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StreetPilot 7200 Portable Navigator
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Customer rating: 14 Reviews StreetPilot 7200 Portable Navigator Monitor traffic tie-ups with the addition of an optional FM TMC traffic receiver. By adding traffic services and a receiver/antenna to your StreetPilot 7200 Portable Navigator, it notifies you of accidents, road construction, and weather-related traffic delays before they are encountered. View real-time weather conditions with the optional GXM 30 smart antenna and a XM NavTraffic subscription. It features XM radio and audio books. Music can be loaded onto an SD card and is drag-and-drop easy-no special software is required. |
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Pros: Great GPS for anyone needing a larger screen. Built in FM transmitter, Video input from external source, lifetime map updates for $100
Cons: Hitting the back button to get back to the main screen, supplied mounting not great. Great GPS, mouning can be fixed with Ram Mounts, otherwise a nice large screen GPS when you really don't have a lot of ooptions unless you go for the built in's for 5 times the money. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: easy to use, a voice i can hear, a large screen ,good map,fast rerout and it is not as annoying the built in navigater
Cons: screen could be bigger. my wife likes it she thinks it's a neat little divice to have and much better than a map.the bottom line is the 7220 takes you where you want to go and rerouts with out a lot of aggervation. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Large screen, sensical touch buttons, accurate calculations. The fm transmitter is a big plus
Cons: The mounting bracket was useless,,although it was an easy fix.For the price it should have come with a case when not in use To fix the mount I utilized an old suction mount for a phone and secured it using small black cable ties which are out of sight. the unit does not budge as the base rests on the dash. overall, very happy with the purchase | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: The feature of being able to set up the type of vehicle for a route. ie truck routing vs car routing
Cons: A little bulky but the large screen makes it easier to see all details while viewing from a passenger seat. We had a "Garmin III Plus" but the screen was too small to read while driving the RV. Our new Street Pilot 7200 is easily visible from both the driver and passenger seats in our motorhome. The ease of working on waypoints, routes, etc on our home PC and transferring to the Garmin is great. The voice instructions on the Garmin are clear and easily heard in our RV. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Large screen, easy to use menus.
Cons: Too large "Return to defaut" buttons. Great GPS for RVers. Map program to use with computer is great to create routes before loading into GPS. Can store locations for return trips. Would like to see more Points of Interest like campgrounds and State Parks. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Large and brilliant screen, even in bright sunlight; easy to program destinations; lots of POI; remote allows you to mount unit out of arms reach; quickly aquires satellite signal; accurate directions
Cons: Top-heavy if mounting base not secured permanently on dash; not all bells & whistles as newer, smaller unit like Bluetooth Wireless; no battery option - always have to plug in with cable dangling This is one great Nav system! Not your normal handheld device that you have to lean over and squint to see all the details. If you've ever had a friend with a factory installed system in the dash and thought, "How cool, and big too," you'll like this one. Great system for those whose eyes are not as sharp as when we were younger. Entering addresses and creating your own routes are fairly simple, even for the electronically challenged. Maps and voice navigation is exceptionally accurate. Found a few new roads that were not in the map set, but it followed me cross-country. Had to do a little work on the buttons for the remote because they were getting stuck while depressed. You'll want to adhere the mounting bracket to the dash to avoid having the unit topple over since it is fairly heavy. Haven't had a chance to slip an SD card in the slot to play my MP3's, but it's suppose to play them over your car stereo. Will have to try it later. Overall, I'd recommend the unit if price isn't the determining factor. I paid about $830.00. A bit pricey, but the screen size and brightness is a big plus for me. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Not only it gives a global route, it also reminds you to make a lef/right turn so you don't miss it.
Cons: I don't like the base. Since I have a Honda Accord, the stand is too big to put on. So I will have to find some way to attach it to the front board. Don't like when I have to plug in the DC power plug This is my very first GPS. And i love it very much. It helps in my job (cut off the searching time). Here is the delemma. I want to have a big screen so I can see clearly, but it is too big (with the stand on) to sit in my car. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Screen size is great, larger than most factory installed units. Stronger features than factory offered units as well. Seems pricing, but smaller units are harder to operate.
Cons: Does have some trouble if you bring it inside. This is helped with an option in the setup screen, that allows for inside use. Otherwise this unit is great. Overall very satisfied with whole process. PriceGrabber, found vendor with lowest price quickly and easily. Merchant provided product in perfect condition, and quickly, without optional freight charges. This Garmin GPS is perfect. I am able to use it in all my vehicles, both large and small. Operation has been easy. Rerouting has been quick. I have tested this more than once. Overall very pleased. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: The 7200 is very user friendly and packed with a lot of features. It has great reception capability (even in doors) and does recalculations in record time.
