thinking of buying the Magellan roadmate 800 GPS from costco

[Maximus96]

I read the reviews on amazon and it got 4 out of 5 stars. mostly complains of not able to play mp3's while using navagation and that it doesn't pronounce street names. Is the $500 price a good buy? I have the coupon but costco was all out and giving rainchecks instead. For that price, is there something better?

 

[Maximus96]

anybody?

 

[AUMM]

have you checked out the nuvo 360?

 

[Maximus96]

i googled nuvo 360, bunch of stuff came up, nothing about gps nav.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Maximus96
i googled nuvo 360, bunch of stuff came up, nothing about gps nav.

did you try googling "nuvo 360 gps"?

 

[Maximus96]

if you guys meant the Nuvi 360, amazon sells it for $900. thats considerably more than what I plan to spend. i don't think i'll pay more than 500.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Sony Nav U can be had for around $450.

The 360 is top rated and is also very portable as it is tiny

Search is your friend:

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=38&threadid=1874745&enterthread=y

 

[Maximus96]

thanks but that thread shows no conclusive recommendation on the best $500 unit. the 360 may be top rated and tiny, but is almost 2x the price.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Try this site..........................

 

[Miramonti]

Garmin 320c @$279

This unit's awesome for the price. Garmin has the best mapping software (navtec.)

 

[Maximus96]

the price for the garmin 320 is attractive, but the unit itself is not. looks like those tom tom units i see on tv. i'll look more inot it, thanks!

 

[JS80]

wait for garmin c550