old Garmin calculates faster and more accurate. | 3 |
| 9 | SatNav44 | iPhone 5 | Standard GPS functionality in iPhone 5. Pretty good update rate for beeing a standard chip in a smart phone. The built-inGoogle maps app works pretty good with both street view, sattelite map and hybrid map showing satellite with road overlay. | The GPS is kind of slow some time on startup, sometimes show a position way off the real position such as wrong country. Sometimes it will show a still position while I am moving. | 6 |
| 10 | slysven | Garmin Nüvi 1310 | I appreciate the ability to download and use third party maps - and to be able to extend the area covered by using them. | I wish I was able to enter more than just ONE via point to plan a journey. Also specifying a destination when you do not actually have an exact address is a nightmare - it would be so much better if one could jump to a, say town and then pan around to set the exact location - say if you know where it is already but not the exact road or number on the street. You do have a browse map function but that is tied to your current or last recorded location - which is not much help if you want to reposition on a different town/city...! | 5 |
| 11 | kevin.hutch | Garmin Nuvi 2797 | Great GPS supper trip planner and a handy speedo/odometer plus the ease of custom POIs | No ability to individually select ICONs displayed when travelling or set unique audible alerts from the GPS. | 8 |
| 12 | alisar | Tom Tom XXL IQ & iphone 6 | Tom Tom - has been good on the whole | Some aspects on screen could be improved. E.g. If you do a particular route, TT should learn this. Attachment to car window is not great. | |
| 13 | gary.liddle888 | Garmin Dezl 760 | Accuracy, large screen. Life time free mapping. | No facility to set vehicle maximum speed - makes time of arrival incorrect (not great for HGV users). | 6 |
| 14 | alan-GPS44 | tomtom go 5000 | live traffic is very good | complicated to use. my places and traffic jam warnings not as far ahead as with previous systems | 7 |
| 15 | dann3234 | Garmin Zumo 350LM | Motorcycle specific unit
Waterproof,Shock proof, Can pair with MC helmet com system |
Cannot be paired with cell phone for use in a car | 8 |
| 16 | colin_earwaker | Apple/Iphone | Phone is obviously convenient to use as it is more than must a Satnav. Updates are easy to put on to phone. Can be used for a wide variety of things, even phonecalls! | Not having a separate gps receiver means that sat nav reception is sometimes very poor. Especially in built up areas or in tunnels. The screen is also a little bit small and not having a dedicated mount means it can be a pain. | 7 |
| 17 | pktchina4 | Garmin Nuvi 2597 | bigger 5 display
voice commands works well lifetime map update |
Mobile phone interface audio quality | 7 |
| 18 | pktchina | Garmin Nuvi 2597 | stable and easy to use | suction pad mounting not readily usable on modern car dash | 7 |
| 19 | david.scoins | tomtom GO5000 | Traffic generally good. Map updates good. | Clumsy compared to old TomTom 900. Too few POI spaces. Needs extra SD card memory to function at all well. | 6 |
| 20 | johnniegif | Garmin NuLink 2340 | Gets me from a to b and finds its way out of large cities. Good clear turning information. Audio us loud enough. Lifetime maps added to my unit. | This SatNav believes I prefer dirt tracks to fast, safe roads. I wish I knew how to change it. | 5 |
| 21 | geogrunt | Garmin NuviCamHD-LMT 6 | Best GPS to date | Clearer & Louder Speakers - I still like the old FM Transmitter that used your stereo speakers to provide cellphone conversations . . . | 9 |
| 22 | gaznic61 | Garmin nuvi 3598 lmt d | Only just purchased but very impressed with it so far. Clear directions and lots of facilities. | Bulky charger cable and DAB ariel makes your dash a bit untidy. | 6 |
| 23 | nala9 | Garmin Nuvi 67 LM | Good viewing, price is competitive.
