[Costco] Garmin Drive 50 gps
Bought this at costco today. I believe maybe a costco exclusive. It has lmt (lifetime maps and traffic). Good deal? Thoughts?
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Dec 10th, 2017 5:39 pm
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TY for the insight
Uses up battery quickly
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This one is $20 cheaper and has lmt...how is not a better deal? 162 includes an expired promo.kaka55 wrote: ↑Not a very hot price, considering the DriveSmart 50LMT was just on sale for 162 after taxes.
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Dec 10th, 2017 7:19 pm
Dec 10th, 2017 7:40 pm
kneevase wrote: ↑ I can't really say whether the price is good or whether it's too high. But, I will observe that I've never perceived much of a benefit from having a GPS because 90%+ of my driving is on routes that I know well. Add to that the fact that pretty much every smart phone has an integrated GPS, I really can't see why I'd go to the trouble of buying one for my car to satisfy the 8 times per year when I might need it.
They are, perhaps, gold for a pizza driver or somebody else who regularly finds himself on an unfamiliar route.
Dec 10th, 2017 7:46 pm
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Dec 10th, 2017 8:24 pm
Right, cause every RFD'er has a wireless charger in their car, or wants another wire dangling to charge their phone.flipper316 wrote: ↑ That's why there's wireless charging or via the USB in your car.
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Tom Tom is RCA and Garmin is Samsung.darkadvenger wrote: ↑how does this compare to the tom tom https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00UND ... _i=desktop for 109.99
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Dec 11th, 2017 12:01 am
Not everywhere has cell phone coverage!kneevase wrote: ↑ Absolutely, there's a role for a dedicated GPS for some people.
I guess I'm struggling to imagine a lifestyle that would make much use of GPS. Maybe a salesman that makes sales calls in different places or even different cities? I really struggle because I tend to project my lifestyle onto others, and for me, I never changed employers or my residence, so I always drove the same basic 3 or 4 routes to work and back. I pretty much buy groceries at the same place most of the time. The baseball stadium never seems to move.
What kind of jobs (or hobbies) are people doing that they are frequently unsure of where they are going? Just curious...
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Hockeyman888 wrote: ↑This unit doesnt have voice commands thats a deal breaker for me. Going back to costco...and a gps blows a phone away 24/7.
Can you please share some of the advantages of a dedicated GPS unit? I am not being argumentative, rather, curious, because my GPS was stolen from my car about 3-4 years ago and I had pondered buying another one. Ended up doing so (mainly for the "travelling without a cell signal" reason), one with lifetime maps and traffic, and I can't really count the number of times I've used it (it's close to zero).
For me, it's the live traffic information. But here's the thing, I've never found the traffic information on dedicated GPS units to be as reliable as the crowd-sourced traffic data from Google Maps or Waze. 90% of the time, Google Maps and Waze will reliably get me to my destination around the pre-determined ETA and choose the quickest route. I use Google Maps (or Waze) on every trip now, even though I know the route. I'm sure it differs by person though- when I lived in the suburbs, I was just off the freeway and understanding traffic conditions made me choose either the freeway (90% of the time), or the alternative highway which would move significantly faster due to an accident on the freeway. I just had to cover so much ground to get places (downtown, school, friends 30+km away) that the traffic information was helpful.kneevase wrote: ↑ Absolutely, there's a role for a dedicated GPS for some people.
I guess I'm struggling to imagine a lifestyle that would make much use of GPS. Maybe a salesman that makes sales calls in different places or even different cities? I really struggle because I tend to project my lifestyle onto others, and for me, I never changed employers or my residence, so I always drove the same basic 3 or 4 routes to work and back. I pretty much buy groceries at the same place most of the time. The baseball stadium never seems to move.
What kind of jobs (or hobbies) are people doing that they are frequently unsure of where they are going? Just curious...
Dec 11th, 2017 7:33 am
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