allicat001

Looking to buy a GPS for Canada and USA OH is going out on the highway trucking. Have been told that Garmin is the best anybody got any recomendations?

Any help would be appreciated.

sholeee

What specifically do you need a GPS for?Do you have the coordinates of the place in advance?or Do you need the one with already built in maps?
Garmin is good

allicat001

looking for something to use in the truck for work and also in the car when he's not working so was looking at one with maps built in - Garmin Nuvi 265W/WT GPS - 4.3" Touch Screen or Garmin Nuvi 1350T Auto GPS - 4.3" Touch Screen can't work out the difference ??

Rete

Personally, I find that they all suck. I find they do not give proper directions and take you the long way around. Have found this out on several trips that I make routinely. They had me going sometimes 10 miles out of the way.

Kirsty John and Dominic

Ive got a panasonic strada its got a 5" screen never had any problems with it. Would reccomend one

manningl

Tom Tom1 is all you need in my opinion... I have an old one that has the mb card slot in the bottom so I have the UK, Canada & US on it.

I have used it extensively around Florida, Ontario and LA and its been brilliant. Its enabled me to go to everywhere I've wanted to and get back without any problems. I would say as long as you are cautious around city centres(due to new 1 way systems and road layout changes) you will be fine

Occasionally when you're sitting in a car with a local and you are following the GPS they will say "Oh why did it take you down this road when you could have just cut across there" but for me I would never be without it

Oink

Apparently you can get Snoop Doggy Dog to do the voice for your sat-nat/GPS. Which is nice.

Novocastrian

Why would anyone need a GPS in Canada? There are very few roads and virtually no choices of routes. Get a map.

G77

States in the original post that he will be going to the US.... With a myriad of roads in the US, I wouldn't fancy navigating that via map. Whilst I appreciate that people did have to do this at one time, for the sake of 100 quid - why inflict such pain on yourself?

I have a TomTom and whilst it does take me on some strange routes occasionally, it normally works out ok.... I have heard that Garmin's have better Points Of Interest (POI) databases for the US. I was however familiar with the TomTom interface after using it for years in the UK, so that's what I stuck with.

Novocastrian

Perhaps I should've added a smiley.

I've posted this before, but when I first lived in California (33 years ago) I asked in a gas station if they had a map.

The attendant looked down at where I was standing and asked "Why, what have you spilled?"

Atlantic Xpat

Good grief, you jest surely? I always hire a GPS on my bi-annual forays around the GTA. 'Where have you been?' people ask me and it's difficult to answer because I merely follow the bleep to another postcode. And of course urban sprawl looks the same whereever you are. No, without GPS I would be stuck in an endless loop trying to get out of the industrial part of Richmond Hill.

G77

You'd need at the very least a map now, what a sprawling mess of confusing roads!

dbd33

We just spent a week driving around AZ. Since we took a map, rather than a gizmo, we achieved the same effect by having the passenger recite "please return to the highlight rout" in a tinny, vaguely Oriental, voice.

Martin99

I prefer the TomTom products, too. I use mine in Europe and North America with no issues at all.

Cheers

Martin

burton bunch

i have a Garmin nuvi and never had any problems with it - have used it in the UK here and in the states too and works a treat - apart from downtown calgary when it gets a little confused because of the high rise buildings

There is a place in calgary that does really good deals on GPS systems called GPS Central a google search should bring it up for you and they ship to you too