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(More customer reviews)Bought this at Sam's Club for $279. It works well as a basic GPS and has what I would call a Garmin touch screen interface. The 3.5 inch screen is good, battery life seemed good and, overall, the unit functioned well. In 2 days of usage I found issues in the following areas that caused me to return the unit.
1. The 3.5" screen was just too small for my old eyes.
2. Unit did not have up-to-date maps or POIs. Thats not a major thing, EXCEPT, there appears to be no way to update them.
3. There is an SD card slot but no method to make the unit read it.
4. It comes with a USB cable but no drivers. My PC would see the device and a second or two later disconnect it.
5. There is no support available on the unit. I searched for online support but could only find that it is made by Sunjoy in China and is supported in the US by Ferro Works in Steubenville, OH. I could find no online support site or number for Ferro Works.
6. On a cold start, unit was slow in finding satelites, sometimes taking up to 5 minutes. Once found, it stayed locked on pretty well.
7. The suction cup mount worked very well on the windscreen but I wanted the unit to sit on the top of my dash. The mount would not adjust to allow a proper viewing angle on the flat dash.
8. Warranty is only 90 days. Sam's will sell you an extended warranty for extra cost.
9. Unit did initial route calculation pretty fast but occasionally got hung up recalculating and had to be reset. Also displayed a fatal error twice in a single day. Had to be reset to clear the error.
10. Soft keyboard is in ABC sequence instead of QWERTY.
11. Voice guidance often chatty with needless instructins such as "keep right" repeatedly on a long straight road with small crossroads. Often said "keep right" when it should have said "turn right".
Overall, providing that a way to update Maps and/or POIs becomes availble, this is a pretty good unit. It just did not serve my purposes at this time. I am going to a larger screen with a company that provides online updates.
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