Cons: The unit may be a litttle large for most automobiles. The maps lack details I have been use to with 3 other Street Pilots & the routing is not as accurate or the fastest route. Since 1987 I have owned 3 other Street Pilots. I ran a duel side by side test in my car using my S.P. 2620 next to the S.P. 7200. I was surprised that the 2620 had more map details, like street names, even though the screen was much smaller. I specified most information in small type to no avail. The screen appears simple and minimal compared to what I've been use to from Garmin--just like all the built in car units I have seen and not liked. Unfortunately, the successor to the 2620, the 2730, looks like it lacks detail and the refined look I've been use to, routing? The worst surprise was the inferior routing for 4 different routes. The 7200 had route portions that were circuitous and nonsensical compaired to the 2620 which was right on. Both units were set up identically. I would also like to see an option for data fields to be available in shadow outline like the 2620 verses thin or wide in black. Unfortunately I am going to send the 7200 back for what ever credit I can get and continue to use the 2620. This unit is probably a 5 star for most users, but, only a 2 star for me. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Big screen, good reception....
Cons: Don't know any! I received this Garmin StreetPilot very fast. Ordered on Saturday and received it on Tuesday! I used it for a three days and can say I LOVE IT! Didn't make a single mistake so far. I would take some wrong turns to see what happens than. It would recalculate a new directions very quickly. I will use this in my semi truck but for a car I would suggest some smaller version of GPS. Overall, A+. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Large screen, perfect touch screen sensitivity and response, real fast calculation/recalculation time, loads of info available re: trip info, excellent graphic display. Did I say LARGE screen?
Cons: May be difficult to mount in smaller cars. That said,my unit is in a 2005 Suzuki XL-7 SUV. I did not have to drill any holes. It is perched perfectly in the vehicle. Easy to see, no fuss, no muss. I have used a DeLorme PC (laptop) based USB GPS unit, with the DeLorme Street Atlas software, for several years with excellent results. But once in a while while out and about I would not have the laptop. Then I get a call from a client at the last moment asking me to go to a certain location, and end up wishing I had the laptop to be able to navigate my way out to my target distination. It was time to get a vehicle based unit for my XL-7 (Suzuki does not yet offer GPS units with their vehicles, to include after-market installations).After using built-in GPS units in a Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes, Audi, Honda (Pilot SUV), I found things to love and hate about them all. The DeLorme PC solution beat them all in absolute features, but the convenience of an in-vehicle unit was very appealing. The Bottom Line? The 7200 has eclipsed even the DeLorme solution (which is excellent unto itself), something I never thought I would experience.I was more than a little apprehensive about kicking out the Big Bucks for the Garmin 7200, but was not about to spend 2/3 of the 7200's investment for some dinky 2.5-3.5" screen GPS when the 7200's 7" screen was available.I researched the 7200 interface and features from Garmin claims, and reading lots of End User comments. I can assure anyone reading this comment that if you get this unit, no matter what you have used previously, you will be thrilled with the graphics, (re)calculation times, driving info available and special features. It is, simply stated, the best GPS solution I have used to date - I have ZERO regrets re: the investment level for this fine unit. The folks at Garmin who designed the 7200 ought to take a bow, or two, for having done such an excellent job on it. If you are on the fence, let this comment be what kicks you over to the Good Side - get the unit, you'll love it. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: easy to use and perform very well in sunlight
Cons: Very weak antena, Impossible to use in home to pre program a trip. I previously had a cobra 4000 unit and was able to use it in a basement home. Easy to learn and mostly securitaire to use in car for zooming or reading informations on this big 7 " screen. Lack of showing at same time two road choice before engaging your trip as the cobra had. Lack of pre-simulate your trip with voice and video preview. And last but not the least Mine is off by about 20 meters. Martin | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Very clear, bright display
Cons: None I can find I've logged over 10k miles on my 7200, it works perfectly. Navigation is accurate (you can TRUST it!), and the XM radio with traffic reports really helps out in metropolitan areas. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Pros: Big screen, easy to understand maunual, and intuitive screen navigations.
Cons: Weak antenna. Poor mounting base. The unit is actually smaller than I expected. I got it yesterday so I did not have much time to play with it. However, I'm happy with it with the 2 hour trip I did this morning. Good display, fast recalculation when off route. Keyboard on screen is not qwery which I found difficult to use. | |||||||||||||||||||


