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I am in North Texas and the map of Little Rock AR popped up initially. Vacuum Mount is the best I have seen in the industry though.POI - Just forget it. Bought this real cheap $58 so I did not expect Tomtom, Garmin kind of performance.Was able to lock onto the satellite in 3 mins. Battery life is the pits. I wish I could update the data somehow. Then it realized its folly and complied.Once I keyed in where I wanted to go, it did a good job taking me through turn by turn indications with voice incl. Need to connect the adapter to the unit instead of the Vacuum Mount is a minus.
I wonder if I could pull in my city's yellow pages and upload them into this. I guess I am fine with that.Oddly enough, it took a while for it to figure out where I was. It is simply either dated or just inadequately covered. street names and directions are good. Have to plug in the adapter within 30 mins of use. Tried many restaurants which have been in my neighborhood for 6-8 year and it simply did not show. No options available to update them.Don't expect traffic data and rerouting for a product in this price range.Overall, I am reasonably happy with the purchase.
My needs for a GPS are limited. Their support seems adequate but uninspired. I'm not going to deduct a star though with the hope I don't need serious support. I saw some negative reviews but figured the price outweighed the negative thoughts.After installing it I was happy to see that the negatives seemed much overstated. To my mind, that offsets any negatives I might come up with.I did have MS Streets and Trips in the past. The beast did everything asked and did it promptly. The price point on this was a big item. Compared to Amazon's support it is the typical defensive pap others serve.
It seems to have most if not all of the features found in the more mid-range models. I was especially impressed with the voice module which seemed even clearer than my friends name brand unit.I've registered the unit and that wasn't the best experience. Electronic seem more than reliable at this point.Have to finish by saying that I am impressed with the price to features ratio that represents an excellent value. This is far superior.
The Pharos Drive GPS 200 is an excellent VALUE. I'd refer anybody considering this unit to a Tom's Guide review of "5 Stellar GPS Units Under $150": http://www.tomsguide.com/us/GPS-navigation-cheap,review-1181-10.html. The Tom's Guide review was written on December 22, 2008. I am definitely satisfied.
I was pretty skeptical with the price. It performed pretty much on par with my Magellan 3100.Pros:* windshield mount is solid* fast to recalculate route* fast to find a signal (i read the other reviews, so i'm lost as to why they had difficulty or if their expectation was higher than it should be)text to speech for the street names was good, but it does become annoying to hear it four times in a row (1 miles,.5 mile,.2 mile, and actual turn)Cons:* map is outdated, and no current map available (although it was stated previously that the map was about 2 years old)* icons are small (at least they give you a stylus and a stylus holder in the unit)* menus take a little getting used to compared to the MagellanIt's worth the money considering that I don't need to rely on it everyday. I couldn't recommend it for someone who would rely on one on a daily or semi-daily basis. Great for road trips, or learning your way around a new town.
This was an underperforming unit from the very start. Makes a very loud chime when turned on that you can neither adjust the volume of or turn off.Took a very long time to find and sync with satellites, once it did, it was slightly off on it accuracy, often notifying me of a street as i passed it by. Compounding this was the fact that it was very slow in recalculating a route once I passed a street or exit. I found that I could force it to announce a new route, but should I have to.On the plus side,just a georgeous display,in both 2d and 3d formats.I'd pass on this one (I returned mine)
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