Navigon GPS 2200T $50 AR --****STARTS MONDAY Midnight 11/16 *** Froobi

tsee said: How good are the maps? Would be outdated soon without updates, no?
No more outdated than the maps on my 3 year old Garmin.

The map in it seems to be pretty good. I find it works OK compared to my Garmin maps.

For me the reality is that the maps cost more than what I wish to pay. However when I bought the Navigon a few months ago when they were first being sold refurbished for around $100 there was a discussion about them and one person claimed to have information from Navigon that the maps were a 3rd party map and would continue to be updated and available. Whether or not he knew what he was talking about I don't know.

For $50 one can't be too fussy!

The readability seems to me to be a bit better in bright light than the Garmin and the traffic info is worthwhile if you live in an urban area where there are the FM stations from which the info is picked up. The detour calculation seemed to be very fast when I used it a month ago on a trip south on highway 101 where there was a major stop in both directions with no idea of what was going on. I followed the detour directions and was able to get around the clog on a rural road through a ranching area and ended out coming back to 101 at the intersection where the traffic was stopped by the CHP due to a bad accident. I figured I was saved 3/4 of an hour or more of stop and go traffic.

My complaint is that I wish it had a 4 or 5" display and the built-in battery doesn't keep its charge very long so when I haven't driven for a couple of days to charge the battery, it takes a while to acquire satellites and I can use it.

I like to spoken street names which my Garmin doesn't have.

I found its operation to be a bit "obtuse" compared to the Garmin but manageable.

It also allows you to put in sequential stops though it doesn't as far as I can tell calculate the optimum order in which to go to the stops. You have to arrange them properly.

I had this GPS and got stollen. I am not buying this GPS again. I would rather buy Garmin.
Navigon takes for ever to turn on. Sometimes the screen gets frozen and to make it work I needed a really thin pointing object in my car to reset the gps.
If error messages display, again needs reset.
Entering address is a pain on this GPS. You need to push the tiny letters which are certainly only for skinny fingers, not for medium size or fat fingers.
When satelite is lost under tunnel, takes for ever to get back the satelite...I mean forever...you can reach your destination asking directions from a gas station instead.
Not worth all the aggrevation.

Buy a low end tom tom or garmin instead without bells and whistles

Navigator

itsme13 said: i dont know about this, but dont ever buy a Garmin.
I had a Mio which had better routing then Garmin.
You would not want to be in a city with Garmin, and i tell u this as
i travel every week, and repeat my most of cities.
I now have tomtom, the best routing's and also they give you free
corrections to your map. Most of the new locations ar part of the
free corrections.

I've come to the conclusion that buying a GPS is just about a gamble. 2 different models from the same brand often give much different overall performance. I feel this is why some people swear by tomtom and other by Garmin - both good brands overall. I've had both, and both had pros and cons. Now I have a cheapie Mio simply as it was cheap to buy thanks to a hot sale, as I don't want to waste too much money on a device that is too likely to become outdated way too soon. IOW I feel a GPS is a toss-away item.

noblewomen said: I had this GPS and got stollen. I am not buying this GPS again. I would rather buy Garmin.
Navigon takes for ever to turn on. Sometimes the screen gets frozen and to make it work I needed a really thin pointing object in my car to reset the gps.
If error messages display, again needs reset.
Entering address is a pain on this GPS. You need to push the tiny letters which are certainly only for skinny fingers, not for medium size or fat fingers.
When satelite is lost under tunnel, takes for ever to get back the satelite...I mean forever...you can reach your destination asking directions from a gas station instead.
Not worth all the aggrevation.

Buy a low end tom tom or garmin instead without bells and whistles

Navigator

Got this thru CompUSA 2 months ago for $82 shipped minus Bing Cash Back.

I sold it because 2200T's 3.5" square screen is very SMALL to type in address and screen is too busy and crowded. Also had to reboot often - very frustrating when it craps out during navigation.

And be careful on the rebate since Navigon stopped doing business in US.

got one!

Sorry, I doubled posted asked FW to remove mine. Great deal, good find. Thanks OP.