( 38 reviews )
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Posted: 06-20-2009
This is a great little unit suitable for car, motorcycle or bicycle use. Good battery life, and recharges quickly and easily. Re-routes well when needed and does what it needs to with minimal fuss. Be sure to use the stylus when you use the touch screen if you have large fingers to ensure that you don't hit the wrong key, otherwise it is great.
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Posted: 06-28-2008
We've had the C3 for 10 months. When it works, it's usually very nice. Unfortunately, we've had numerous issues. First, it takes a long time to triangulate on startup (~3-5 mins). Second, we've had numerous times where the shortest route was actually much longer than the real shortest route (yes, we also tried changing the default settings and used a second GPS that had no problem finding the real shortest route). Thirs, the unit died on us twice. Once it wound up being the car adapter (although the battery capacity had drastically decreased). This past week it simply stopped turning on. It's definitely not the car adapter, so we've no got a dead unit. When it was working, the voice prompting was good and the screen was great. The local attractions menu is very nice although in need of a drastic refresh. One trip, we tried finding a nearby sushi place outside on D.C. We tried four hits for sushi restaurants and none were there. We would be directed to the address fine, but the restaurants either were long out of business or simply never there. All in all. It's a cheap unit and has many nice features, but It' worth picking up a better quality GPS for $50 more.
