Ace Hardware and Kmart will offer the Nextar X3 GPS device for $79.99
According to several websites tracking Black Friday deals, retailers Ace Hardware, CVS Pharmacy and Kmart will have the best deals on GPS navigation devices; selling it at $79.99+tax.
The next price points are $95 for a Magellan Roadmate 1200 GPS Navigation System; $95 for a Pharos PDR-200 GPS (Dell) and $99.99 for a TomTom One 125 3.5″ GPS device.
Personally, I would stay away from unknown brands (or white label) and choose a GPS-maker that’s been in this business for awhile; with a good reputation like TomTom or Magellan.
A GPS device is such a critical component in my daily driving that I wouldn’t want a slow one – that would take forever to calculate or re-calculate a route; or one with limited/hard to follow navigation instructions or one with inaccurate/old maps.
The prices for GPS devices will be cheap enough on Black Friday that buying a better known brand might not make a huge difference in price.
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I spent about a month researching Garmin Nuvis before I settled on the 265WT. I knew I wanted a Nuvi, but wasn’t sure of the features I’d want or need. All of the features on this unit are great. I don’t use the Bluetooth, but do use everything else. I like the new firmware – the Eco Route is very useful for gas mileage purposes. There really isn’t anything negative I can say about it. I got it for a great price (around $240 when I bought it and it’s worth every penny). If you can get it for a lower price, that’s great, but to me, $240 was worth it for the features it has.
NOW, in order take advantage of all of the features, you need to really know what the unit can do and the user manual just doesn’t cover it all. You need to search online for uses (there are a ton that I’d never even have thought of, like GeoTagging photographs)! Luckily, a guy named Gary Hayman had put together an excellent tutorial. Without him, I’d simply have used my Nuvi to get from point A to point B, but he has taught me that it can be used for SO MUCH MORE! Check his site out. I’ll post the link, but if it doesn’t come through, just do an online search for his name and GPS (or Nuvi). Or seach his name and ‘garmin GPS Tricks, Tips, Work Arounds, Hint, Secrets and Ideas’. AND, no, I’m in no way compensated to give him props, but after you see his site, you’ll see why he deserves mention. Like I said, I wouldn’t know all of the wonders of my Nuvi if not for his site. He definitely deserves credit for taking this from a good GPS system to an excellent gadget capable of so much more than I ever though.
Now, more specifics:
The screen size is great (one of the features I insisted I get was widescreen)/
The Traffic feature is good. I had read some bad reviews of it, so I guess I wasn’t expecting much, but I’ve had good luck with – it’s gotten me around a couple of traffic tie-ups (I live in Atlanta, so traffic is a big deal here). The ‘free’ traffic feature is ad supported. But, honestly, the ads aren’t a bother at all – they’re very small and aren’t constant – they appear every so often.
The new EcoRoute feature rocks. You simply plug in your gas price (and a couple more specific items about your vehicle) and it keeps track of how much you spend per tank and per trip! So, if you want to know how much it costs you to drive to work, it keeps a list of every trip you make and show your the cost of fuel. Just be sure to enter the new gas price each time you fill up for accurate results.
That’s about all I can think of right now. I’d highly recommned this Nuvi. Lots of advanced features for a reasonable price.
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