Comparable "other" to the Nuvi 265wt

 

I am a Garmin user and admit I am very unversed in the Magellan/TomTom, etc lineups. I am considering the Nuvi 265wt (~ $220) and want to know if there is a good alternative that is slightly lower priced from another manufacturer.

Features I feel are valuable and put me into the 265wt are

Lifetime Traffic
Bluetooth

Bang for your buck.

I have been a Garmin user for a few years, starting with my still working iQue 3600 and most latest a nuvi 765T, which I really like and am very satisfied with.

I recently purchased a refurbished TomTom ONE 130-S for my daughter to go to school. I AM REALLY IMPRESSED!

I have been running both units on my car for a week now and can say this little 3.5" unit does 80-90% of what my 765T does. Here is what is missing:

no live services (traffic, weather, gasoline, etc.)
no MP3 player
no Bluetooth
no junction view (but it does have lane guidance)
cannot store routes

But the maps and navigation is great! It has an excellent POI database, allows you to make a map correction right on the unit (like they recently upped the speed limit on the Dallas toll roads to 70MPH (from 60) and I was able to update the map on the fly!

It allows the user to make lots of changes, like which POIs to display, change the alert sounds right from the unit, have sound alerts when driving faster than allowed, warn you when near schools, customize the status bar on the bottom to display remaining time, remaining distance current time arrival time, speed and direction. And I do not mean one at a time, but all at the same time! I really wish my 765T could display all this features at once like the TT!

You can have it change the color of your speed to alert you are speeding. Show the map speed next to your speed, and I can keep goin and going!


I mean this thing for $59 bucks ROCKS big time!