What GPS to get

[dajuice]

I love my Montana but its inability to find POIs along my current route make it useless to me as a stand alone GPS for what I do. When rallying, it is my data center and high level overview since you can zoom out to a very high level (see several states at once even out west) and still see your user waypoints. This can be customized if you don't want that. Of all the GPS's I've owned, if I could only own one, it would be the Zumo 590LM. I thought I would miss the XM I had on the 550 but the 590s integration with the cell phone is really good and I've found that when traveling cross country I nearly always have a data connection with Verizon. I may go an hour or two here and there were Pandora streaming will cut out, but I switch to MP3s, Audiobooks or podcasts.

The 590 works just as good off road as it does on road. The only advantage the Montana has over the 590 from my needs is you can't see the user waypoints when you zoom out. The 590 kills the Montana on road... at least for my needs/wants. When using the 590 to find along your route it tells you actual road miles and estimated times... very nice on a rally when you're trying to squeeze every drop of fuel and not waste too many brain cells doing math or pushing extra buttons.

GPSs I've had... 60CS, Nuvi 765, Zumo 550, Montana 650, Zumo 590