gps navigation May 07, 2009, 02:16:37 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102194Costco has the Garmin Nuvi 855 4.3" touch-screen gps navigation system online for $299. Has anyone had any experience or have an opinion about this unit? Thanks Robert 2000 23.5 tk Whidbey Island
Re: gps navigation Reply #1 – May 07, 2009, 02:41:32 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102198"Costco has the Garmin Nuvi 855 4.3" touch-screen gps navigation system online for $299." That's a good price (about $80 less than any other reputable vendor) for a very good GPS--at or close to the top of Garmin's product line. It has a large, easy-to-read screen, and sports pretty much every imaginable feature except Bluetooth and European maps. (Those are available in the $535 Nuvi 855T model.) Bluetooth is only useful if you want to use your GPS as a speakerphone in conjunction with a compatible cell phone. Since almost all cell phones already have built-in speakerphone capability (and let's face it, you should be talking while driving anyway!), this Nuvi feature is of little value. If I were shopping for a GPS now, I'd jump on this deal. I presume one must be a Costco member to buy through their online site?Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
Re: gps navigation Reply #2 – May 08, 2009, 02:19:28 am Yahoo Message Number: 102210Quote Costco has the Garmin Nuvi 855 4.3" touch-screen gps navigation system online for $299. Has anyone had any experience or have an opinion about this unit? Thanks Robert 2000 23.5 tk Whidbey Island It's the Garmin I'd buy, since I don't need Bluetooth, if I were replacing my current Garmin. Here are more details: http://www.gpscity.com/compare/nuvi855&nuvi885tIt sounds like a good price, too.Sharon N.Crossville, TN
Re: gps navigation Reply #3 – May 09, 2009, 08:56:09 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102241QuoteHas anyone had any experience or have an opinion about this unit? Thanks Robert Robert, I've had both; the Tom Tom One and a Nuvi 670. I think the Tom Tom has the more user friendly interface, but the Gamin has more extras. Mind you, this is the second Nuvi 670, the last one said, "updating blue tooth firmware," in Oregon on the way to Phoenix. So I had to revert to the Tom Tom while Garmin was replacing the unit with a remanufactured one. The main gripes with the Tom Tom was the map data was out of date, but you'll find that happens with both units. None of these gps units are infallible, the new Garmin replacement had us traveling about 100 feet alongside the freeway through marshes and lakes. I know it's hard to find an actual working unit to compare at a brick and mortar store, so your left only with reviews, and what other folks have to say about what they have, Best of luck, Jim Pappas Tacoma, WA
Re: gps navigation Reply #4 – May 10, 2009, 07:54:18 pm Yahoo Message Number: 102251I picked up the Nuvi 850 a couple months back for the same price. The 855 adds a little (lane assist) but nothing of great significance to me. I like it a lot. The voice recognition is good and since I was a huge tinkerer with the old Garmin, I am now a much safer driver because I no longer tinker. I think the Garmin trip engine is very good as well. You don't need the bluetooth. The only advantage would be to be able to call a place once you do a POI search. For bluetooth, I have my phone in a "holster" that hangs from a louver of the A/C duct and a Motorola H700 bluetooth with a fold in/fold out boom. When folder in, it is off. When the phone rings, I can look to see who is calling and answer by simply folding out the boom (automatically turning it on) hanging it over my ear and saying hello. I NEVER make a call while driving. What's the point? The one disadvantage of this is that the phone has the bluetooth on all the time so the battery needs charging a bit sooner.DaveRub the red 04 RK
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