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I used to sell Garmin car GPS back when I worked in a retail shop. They were really good devices. But yeah I'm with you I thought most of their money came from
by fbnlsr 6y ago
I used to sell Garmin car GPS back when I worked in a retail shop. They were really good devices. But yeah I'm with you I thought most of their money came from aviation (it seems like everyone uses Garmin products), but their sports watches sell like crazy.
Actually, I realized their network was down because this morning my watch would not sync after a run. :)
- frosted-flakes 6y agoHonestly, they're still really good devices. I have one from last year that's a solid alternative to an in-dash navigation screen, and for what I use it for, just as good as Google Maps, and in many ways better (way more convenient and customizable, completely offline except traffic, bigger screen, auto-on...).
- kevin_thibedeau 6y agoTheir latest motorcycle units are dog slow because some dumb product manager decided to build it on their old hardware platform using newer firmware which isn't a good mix. I have a 10 year old auto unit that is better then the junk they have now.
- parliament32 6y agoYeah I noticed this morning too, Garmin Connect says "maintenance" but of course HN has the real story.
- ObsoleteNerd 6y agoI've found even the absolute cheapest Garmin car GPS to be better than other brands 3x the price. I got some clearance-bin obsolete-model $99 Garmin GPS for my camping/roadtrip beater car and it's infinitely better than most the others I tried that were 3-4x the price (returned 2 other more expensive ones before giving up and buying the cheap Garmin).