J Kinkaid
For those who have used either of these products while out chasing Did you find that they helped you out or did they send you the wrong way? If you had the choice to get either a Garmin or a Tom Tom what brand would you buy and why ?
Laura Hedien
EF2
I have a Garmin Street Pilot 2720 and really like it. Hasn't steered me wrong. Matter of fact, on some of the roads I have been driving my whole life, it showed me better ways to go!
Support is good. Updates come out ever 1-2 years and cost $75 for the update disk.
No problems at all.
Feel free to PM with questions.
Laura
Support is good. Updates come out ever 1-2 years and cost $75 for the update disk.
No problems at all.
Feel free to PM with questions.
Laura
Jesse Risley
Staff member
I've been using the Garmin GPS map 376c with XM weather and I've not been disappointed with it to date. I'm not familiar with the Tom Tom, but I do like the Garmin unit for chasing purposes.
John Erwin
EF5
A lot depends on what models/features you are talking about. I'm not personally interested in models that sit on your dash and only give you driving directions; I much prefer to be able to get an output from it so that I can plug it into other applications as well such as GRlevelX, Oziexplorer etc. As far as I know none of the Tom Tom units can do this, however several Garmin units can depending on the model.
J Kinkaid
I want something that tells you the road that you are turning on to. Not right turn ahead etc. I have tried out a Tom Tom Go 700 and found it to be lacking this feature . The bluetooth handsfree feature was nice but I found that the directions that it gave me were really lacking . Is there anyway to get it to work with GR or Stormlab ?
Laura Hedien
EF2
Not as far as I know. They are 2 separate systems.
You might be thinking of a satellite system subscription that you can get with the GPS.
My GPS works independent of the GRLevel 2/3 which is a good thing IMHO.
The GPS also announces the street names.
Laura
Brian Emfinger
EF4
I'll second that. Not had any problems at all...actually better than i hoped for!
John Erwin
EF5
I don't beleive so. Like I said earlier most of those "car navigation" type units don't include an NMEA output which is what you need to interface it with a laptop. There are exceptions though; some of the Garmin units can do it and possibly others.
As suggested by Laura above, you might need to consider adding a "puck" type receiver for your GRLevel 3/Stormlab needs if you end up settling on a particular Car Nav model that will not support that use.
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