GPS Steals and Deals - 11/4

Check out our Black Friday GPS Deals Post - An ever growing post on the best GPS Deals this year for Black Friday. I'll tell you what's a good deal and what's not.

In the stores this week: Good Deals, Bad Deals and missed opportunities.

WalMart Sale - Garmin C330 for $198; skip it and get the Nuvi 200 instead (as long as you don't mind missing the Canadian, and Alaskan Maps, for $22 more. New SiRF receiver and flat profile are light years better.

BestBuy - Magellan Maestro 3200 for $259. Try Amazon for the Maestro 3200 for $10 less including free shipping. To be fair, there is a free GPS case offer at Best Buy for this model. All other featured models have prices at least $50 more than online.

Stop by our full list of hands on full GPS reviews - we've used them all, and walk through the good and the bad.

Standard Screen Units

The Nuvi 250 is Now Under $300 - $272 this week, while the Nuvi 200 is $220. See my Hands on Review of the Nuvi 200/250 for an idea of how well this will perform. Maps are the only difference: Nuvi 200: Continental U.S., Hawaii and Puerto Rico (no Alaska or Canada detail), Nuvi 250: All of North America (no Mexico).

TomTom ONE 2nd ed. - $219. I would recommend skipping it and spending the extra few bucks on the TomTom ONE 3rd Ed. at $249. (The 3rd ed. has optional traffic alert inputs; 2nd ed does not. You get upgraded functionality without going through the steps to upgrade the unit via your computer. Saves an hour's worth of computer work. If you want to upgrade yourself, see my post on Upgrading your TomTom ONE.

The Mio C220 is selling around $162 through Amazon sellers. Read my Review of the Mio C220. However, at this point, I would recommend the Mio C230 instead ($179). You get Text to Speech capability for <$20 more.

The #1 selling GPS is the Garmin Nuvi 350 still at about $362. I believe that the Nuvi 350 is the best value out there – great capabilities at a very good price. More info on the Nuvi 350.

Garmin Nuvi 360 adds Bluetooth to the Nuvi 350 capabilities and is now $416. See my Review of the Nuvi 360

Magellan Maestro 3100 Magellan Maestro 3100for $185.

Widescreen GPS Units

The Widescreen Garmin Nuvi 200W ($258) and 250W ($306). I recently posted my review of the Nuvi200W/250W.

The Nuvi 650 offers the widescreen and no Bluetooth or traffic for $386. NOW under $400!

Garmin Nuvi 660 - Price around $535. See my Hands on Review of the Nuvi 660

The Nuvi 680 is selling at Amazon - $604 - see my Hands on Review of the Nuvi 680.

Garmin Nuvi 670 - Need to travel to Europe and navigate when you get there? Garmin Nuvi 670 comes pre-loaded with both US and Euro maps. It's the very capable Nuvi 660 base unit with the extra maps pre-loaded.

The new TomTom ONE XL is $349 this week. OfficeMax has them for $299. Read my Review of the TomTom ONE XL.

The Mio C520 - Now $289. Low Priced Widescreen navigation with Text to Speech. See my review of the Mio C520.

The Magellan Maestro 4000 is selling around $245, widescreen with AAA POI content - No Text to Speech.

Going to Europe?
Get Pre-loaded GPS Units with North American AND Euro Maps.

Consider the Nuvi 370 which has Text to Speech

The More Economical Nuvi 270, or

The Widescreen Garmin Nuvi 670. (Confused? Compare the Nuvi line here)

Check out my recent post for more on European Mapping GPS options.

GPS Rebates this Week:

Garmin is moving out some GPSMap 60 models - $50 rebate on the GPSMap 60Cx and GPSMap 60CSx. I think that for the extra money, get the 60 CSx! See my hands on review of the Garmin GPSMap 60 CSx - Offer Ends 12/31/07.

Garmin Forerunner 305 - $50 rebate and

Edge 305 - $75 Rebate when you sign up for the Powerbar Nutrition Edge Newsletter Offer ends 11/30/07.

Garmin has a $30 rebate on their Garmin Topo U.S. 2008 MapSource DVD - Price is about $50 online. Rebate good through 12/31/07 for upgrade only. Rebate form here (pdf)

The $50 rebate drops the widescreen Navigon 7100 to about $400 and the standard screen Navigon 5100 to about $350. Ends 12/31.

November 4, 2007

GPS Steals and Deals - 11/4