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I have used several different brands as I tend to rent vehicles often. Garmin is by far the easiest and has the fastest link up to satellite. Magellan is slow and confusing. Tom Tom is OK but still slower than Garmin, which has the market share. The Street Pilot Garmin models are the best, IMO. The Nuvis are cool because most have a slim design but they have a significant design flaw. The volume control is embedded in the software, meaning you have to press screen icons to adjust the volume, which means you have to take your eyes off the road.
The Street Pilots have a scroll whatchamacallit off to the side for volume control. It's so handy. My mother bought a Nuvi and now regrets it because of the volume control. Sometimes it's too loud, other times she can barely hear it. Each time she needs to adjust it, she asks her passenger to assist her so she won't have to take her eyes off the road.
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