User friendly, and spares available |
Font could be a little bigger | 9 |
| 24 | jonathan.forrest | Comand | Integrated with the car that I drive which means it is easy to use. I have driven Mercedes now for a number of years and have become used to the way it works which speed up my use. | The words don't seem as big on the map and sometimes can be a bit hard to read (especially as one gets older and the middle distance vision is not as good as it was!) | 7 |
| 25 | madhubabu.alasyam | Navman MY300LMT | Its definitely one of the best units I have used so far. And the support from Navman is good. They maps get updated frequently and if you have lifetime upgrades, even better. | Startup and Signal locking takes too much time. | 6 |
| 26 | graham.kendall | Skoda Columbus | Screen Size and clarity | Occasional attempts to take me through towns using dynamic routing. Only available as VW built-in and expensive as it includes all the entertainment systems | 8 |
| 27 | john.hobbs | garmin nuvi 2597 | Nice bright screen and clear voice instructions. | Difficult to use compared to my old Nuvi, red light camera warnings have disappeared. also some of the hazard warnings such as school areas. | 6 |
| 28 | mvnrdy | Garmin Nuvi 220 | Decent device, pretty robust, simple and easy to use. | Would love online updates and GPS traffic info, but since its an older device happy with it so far. | 5 |
| 29 | edouard.fourcade | garmin nuvi 2597 | It's very solid, resist to shock, high temperature in the car. It's strongly made. | I would not recommend this gps. Map not well updated, POI never updated, no easy configuration, it doesn't give the best itineraries. It can advise the traffic jam but often too late. | 2 |
| 30 | gkeel | Garmin NuviCam | Life time Maps. Good video quality | Auto routing sometimes not the best | 7 |
| 31 | mjf | TomTom | The presentation of alternate routes and times. | The updates from TomTom are absolutely dreadful and take hours and hours. | 5 |
| 32 | davesloan | Garmin Nuvicam | Very quick and simple. Good screen. It works! | Speed limit display dreadful. Does not see 30mph limits in small villages. TomTom can do it. Standard speed camera warnings excessive and irritating. | 8 |
| 33 | eebert | Sanyo Inbuilt Car GPS / Infotainment | Have reverted back to the OEM fitted Sanyo / TomTom NB1 unit after the recently fitted aftermaket Chinese unit failed. The Sanyo has been very reliable and easy to use. | A larger screen would reduce distraction time when navigating in unfamiliar areas. Map update costs are too expensive even with multi-year renewals. The screen switches to night mode during daylight even if only the park lamps are turned on for extra safety, making it very difficult to see the map display. | 6 |
| 34 | ray-GPS | Connect 430N | In-car navigation system | Unable to input addresses etc. while moving | |
| 35 | lcole73 | Garmin Dezl 560LMT | last update deleted or corrupted all my trucking POI's and now I have no alerts | It was great before the March-April update, now it's crap | 6 |
| 36 | lokaonick | Xperia Z3 | It is an awesome cell phone I really like it its just what I needed | It heats up to much easily | 9 |
| 37 | butcher.ian | Audi MMS + | Google Maps, street view. | No sound warning for POIs | 8 |
| 38 | n.bathushanraj | I go my way 8 | It is a good device to take long drive. but till need a software update. | there is no update that i can find right now. so am trying to instrall part by part. BUT IT NOT LETTING ME | 4 |
| 39 | mashwa | Tom Tom Go 5100 | so far very good, love the inbuilt SIM and the lifetime maps | Battery Life could be better | 7 |
| 40 | wolfordt | Garmin 1450 | This is my 3rd and I think they are great | Getting through the menu | 7 |
| 41 | retasker | iFly 740 | Air & Road navigating | Really nothing except make it free | 9 |
| 42 | motiger14 | Nuvi 2455LM | The device offers very accurate navigation. | With the declining popularity of standalone GPS devices for automobile travel, the support for apps is declining. | 8 |
| 43 | m.oosterhuis | TOMTOM GO2535 | Generally reliable device | Not crazy about the suction cup windshield mount | 7 |
| 44 | magisterdenarii | TomTom GO 500 | Excellent use when updating traffic and displays fuel stations on the way to the destination. | Does not appear as user-friendly when modifying software. | 6 |
| 45 | gary-GDT | Garmin 65LMT | Big Screen
Nice User Interface Fast Traffic Updates Up Ahead finds POIs along route Horizontal and Vertical Map views |
Actually too big to fit where I had my last GPS-- Dash Speedo gets in way. Not really a Weakness. Made EcoRoute a PAID add on--- was free in my last lower end GPS (never used it, but why paid now, on higher end) No learning trends--- Older lower end garmin did it. | 8 |
| 46 | ghippy1970 | MB Commander | Excellent spoken traffic updates. | No speed cameras and can't seem to find an option to skip the congestion. | 7 |
| 47 | chrishiggins | Garmin BMW Nav 5 / iPhone 6 | Few quirks but generally happy | Creating indepth routes, screen resolution could be better | 7 |
| 48 | magnov | nexus 5 | Very fast and reliable. | Screen could be bigger. | 9 |
| 49 | sharkeyward2002 | NTG 4.0 APS COMAND | Very quick navigation | No speedcam or speed limit/overspeed alerts | 6 |
| 50 | vwerko | garmin 2599LMT | it's still new but works fine so far | took forever to update maps | 7 |
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