Advice needed on portable GPS unit

[Guest redhood]

Hi all,

Need your advice. I am thinking of getting a GPS unit for my car but need advice on which unit is the best for my purposes. I've listed some things I think is important to me below. Hope you guys can help out.

1) 5" screen cos' I'm going blind liao.

2) bluetooth phone connection so I don't have to try and read by iPhone screen to call and loud speaker so I can hear caller.

3) Traffic jam avoidance - is there such a thing?

4) fits nicely on my SLK windscreen and won't fly off when I drive topless. haha!

5) unlimited map updates and rentable maps for overseas trips.

any other features that might be useful?

Any advice will be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

[Guest Yap ST]

Hi,

Mine is a build in GPS. Not from CnC.

U can have a look on this Sunday GTG at Kallang Carpark F..

It SURE will not fly off from Ur ride...

Heee

[Guest Audifreak]

Try Garmin products. The singapore distributor rents out map as well.

The newer gamins all have buetooth, speaker, voice recognition etc..

[Guest blackmercs]

Go command will solve most of yr problem. GPS with Bluetooth function, get Garmin. But where do u plan to mount it?

[Guest cmsoh]

I've used Garmin for a long time, since the Nuvi 300 model till the latest one I'm using now, Nuvi 2575. I like this model as it has integrated camera and acts as a driving recorder, to protect against fradulent insurance claims.

You'll need to get the additional FM traffice receiver for traffic news and avoidance.

I'm driving an E-cab with the top down most of the time, so far it hasn't flown off yet.

The good thing about Garmin is the strong community support, and multiple map options, all of which are very frequently updated.

[Guest redhood]

Thanks to Yap and Blackmercs. I am thinking of a cheaper solution than to change my ICE to a bulit-in headunit or Command.

Thanks to Audifreak and Cmsoh. I am keen on a Garmin. Which model would you recommend?

Does anybody know if the "Live Traffic" advice and re-routing that Holux claims to have is also available on the Garmins?

[Guest Cklasse]

Garmin came out with a new Nuvi that can double as video recorder to record what's ahead during driving as well as a GPS. You may want to explore this model in Garmin website.

[Guest cmsoh]

redhood wrote:

Thanks to Yap and Blackmercs. I am thinking of a cheaper solution than to change my ICE to a bulit-in headunit or Command.

Thanks to Audifreak and Cmsoh. I am keen on a Garmin. Which model would you recommend?

Does anybody know if the "Live Traffic" advice and re-routing that Holux claims to have is also available on the Garmins?

Check out the Nuvi 2575R, not the cheapest GPS unit around, but packed with features.

As explained, Garmin also has the FM traffic receiver for live traffic updates and routing. Basically an icon will pop up telling you the traffic condition, and you can opt to reroute. You can also set it to automatically avoid traffic situations.

[Guest apple088]

Audifreak wrote:

Try Garmin products. The singapore distributor rents out map as well.

The newer gamins all have buetooth, speaker, voice recognition etc..

Yes very useful when travel for short trips. rental for maps only $2 day min 7 days.

But only applies for set bought thru the authorized distributor.

[Guest Icez]

apple088 wrote:

Yes very useful when travel for short trips. rental for maps only $2 day min 7 days.

But only applies for set bought thru the authorized distributor.

Where do you rent from? I've got my set from a shop @ funan and need to rent for an upcoming trip overseas, but they charge $30 flat rate for rental..no daily rates

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Icez wrote:

Where do you rent from? I've got my set from a shop @ funan and need to rent for an upcoming trip overseas, but they charge $30 flat rate for rental..no daily rates

U can rent from Navicom - agent for Garmin.

IIRC $2/day on a weekly basis!

[Guest cmsoh]

Which country are you going to? There's quite a few good community maps available for Garmin.

[Guest Sanjay]

cmsoh wrote:

Which country are you going to? There's quite a few good community maps available for Garmin.

just download google maps on your smartphone... shd sort the whole thing out

[Guest Icez]

cmsoh wrote:

Which country are you going to? There's quite a few good community maps available for Garmin.

Thanks! Heading to Australia...Are the community maps reliable? =) Don't want to go lost with maps...

[Guest redhood]

cmsoh wrote:

Check out the Nuvi 2575R, not the cheapest GPS unit around, but packed with features.

As explained, Garmin also has the FM traffic receiver for live traffic updates and routing. Basically an icon will pop up telling you the traffic condition, and you can opt to reroute. You can also set it to automatically avoid traffic situations.

Alrighty, now I can record all the kayu drivers! Tks, will check out the 2575R.

[Guest Cklasse]

Try these sites for Aussie maps

http://www.gpsoz.com.au/tracks4australia/

http://www.osmaustralia.org/garmin.php

[Guest cmsoh]

I used this one when I last went to Gold Coast.

http://mapcenter.cgpsmapper.com/

Generally most of the community maps are pretty good, I self-drove in Gold Coast using this, and never got lost once.

Also it helps if you check the address here first, and reference the maps in your GPS to confirm its correct first, and store all the bookmarks in the GPS for easy reference.

[Guest kepiting1sg]

Icez wrote:

Thanks! Heading to Australia...Are the community maps reliable? =) Don't want to go lost with maps...

I've unlock Garmin maps of Australia 2010!

It work when I went to the Gold Coast last year!

Contact me if U want with your microsd or sdcard!

[Guest Cklasse]

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[Guest kepiting1sg]

Cklasse wrote:

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