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[Diamonds22]

Need recommendations on a portable GPS that you can speak into it rather than type the address, etc. I have read reviews on most of them & none have great reviews. I don't want anything that is too complicated as some of the reviews stated the instructions were too complicated & confusing.Would appreciate to have the name & model number as it will be a Christmas present for a senior citizen.

Thanks.

[I am still oxox]

I use google maps on my I phone better than any GPS I have used 

[sunshine45]

@Diamonds22

they dont have a smart phone?

[Diamonds22]

No he doesn't have a smart phone.

[glb613]

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@Diamonds22 wrote:

Need recommendations on a portable GPS that you can speak into it rather than type the address, etc. I have read reviews on most of them & none have great reviews. I don't want anything that is too complicated as some of the reviews stated the instructions were too complicated & confusing.Would appreciate to have the name & model number as it will be a Christmas present for a senior citizen.

Thanks.

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Check out the different models from Garmin and TomTom.  

[jackthebear]

Garmin,  and now they make some big screen ones,

I had a Tom Tom then we got Garmin  I liked Garmin better

[Mz iMac]

All the medical transport vehicles in my area uses Garmin.  Highly recommended & easy to use per the drivers.

I don't own a cell phone either.  I plan on getting a Garmin as an xmas present to myself.  IN my area, the best prices for the different Garmin models are at BJ's.

[Lilysmom]

Garmin make the best.  Both DH and I have gps in our vehicles but I always have a portable Garmin.  I do this because there are restrictions on the use of GPS in the vehicle while driving.  Can’t enter an address unless the vehicle is in Park, etc.  Also, Toyota was asking $200 to update the GPS.

Whatever you buy, get lifetime maps.  I would also look at latest reviews because they may have new features to look for.  Good luck!  Love mine.  LM

[gardenman]

As others have said, Google Maps is my favorite. Smart phones are so inexpensive these days ($100 for a Tracfone with a full year's service through the various home shopping channels) that they're cheaper and far more versatile than a dedicated GPS unit. I tried Waze, which some people like more than Google maps, but it tried to convince me the nearest parking to my doctor's office was over a mile away in a shopping center, so I'm sticking with Google maps.

[VaBelle35]

My family all has Garmins.  I know back in the beginning when they first came out, you had to pay to download updated maps.  I don't know if that has changed.  Depending on where you are using it, you may not need to update the maps if things aren't changing much where you live.  Here in the DC area, they are constantly changing things.   For example, in my city, they have built some railroad track overpasses, so the streets and navigation have changed.

I traveled a lot for work in recent years and I use VZ Navigator with my Verizon smart phone.  I've never had a problem getting to the right place using it.

I have found that when I drive with co-workers who use Google Maps that it was not good in the places we traveled.  One time, it brought us to the back door of our plant in Scottsdale.  Luckily it was daylight and I had been there once before and could see where we needed to be across the parking lot.

Another time it took us through some crazy dirt road in the Berkshires.

Another time we had to stop and ask for directions because it kept taking us in circles in Elizabeth, NJ.