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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally posted by cowtown
If you don't need it to name streets (ie it says "turn left in 1000 feet," instead of "turn left at Elm") then look at the Mio 310x.
It's $160-200, 3.5" screen, 3-hour battery, Maps of US preloaded, MP3 player, and you can actually use it as a PDA if you want to get techie with it - see http://www.gpspassion.com/forumsen/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=37
For the price, it's just fantastic.
I was shopping for car speakers yesterday, and it led me right to several hole-in-the-wall stores I would NEVER have found on my own. It's literally the best $200 I've ever spent on electronics. And cheap enough that I can still "justify" some Focals for the car. 
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I am a long time Garmin owner and love them. That said I picked up a MIO C310X two months ago at Frys electronics for $180 and love the thing. No, its not as nice as the Garmin but I wanted something really small that I could travel with.
Either the Mio or newer Garmin would be excellent. Try them both and get one for the trip.
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