What is best unit for car with voice commands?

[toddreg]

I friend of mine is in the market for a unit for his wife to use in the car. Ease of use and accurate maps for non-metro areas are primary factors.

 

Thanks for your input

[Motorcycle_Mama]

Do you mean a unit that gives voice commands or one that responds to voice commands?

[toddreg]

Do you mean a unit that gives voice commands or one that responds to voice commands?

 

Both

[+busternfruss]

I friend of mine is in the market for a unit for his wife to use in the car. Ease of use and accurate maps for non-metro areas are primary factors.

 

Thanks for your input

 

I don't know whether this one is "best" or not, but I've had a Garmin Nuvi 350 for a year and I love love it!! The price is down to $199 at Amazon, I think. This unit is very easy to use (I am NOT a techie, I'm an elementary teacher!!) and speaks the names of each street for turns in addition to the distance, often tells me which lane to get in too. If you prefer to go another route, it will quickly recalculate and tell you how to go that way, no endless "make a U turn" messages as some units do. I highly recommend this GPS. (It does not respond to voice commands, if that was what you mean. But it talks TO you.) There are other, fancier models of Nuvis, but this one is great IMHO.

 

I've also used it for geocaching (although it's really made for car use), and it's very accurate in finding coordinates. It finds and holds the satellite signals very well.

 

If he gets any of the Nuvi series, there is a very good bean-bag mount that works great. (Everything else you'd need is included with the GPS, including the windshield kind of mount.) But I'm picky about my car and didn't want anything stuck to it. Be sure to get the beanbag that is specifically for Nuvis, not the other Garmin one. if you don't want to use the regular mount.

 

HTH a little--

Edited June 27, 2008 by busternfruss

[Gamma68]

I would presume that you've seen the new Garmin TV ads for the voice recognition auto nav units (800 series). As far as I know they aren't actually available yet, at least I haven't seen them available anywhere.

[Motorcycle_Mama]

Yeah, if you want it to accept voice commands, then you need to look at the Garmin 800 series.

 

https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11545

 

Amazon has it for $900.

http://www.amazon.com/Garmin-4-3-Inch-Wide...r/dp/B0012BI26K

[TransFXB]

Tomtom Go 7x0 (730 and 930) have voice commands. Tomtom is by far in road GPS business since a longer time than Garmin.

Edited June 28, 2008 by TransFXB

[TransFXB]

Duplicate....

Edited June 29, 2008 by TransFXB

[+kidcobalt]

I friend of mine is in the market for a unit for his wife to use in the car. Ease of use and accurate maps for non-metro areas are primary factors.

 

Thanks for your input

 

We have the nuvi 260. Basic,Simple, Accurate and a clear voice.

 

Except now I have 2 women telling me were to go.

 

We love it.

[+Nochipra]

I friend of mine is in the market for a unit for his wife to use in the car. Ease of use and accurate maps for non-metro areas are primary factors.

 

Thanks for your input

 

I don't know whether this one is "best" or not, but I've had a Garmin Nuvi 350 for a year and I love love it!! The price is down to $199 at Amazon, I think. This unit is very easy to use (I am NOT a techie, I'm an elementary teacher!!) and speaks the names of each street for turns in addition to the distance, often tells me which lane to get in too. If you prefer to go another route, it will quickly recalculate and tell you how to go that way, no endless "make a U turn" messages as some units do. I highly recommend this GPS. (It does not respond to voice commands, if that was what you mean. But it talks TO you.) There are other, fancier models of Nuvis, but this one is great IMHO.

 

I've also used it for geocaching (although it's really made for car use), and it's very accurate in finding coordinates. It finds and holds the satellite signals very well.

 

If he gets any of the Nuvi series, there is a very good bean-bag mount that works great. (Everything else you'd need is included with the GPS, including the windshield kind of mount.) But I'm picky about my car and didn't want anything stuck to it. Be sure to get the beanbag that is specifically for Nuvis, not the other Garmin one. if you don't want to use the regular mount.

 

HTH a little--

 

We also have a Garmin Nuvi 350 and we love it too. It work just fine for geocaching. We put it into pedestrian mode once we get to the location of the cache and it tells you which direction to walk.