I have the 700 level (not the newest with voice recognition) My first one was stolen out of my (admittedly unlocked) car in my driveway in our tiny gated community (it's Florida. Apparently all the non bug infested homes are in gated communities. sheesh)
We got this one because we're planning foreign travel, and it has modules for many of the cities we're about to visit, and also has walking directions as well as driving.
I agree both with its ease of use and somewhat confusing "add a stop" subroutine.
I do note that it has the directions and recommendations for several restaurants that are no longer there... and it doesn't have the newest ones. I'm told it is update-able, but I haven't managed to do it yet.
My husband also has the Tom Tom (because he decided the concept was great, but he wasn't going to take it from me in our new home when he had to go on multiple business trips) It's less intuitive, but it has some features that are cool... he says it seems more like it would appeal to an engineer or a programer: they think that way. It's kindof amusing to put both in the same car and play dueling GPS. Nuvi has taken me on strange detours on occasion when it detected backed up traffic on 95 in Miami. I got to tour Little Havana on the way to an audition!.... But it most often gets us where we're going faster while Tom Tom goes the shortest, but perhaps back street and slower due to lights, direction.
Using Nuvi, I have been able to go to addresses in cities I've never been to, find restaurants a bunch of friends all decided to meet up at, while there, and to get to auditions in downtown SoBe and Miami, without knowing the way. It's a comforting tool to have
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We got this one because we're planning foreign travel, and it has modules for many of the cities we're about to visit, and also has walking directions as well as driving.
I agree both with its ease of use and somewhat confusing "add a stop" subroutine.
I do note that it has the directions and recommendations for several restaurants that are no longer there... and it doesn't have the newest ones. I'm told it is update-able, but I haven't managed to do it yet.
My husband also has the Tom Tom (because he decided the concept was great, but he wasn't going to take it from me in our new home when he had to go on multiple business trips) It's less intuitive, but it has some features that are cool... he says it seems more like it would appeal to an engineer or a programer: they think that way. It's kindof amusing to put both in the same car and play dueling GPS. Nuvi has taken me on strange detours on occasion when it detected backed up traffic on 95 in Miami. I got to tour Little Havana on the way to an audition!.... But it most often gets us where we're going faster while Tom Tom goes the shortest, but perhaps back street and slower due to lights, direction.
Using Nuvi, I have been able to go to addresses in cities I've never been to, find restaurants a bunch of friends all decided to meet up at, while there, and to get to auditions in downtown SoBe and Miami, without knowing the way. It's a comforting tool to have