GPS Street Pilot III

[RJ2]

Is this the only one that does auto rerouting, and where is the best place to buy one of these units. I cannot find a place that has them ,much less see how they work. Best Buys has the lower end in a box, and not hooked up.

 

[JJW_ND]

Their is also a Garmin V http://www.garmin.com/products/gps5/

but is is black in white. The Street Pilot 111 is a pretty amazing GPS. We have the Older Colormaps and a couple of the newer SP111. The autorouting is very powerful. I drove through 5 western states last week and headed for the east central states this week. I don't even wory about maps anymore. Not to mention info on all the resturants, ATMs service stations.



One purchsing search sites are to find pricing http://www.mysimon.com/



A very good Garmin site especially for accessories is http://www.gpscity.com/ We have order quite a bit on line with no problems. To your door in a few days.



jjw

ND

 

[work2muchplay2little]

I bought a Street Pilot III a couple of weeks ago and have some observations to make. First of all, the unit is well designed and has numerous thoughful features. The display is bright enough to see in sunlight. If you drive outside of a single metropolitan area, you'll want to get a larger data card (comes with a 32Mb card). You can download maps to the card via the included USB card reader or via a serial connection. The USB route is MUCH faster. However, to get the waypoints, and routes you set up on your PC version of the map into the GPS unit, you'll have to connect via the serial port directly to the unit. I've found that selecting a waypoint from the Street Pilot screen and having it auto route is easier than downloading a route from the PC. Also, it will automatically recalculate your route if you take a detour/shortcut (AKA wrong turn ). It worked flawlessly in the downtown areas of Dallas where my Earthmate would always lose signal. I also like the features of continuously displaying the current street address you are driving by and the next street ahead. I got mine from http://www.gps4fun.com/main_store.html who had the best price I could find, $779 and great service to boot.

 

[Koa Man]

If you want to wait a little while, Garmin SPIII Dlx will be available early June. GPS City will have them with 128 megs and unlock all DCAs for $779. I just bought the GPS V, mainly because my wife will be going to IL and renting a car. I would have bought the SPIII but it does not have a Hawaii map whereas the GPS V does. We have been playing around with it so she'll know how to use it on her trip. The GPS V works great. I would not get a GPS for a vehicle w/o auto routing. Very important feature. Check this website for tons of info: http://joe.mehaffey.com/

You can also get the GPS V Dlx with all unlock DCAs for $419. 00 The GPS V has some features the SPIII does not. Check Garmin's site and do a product comparison. Advantage of the SP III over the GPS V is larger color screen and voice prompts.

 

[JohnMcIntyre]

Another alternative perhaps?

Don't know what "sounds" you have set up in the truck or are considering in the future, but there are a couple of manufacturers supplying "integrated" GPS-based satnav systems, which hook up into a daisy-chained, composite CD/FM/AM/etc unit, complete with 6. 5 inch pop-out color screen.



I can only speak from experience, but I'm very pleased with my unit from Alpine which uses a single DVD disc to cover the whole of Europe and a similar DVD system is available in the USA too!!



I used it extensively whilst I was travelling in the USA and Canada last year and so far it's been unbelievably useful on my subsequent travels to Switzerland, Belgium, France, Holland and Germany. Further details are in the sigfile below FYI.

 

[FDziurda]

Streetpilot

I have the older Streetpilot Colormap that I bought on E-Bay for $300 (New). I found the best "Street Price" for GPS stuff at GPS City and then looked on E-Bay for a better deal. Take a look at:



http://search.ebay.com/search/searc...=1&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&BasicSearch=



Good Luck,



Frank

 

[Koa Man]

Be careful on when shopping for stuff on Ebay. If you do a careful search, you can often times find things cheaper at various on line sites with no waiting for an auction to end. Especially don't like Ebay sellers who will only take c/checks or mo's. Hard to get money back if they stiff you or take a long time to send stuff. If you are looking for a GPS V or SPIII w/the unlock all DCA's option, I don't think you will find it cheaper than GPS City or Advanced GPS.

 

[Dkevdog]

I bought a GPS V on Ebay for $375 + $10 shipping. They are out there you just have to look for em .



Kev

 

[Oliver88]

GPS

I'm new to this GPS stuff and am currently looking. Is there a monthly fee for using these things or just the one time purchase price? What is a good beginners model? Or should I just start out with a good one and save the upgrade money? I thought about getting a Palm Pilot 505 and buying the GPS adapter and I would kill two birds with one stone. I'd have a palm and a GPS. Or does this set up not work as well as a stand alone GPS? Any help would be appreciated.

Greg

 

[Koa Man]

Dkevdog,

Advanced GPS sells the GPS V for $369 with free shipping, with all unlock codes for $424.

You can get the GPS V with all unlock codes for $419 from GPS City but pay for shipping.

On Street Pilot III, those websites are selling them at least $50 cheaper than I have seen them going for on EBay.



Oliver88,

I have a HP Jornada and was looking to add a GPS unit to it, but in doing research, it appeared to me that the stand alone GPS is far better. Much quicker response and most are pretty waterproof (can be submerged 1 meter for 20 min. with no damage). The GPS V can be used for hiking or when walking around unfamiliar city streets to find addresses or where you parked your car. One website that sold GPS units for PDAs said it would update only every 15 sec. due to licensing agreements. The regular GPS will update every second. If you are driving on a highway and see something you want to check out, truck, restaurant, shop, etc. no need to stop or write down the address. Just hit waypoint on the GPS and it will instantly record the location where you hit the button while you are moving. Later you can look up the waypoint, log it in as your destination, and it will guide you there from where you are. It will estimate your ETA based on speed you are driving and routes you have to take. I found the ETA feature very accurate and will adjust if you get stuck in traffic. So far accuracy on ETA have been about 1 minute. It has tons of features that I haven't tried yet. I have only had mine for 5 days, but did a lot of research before buying.

 

[RJ2]

Koa Man did you end up getting a Garmin?

 

[Koa Man]

Yes, the GPS V is a Garmin.