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Its easy to use for a beginner. This Navigon always makes it clear which one I need to take. I haven't had much experience with other GPS devices but this one seems to be top of the line. I never really thought I needed a GPS, especially when I needed to justify spending money for such a device. There was way too much to watch for so I couldn't look at the GPS. A lot of times there are 2 roads close together and I may be unsure which one to take, especially if I used my girlfriend's GPS.
It always knows exactly where I need to turn and tells me so that there's no confusion.
My girlfriend has one from another brand that I have used and it isn't nearly as good as this one.
I was on a recently renamed highway and even though the highway name was incorrect, every turn and lane change was still exact and got me to my destination with ease.
After getting this GPS, I'm sold.
The same goes for on the highway and which exit and even which lane to be in as you pass merging highways.
This thing is so helpful.
I love how accurate the maps are and how accurate each turn is.
It also helped me change lanes to switch between highways over a congested bridge just by listening to it.
So it was very helpful that the GPS and voice were so accurate.I highly recommend this Navigon and would do so to my family and friends.
I bought my Navigon a little over a year ago. It's performance has been mixed, in line with much of the reviews here, but I've generally been happy with it.However, I can unequivocally state that you should NOT buy this product. Navigon has abruptly left the North American market, leaving customers, even those who purchased a device and map updates within the year, almost completely without support. If you buy one of these, you're buying a dead device with no hope of updates.
Piece of junk. Cheaply built. It broke 3 times and now they won't fix it. NOt a good model. Spend the money and get the more expensive one. That's what I did.
We purchased this GPS unit based on reviews and price. Plugging in new destinations or different trip parameters seemed equally complicated.On the whole, this GPS did not seem to be at all intuitive in its use as compared to a Garmin I had previously. But we were not impressed when put to the road test. The route it took us to get to the turnpike was complicated and confusing. It got to the point that I wanted to consult an old fashioned map before relying on the GPS directions. I would not recommend this model to anyone.
I found several Interstate highways in the MO, AR, LA, TN, MS, and AL area with significant errors. I knew I was buying an entry-level device, with a cheap price. You must save your current route plan, exit route planning, and display the map, which starts by showing the entire U.S. For a little more, I could have had a Garmin with a wide screen (and at least the initial updates to bring the device up-to-date).Next item I discovered is that although the maps were out-of-date, they were also the most-current maps available. but it is NOW a two-way street and has been for two years. When it picks a route you know is not where you want to go, it is not easy to force it to use the route you want. With the right option turned on, it will warn you when you exceed the speed limits (assuming it has the right speed limit), but this gets annoying if you go through a lot of school zones, because it will yell "caution" if you are going faster than the conditional speed limit of the school zone.It lacks some features, too.
You have to pick an arbitrary intermediate stop. You can look at a map and pick a location to add to the route, instead of using an address, but it is not intuitive or direct. I purchased a Navigon 2000s from [.[ about 5 months ago, for about $100. The update for the map data for this device is $80, so to get this device with the current maps is $180. not so cheap. I found myself being told to turn right onto a one-way street to go around the block to arrive at a location 3 doors up the street to the left. I attempted to load it and received a series of cryptic errors, such as "the directory is corrupted", when trying to back up the device (with no indication as to the identity or location of the corrupted directory), and "undefined", when trying to download and update the device. I was directed to a Subway Restaurant which was not there and, when I inquired about it locally, I was told it had been gone for 5 years.My most-recent issue is that I discovered that there is an update to the software on the 2000s.
It has some really nice features: turn-by-turn audible instructions with street and road names; lane instructions. At one interchange in MS, I was directed to take an exit, then the on-ramp, for no apparent reason. After zooming in by pressing the + many times or dragging a rectangle around the area you want to zoom to, find the location and add to your locations list. Then go back to your route plan (which you saved or start a new one) and add your new location and re-order your stops to get the right sequence.What I didn't know is that the maps were out-of-date and an update of the maps is NOT included with the purchase from TigerDirect. The Points-of-Interest are unreliable for major fast-food chains. There does not appear to be any information to help with this.I would NOT recommend purchase of this device, unless you want to experiment with GPS before buying a real one or are looking for a nifty-looking paper-weight.
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