sat-nav/gps war in my head... help me!

[remixedcat]

Magellan RoadMate 1440 Auto GPS - 4.3" Touch Screen Display, Text-To-Speech, Lane Assistant, North America Maps (Refurbished)
The Magellan RoadMate 1440 includes many premier features, starting with Magellan's exclusive OneTouch™ favorites menu.
$79.99 tigerdirect

Garmin Nuvi 255 GPS - 3.5" Touch Screen, HotFix, Picture Viewer, 3D Map View, North American Maps (Refurbished)
For peace of mind on the go, nüvi 255 leads the way with voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that speak street names.
$84.97 tigerdirect


so what one should I get???

[Triprift]

Garmin one since ive never even heard of the other mob.

[mlee49]

Go Garmin or go home. Best devices, best support, best gps ever.

Take this for starters, Garmin owns GPS in every category: Auto, Marine, Aviation, Fitness, and Outdoor.

Magellen at best has a share of the Auto market. Thats it.

Who you gonna go with?

[remixedcat]

yeah but the magellan has more features tho and more routing engine options.

however garmin is a more secure company magellan got bought out by MiTAC.

I don't know which is gonna be better.

keep at it the more people talk about this the better thanks so much :)

[Triprift]

What about tom tom they always get reviews for there one?

[remixedcat]

tom-tom uses teleatlas which is not so great for the US.

[JC316]

Tom Tom rocks. I got one on black friday. Beats the hell out of my old garmin.

[FordGT90Concept]

Magellan mini review:
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Garmin mini review:
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I personally use Microsoft Streets & Trips 2007 (upgrading to 2011 later this year) paired with a Pharos GPS 500 receiver. Not very portable but it is pretty damn accurate.

[twilyth]

I've had 2 Garmins. They work great. Very accurate. "Loaned" the first one to a friend. I've seen a lot of bad press for Magellan. Wouldn't touch them personally.

[yogurt_21]

droid

[remixedcat]

cant. dont want a cellphone :p.

[Steevo]

I like my motonav and google navigation minus the annoying voice.

[remixedcat]

im boycotting google so :p

[theJesus]

My step-dad has a Magellan (don't know which one) for work and I've used it a few times. I really don't like it. It always gives wacky directions.

[remixedcat]

they use very aggressive routing. my old magellan hiking gps did too. it had us drive thtough an apartment complex's parking lot and it saved us 20 minutes! I actually like that kinda routing!