Car GPS Comparo in Choice Mag

Second that for the Tom Toms.

Have a Go730 and it is so much easier to use than the Garmin Nuvi 310 I had.
Menus are easier to use and allow u to do things better than the Garmin.
As they are designed as City navs I guess that anything else you do is outside the normal design paremeters and may or may not be easy to do.

Cheers.

Hiya Bob,
What were the parameters for the comparisons??

I had a brief look at the article at breakfast time this morning. It seems that their criteria was 'navigators' more suited to city driving. They did say they were also tested in the country -where they navigated to a winery. If i wanted to go to a winery, i would go to the town and follow signage! Hardly a job for needing a GPS.

I took them to task last time about not considering the aspects i consider important in a GPS, but they didn't agree with me. It seems the majority buy them so they can get told 'where to go' by a voice, in a city. We travellers who find other uses for a GPS must be a poor minority. I shall write to them again.

They do not consider whether the GPS has facility to download comprehensive maps, a breadcrumb trail, or any other useful features for the outback.

Motherhen

Still confused about which GPS i want to upgrade to.

Choice's target is mass consumption items.

I wish the reviewers would also look at how sensibly the devices to routing. I live in Ballarat, and when I have tried using some of the devices to take me to Harcourt, they always seem to want to take me via the freeways and the Melbourne ring road, rather than using the midland highway which is much quicker

So if you are demonstrating units in a shop try getting then to calculate routes like that and see if they do a sensible job of it.