GPS Units???
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GPS Units???
Hey all of you techno geeks, what is a good, not to terrible expensive GPS unit? I want a unit that I can carry in the woods/on the boat, mount in the F-150 and connect to the laptop and mount on the bike. Because I want to mount it on the bike I will need one that has a built in map. Also size is an issue, I want to mount the unit next to my instrument cluster on the bike. This will allow me to see the map without looking away from the road. Here is a pic of the gauge on the bike, I will make/buy a bracket to mount the GPS unit so I do have some freedom to be creative.
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I cannot speak from personal experience, but I've heard good things about TomTom's GPS units ... http://www.tomtom.com/products/produ...=80&Language=4
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If Magellan's units are even remoted similar to the Hertz Neverlost system they profess to be derived from, do yourself a favor and go to Hertz and rent a car with the Neverlost system installed. I find the systemt to be absolutely horrible. My basis for this opinion is three+ years with the amazing factory Nissan navigation system, several uses of the Lexus system (in an RX300, not mine) and earlier ownership of a portable Garmin unit.
My biggest gripe about Neverlost...when it starts the actual route guidance. (this was still true just a few weeks ago when I rented in St. Louis)
Let's say you are in a parking lot and you program a destination. It calculates the route fairly quickly and then directs you to road. What it always seems to fail to do is get you to that road. So, let's say for instance that when you exit the parking lot, there is a one-way street. (happened to me in Pasadena) The road it is directing you to is actually parallel to that road, as you can see on the map. It assumes that you can find your way to that road. If I could find my own way to a strange road, I would not need to nav system, especially in an unknown city.
I find that behavior very annoying and it's the reason I would not buy Magellan. YMMV.
My biggest gripe about Neverlost...when it starts the actual route guidance. (this was still true just a few weeks ago when I rented in St. Louis)
Let's say you are in a parking lot and you program a destination. It calculates the route fairly quickly and then directs you to road. What it always seems to fail to do is get you to that road. So, let's say for instance that when you exit the parking lot, there is a one-way street. (happened to me in Pasadena) The road it is directing you to is actually parallel to that road, as you can see on the map. It assumes that you can find your way to that road. If I could find my own way to a strange road, I would not need to nav system, especially in an unknown city.
I find that behavior very annoying and it's the reason I would not buy Magellan. YMMV.
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Good GPS
I use a Garmin e-trex Legend. 
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/index.jsp
You can pick one up for about $160-$170 now, it comes with a decent base map, and you can interface with a laptop through the serial or USB port with an adapter.
I have used this for all of your requests and have had great success.
http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/index.jsp
You can pick one up for about $160-$170 now, it comes with a decent base map, and you can interface with a laptop through the serial or USB port with an adapter.
I have used this for all of your requests and have had great success.