Garmin nuvi 270

Pros: Convenience, convenience, convenience.

Cons: Battery life, routing(sometimes)

The Bottom Line: Convenient, and great for a frequent traveler-- at $10 a day from the car rental companies, purchasing pays for itself after a few weeks.

Review: The Garmin Nuvi 270 offers affordable and portable GPS navigation, along with a lot of pre-loaded information including restaurants, fuel, shopping, ATM/banking, etc. It also allows you to navigate directly to an entered address, and easily add via ...

Pros: Ease of operation, clarity of directions in several languages, bright screen

Cons: Slow start-up

The Bottom Line: The use of a GPS is highly recommended; the 270 proved to be superior in many ways to our car system, particularly having all of Europe available.

Review: We just returned from a 3 month trip to Spain (starting and ending in Paris). We have become accustomed to using the integrated GPS in our car in Canada and decided to purchase the 270 based on internet reviews and descriptions. It is an absolute winner, ...