The only time I had an issue with Garmin hardware, they took good care of me too... my issue was warranty covered, and didn’t cost me a penny :)
So count me in the 'Yeah for Garmin!' column.
I use to say the same thing about my husband....GG
Heart of America, Kansas folk.
I bought my Garmin in 2008. Last year, I decided to take advantage of the free upload of the latest maps.
Hoo Boy! I thought I’d never finish. It took 2 and a half hours! And I have a high speed digital Road Runner network! I had to watch it too, as periodically I had to hit “Yes” or “Save” and junk like that.
Anyway... I love the Garmin. I gave it to my son. And before I drive to Colorado this summer - I plan on getting another Garmin. One of those 5” screen jobbies.
Love My Garmin Too. No Issues to date,we have three.
I did notice that it gave you a problem at Fort Benning, Ga
Military Scrambles GPS in some Areas, Mine goes funny around Northwest Florida...Several Bases
I am also a fan of Olathe based Garmin. I have an etrex Vista handheld for hiking that is about ten years old and used extensively. I had to purchase the Mapsource data disks separately. The computer interface connected to a serial port, and I had to find a guy who made an adapter for serial/USB cable. When traveling I had it on the dash so I could grab it when needed, although the B&W 2” x 1.25” screen was hard to see. Never had a problem with it.
Got the wife a vehicle unit about five years ago, and it too has been perfect in operation. Recently got one for son-in-law and he loves it. Time to get an upgrade for the wife now. They keep getting better.
Garmin in the only brand I’ll consider.
Heart of America, Kansas folk.
We also had some RINO 530HCx's that we used for training. Good quality FRS/GPRS radio, and you can see yourself and your buddies plotted on the on-screen map. Not cheap, but super convenient and reliable.
My Garmin Street Pilot 2730 WORKS alright, but the woman’s “whiskey and cigarette” voice is very irritating to me. Plus.....whatever accent she has indicates to me that English is NOT her native tongue.
So I wonder; how did she get the gig of being the voice of Garmin? The only thing I can think of is that she must be SOMEBODY’s mistress! I would change to anothe voice if it were possible, but I have not been able to find any way of doing it. I previously owned a Magellen, and the female voice on it was so sweet I “had a crush” on the GPS lady.
But the gal on Garmin is anything but pleasant.
We have an older Garmin. Hubby updated the maps. They, well, they suck. It keeps trying to send us through a secured military arsenal (for a u-turn) because it claims we missed our turn. And that’s just ONE of the idiot things it does. He bought a second Garmin and is NOT updating the maps.
My grand father fought the damn Garmins in WW2. Why are you doing business with the Krauts!!!
I just got a new Garmin Nuvi that’s the voice activated model. I LOVE it so far! I got this dash mount that kind of sticks (but it’s not sticky. kind of weird) to the dash instead me having to keep putting it back on the windshield because it’s fallen down again. :~)
I have so many Garmins I lost count. I do like using them. However, not a one of them has the feature I want. I want one that shows lat, long, date, time with running seconds all on one screen. I take photographs with the gps in the photo and it would be so great to have all that in one shot.
how do you update its software?