Ed Pawlowski wrote:
"Mike" wrote in message
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Do you own one, if so, what brand?

Buying a gift for someone, and have been reading reviews until I'm
blue in the face. Looking to spend around $250. Been looking on
NewEgg, any suggestions for competitors?

Thanks


I have a Garmin Nuvi 350. It does what I ask of it.
I have little experience with other brands, but they all seem to have
comparable features in a given price range, they all use the same
satellites and most use the same maps.

GPS is reliable and mine gets me where I want to go. Keep in mind
though, it does not always know the "best" route. Computers have
their little quirks and it will pick the route you requested, say
shortest, but that may take you ways you would prefer not to travel. They
don't know traffic conditions, rush our tie ups and so forth. As a
forinstance, I'm in northeast CT and if I plug in a destination
around New Jersey or Philadelphia, it will route me down rt. 95 and
across the George Washington Bridge. I'd rather go route 84 and the
Tappan Zee Bridge. Having traveled those routes for 30 years, I
don't even turn the GPS on until I'm close to an unknown area for my
destination. It is very hand looking for those city streets.

Handy as they are, you still have to look out the window to drive to
where you want to go.

Do any have the feature, at any price, that allows you to mark an area, say
an intersection, as "Don't go there!"?