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Garmin StreetPilot 2720 GPS
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: nopcbs

Updated:08-19-07

Duration of ownership:4 Months

Strengths: Accurate, easy to use, voice prompts for actual street names, REMOTE!, bright display, appears durable, bean-bag mount, it's a Garmin and not a Magellan.

Weaknesses: A little bulky, no storage case/bag comes with it, no internal battery

Overall Evaluation: Had this for about four months now (replaced a Magellan that dies in under a year and was not repaired by Magellan) and I like it a lot. It quickly finds satellites in the small town I live in, seems to have maps that know all the streets, I set it to the Aussie lady voice and she pronounces all the street names well with a nice accent, very bright display, excellent beanbag mount that is very stable (no suction cup to worry about), the remote is awesome (I thought it would be a silly gimmick, but it's not it's extremely useful), an AC converter is supplied and that helps counter the lack of an internal battery as you can pre-program in your house, a battery would be nice, though. Overall, this unit is as good and easier to use than the factory GPS in our RX330 Lexus. The RX unit has a bigger screen, but no remote and it is significantly harder to use, no more accurate, and you can't change the destination while in motion. I highly recommend the Garmin 2720.
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4 Star Review

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Updated:03-29-07

Duration of ownership:5 Days

Strengths: Overall good performance so far

Weaknesses: Haven't found any yet

Overall Evaluation: Got it home and set it up fairly easy to do. Used it despite already having directions to my destination from a person that knew the area I was traveling in. He turned out to be 100% wrong. My Garmin took me to the front gate of my destination saving me over 50 miles of travel which is time and money.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: KBurroughs

Updated:09-23-06

Duration of ownership:6 Weeks

Strengths: Out of the box experience. Finds satellites quickly and recalculates quickly if I miss the turn. Bean bag mount holds securely.

Weaknesses: Have not found any yet

Overall Evaluation: I have have absolutely no problems with this unit, I think that it was a good choice. I am constantly amazed when I discover new features that make it easy to find addresses. I would recomment this unit to anyone that wants a quality product that is easy to use.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: TxKn

Updated:09-22-06

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: Very good Quality Video Screen, And Audio from Speaker is very good.

Weaknesses: Map Source Software has lots of Room for Improvement

Overall Evaluation: My Wife Enjoys the Company of Street Pilot 2720 she uses it every where she goes She just likes to see and hear it give her Driving Directions. I think it is A very good Product I am 100% Satiesfied with it so far.
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5 Star Review

Reviewed by: maxsbody

Updated:09-20-06

Duration of ownership:1 Months

Strengths: for our use this unit was quite accurate.when we took a miss turn(our fault) this unit recalculated very quickly.like the trip calculator alot , we found out our odometer was off a few mph.

Weaknesses: manual was alittle challenging ot figure out to set up routes, had to play with awhile to figure out. now fell more comfortable with unit.

Overall Evaluation: now that we have it pretty much figured out (1 month) i like this unit a great deal . for motorhome users or campers this is the ticket.easy to move from one vehicle to another, easy to find various things in traveld area that aren't always in travel guides. we even found resturants in our own city we didn;t know were there.the unit just made it alot easier.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: ronwoz

Updated:09-02-06

Duration of ownership:3 Weeks

Strengths: still learning

Weaknesses: still learning

Overall Evaluation: While useing 'it' for approx 1 hour a fog spot develops on the center of the screen. I'll see what happens after a little more use.
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2 Star Review

Reviewed by: thecomptuergenius

Updated:03-12-06

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Great accuracy in speed and turns

Weaknesses: Lousy accuracy in final destinations or address data base (poi's) Point of Intrest.

Overall Evaluation: ve tried 3 Garmin units. the C-330, nuvi 350 and the 2720 They are great when it comes to letting you know where to make a right and left turn.They are all terrible on taking you to the correct address. For example I live at 4990 on a street it takes me to 4960. When I pluged in 7-11 in Tamarac Fl it said it was on the left side of the street rather than the right side. In Jupiter FL I wanted to go to the movies an 18 cinama in a mall. When I pluged in I want a movie it has in it's database 204 N US-1 Tequesta FL when the movie was really in 201 N. US HWY1 in jupiter. Tequesta is the next town. Yet my friends house in Hollywood that was right on target. I'm very disapointed for the money you pay that I"m having these problems. expect it from all of there unit's. I truly think it's the software they are using that is the problem rather than the unit it's self. I'm a Comptuer technician and most of the problems with computers is the software and since this thing is happening with 3 units I'm convinced. I kept the Nuvi 350. the remote did not work on the 2720. and it was also spitting out the wrong addresses or taking me to the wrong location. the 350 has a much nice screen (easier to see and I didn't have to reach far to the dashboard to set it like I did on the 2720. The Nuvi 350 it has a suction cup on the windshild which makes it easyer to reach. so I kept it. I need this unit for work since I fix computers at my clients homes or business. If anything it's better than getting my car full of paper from another lousy system mapquest.
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4 Star Review

Reviewed by: tds_2

Updated:02-26-06

Duration of ownership:6 Days

Strengths: Ease of operation right out of box. Seems to cover any areas you can think of.

Weaknesses: Has misdirected wrong house number location (approx 4 house's off). Occasionally seems to be about 90 feet off location.

Overall Evaluation: No where prior to purchase did I notice that a DVD reader/player is required on your PC to load CD sent along with item. Had to purchase one before being able to load!
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3 Star Review

Reviewed by: chura

Updated:01-25-06

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Fairly quick calculations, good coverage, maps are well drawn, ability to insert multiple destinations

Weaknesses: Inoperative in city centers, many locations missing or misspelt

Overall Evaluation: Generally works well, but for the price you wouldn't expect it to make the mistakes that it does. In areas with heavy building congestion, it can't resolve your position very accurately, if it can get satellite reception at all. To find businesses or landmarks, it performs well about 95% of the time in my experience. Sometimes you have to be creative about the spelling of the business you're trying to find, or have the exact address.
Overall Rating
4 Star Review

Reviewed by: akbahl

Updated:01-14-06

Duration of ownership:2 Weeks

Strengths: only been using two weeks, however, from what i've experienced so far and the other reviews i've read have to agree that this unit blows away all built in car gps systems hands down.

Weaknesses: the remote is a bit of an issue in that it needs to be uhf instead of infrared remote. but overall no big deal since you likely won't use the remote much anyway.

Overall Evaluation: The 2720 is by far the best GPS out there based on my experience with friends' units and the reviews i've read. it gives you a great 3D view and nice verbal instructions. clear display looks very nice even when sun is very bright. Touch screen is also very good and automatic re-routing is a must-have!