Navi devices - TomTom? Other?

hyperJulie
Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:56:57 +0000

We have an older Garmin Nuvi model that overall we’re pretty happy with. I think it’s relatively simple to use (from the main screen one of the options is “Where to?” and from there I think the first option is to enter address). One drawback is how slow it can be to acquire satellites, and our particular model does not show the highway lanes, which is a feature I like a lot on newer ones.

My SIL has a TomTom and I really hate the thing. The big difference between the two is that our Garmin, immediately after making a turn, gives us the next street/exit/etc. by NAME with a distance. The TomTom did not give street names and only eventually said when and in what direction to turn (though that may only be true of cheaper/older models). My MIL is in her 50s and a computer programmer and couldn’t deal with it.