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Old Aug 30, 2005 | 10:06 pm
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Originally Posted by fisherman
I picked up the just-released Garmin Quest 2 last week and have been loving it so far. It locks onto satellites many times faster than any Magellan product I have seen (exit a parking garage with Neverlost/etc. and you may not have a signal for 5 minutes versus 15 seconds with this Quest 2).

The reason I liked the quest was its compact size- like a Treo 650, but thicker. A speaker is required for voice navigation, but I find that I don't need that for the most part and the unit includes a speaker that chimes around turn times as well as a 8 hour battery. The speaker is integrated in the charger if you prefer that.
Well, the Neverlost system is quite bad with GPS, their Roadmate units pick up a signal in seconds and have a WAAS fix in under 20 seconds.
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