Garmin StreetPilot c340

Pros: Live talking mapquest co-pilot

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: In this crazy day and age, save yourself the stress and get this talking map!

Review: My name is Kimmie. I am a panic-stricken-get-lost-aphobe and I needed help.

I don't have the slightest idea why, but since I passed driver's ed in high school, I have been geographically challenged. Part of it is that I am a *Landmark*...

Pros: Speaks, Cool gadget

Cons: Map is already outdated.

The Bottom Line: Handy for travel in well-established areas. Not so good for exploring new areas.

Review: Time is money and gas is gold. If you travel a lot or you are travel in unfamiliar large cities, this may prove beneficial. This may not get much use if you have lived in the same place for years and already know your way around town.

This...

Pros: Works great, clear screen, voice and directions superb.

Cons: Doesn't cook me breakfast.

The Bottom Line: Get one. Buy one for a gift as well! I've given 4 of them as gifts! A total hit of a product!

Review: Garmin C340 GPS


The first question is: Do I really need one of these?
Well,if you do a lot of driving and tend to get lost from time to time, this item will help! If you just want a toy that will have an occasion real world use,...

Pros: Great advance notice of turns and easy programming

Cons: Cost of map updates, non-QWERTY keyboard, satelitte searches

The Bottom Line:

For those of us who take wrong turns driving home from work, ANY GPS is a good one!

Review: My issues with directions stem from two problems: I am also a "landmark" person, where I can get from here to there if it's some place I've been before AND I can visualize buildings and things that are near where I need to go (after all, street...

Pros: Intuitive, easy to use, very accurate, feature rich

Cons: Doesn't learn routes, cannot enter new addresses

The Bottom Line: Great unit for just about anybody. It gets me where I need to go and with little work on my part.

Review: OVERVIEW:
I have been using the c340 for about one month and this is what I have found.

SET UP:
It arrived in a box and needed little set up. The only thing I had to do was turn it on once, allow it to find the four satellites...

Pros: Small, easy to use, convenient, accurate directions, and long battery life.

Cons: Expensive to use options, difficulty in connecting to satellites, not for off road use.

The Bottom Line: I would buy it, but with the knowledge of its limitations.

Review: Very compact unit with long battery life. You can charge it at home with an optional AC Charger and then use it all day without worry. Or you can use the included suction device and plug the DC cord into your dash power outlet. The problem with that...

Pros: Muddled voice and butchered stree names provide hours of entertaining fun.

Cons: The C330 is $70 cheaper and a better value.

The Bottom Line: Garmin's cheaper C330 outperforms the C340.

Review: A few weeks ago, my Garmin C330 was stolen, so I decided that since I loved the C330 so much, I would take the opportunity to upgrade to the C340. A few weeks with the C340, and I find myself missing the C330 even more.

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Pros: Very easy to learn, accurate maps and "Jill" is easy to understand.

Cons: Be sure to clean your windshield now and then or the C340 will fall off.

The Bottom Line: If you haven't taken the plunge with GPS navigation this is the one to start with. Also, save $600 on your new car by skipping their built-in. The C340's better.

Review: I purchased the Garmin C340 in April 2006. I travel Ohio and surrounding states making sales calls. I have always carried 80 to 100 regional and county maps and always used them. After about 2 or 3 days of getting used to the Garmin C340 I started...

Pros: Ease of use, the maps, the directions.

Cons: None

The Bottom Line: This product does exactly what it should and in an easy manner.

Review: I moved from Florida to North Carolina. Florida's road system is easy, up and down, left and right. East and West of 95, and that's it. NC apparently has no system. Roads change names at intersections, you can't see up coming road signs, the...

Pros: Easy to set up and use, extremely accurate data base

Cons: None except for removing it from the windshield area in order to secure it

The Bottom Line: Recommend buying this GPS because it is easy to use, extremely accurate in giving directions and displaying street locations, and easy to choose features through the touch screen while driving.

Review: I bought the Garmin c340 after reading many reviews on this site. I wanted a unit that was easy to use (touch screen) and had the improved voice capability. The extra feature of getting "traffic avoidance information" available with this unit was...