Good Price on a Nuvi 2598 LMT Refurb ($99.95)

 

GPS City is offering a Garmin Nuvi 2598 LMT refurb for $99.95 with free shipping.

For $20 more, you can get the 2598 LMTHD refurb with a built in HD traffic receiver:

http://www.gpscity.com/garmin-nuvi-2597lmt-newly-overhauled....

Add $6.99 for Priority Mail shipping if you need it for the holidays.

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I think this is the link you meant to show

http://www.gpscity.com/garmin-nuvi-2598lmthd-newly-overhaule...

Tip for those wanting a 2598 with traffic who own and use a smartphone: Rather than spend an extra $20 for the HD traffic, buy the one without HD traffic, then install the Garmin Smartphone link app to their phone and buy the one-time Traffic subscription...about the same price but with much better traffic reporting.

I agree with CraigW

I really like the 2598 and pair it with garmin smartphone link on my iPhone. Good combination.

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Prefer not to rely on my phone ..

CraigW wrote:

Tip for those wanting a 2598 with traffic who own and use a smartphone: Rather than spend an extra $20 for the HD traffic, buy the one without HD traffic, then install the Garmin Smartphone link app to their phone and buy the one-time Traffic subscription...about the same price but with much better traffic reporting.

But depends on your phone getting a signal ... personally I'd rather not have to rely on a phone link.

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HD Traffic and Smartlink

sussamb wrote:
CraigW wrote:

Tip for those wanting a 2598 with traffic who own and use a smartphone: Rather than spend an extra $20 for the HD traffic, buy the one without HD traffic, then install the Garmin Smartphone link app to their phone and buy the one-time Traffic subscription...about the same price but with much better traffic reporting.

But depends on your phone getting a signal ... personally I'd rather not have to rely on a phone link.

If there is not a cell tower with data, you're not going to have a traffic signal either. I have found much better coverage with the Smartlink than any internal antenna for HD traffic. The way traffic data is compiled and broadcast, rural areas without cell coverage are unlikely to have traffic coverage either.

Really?

Maybe it works differently in the US but in the UK it doesn't come from a cell tower but over the digital radio network.

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Location location location

GPS_Rider wrote:

If there is not a cell tower with data, you're not going to have a traffic signal either. I have found much better coverage with the Smartlink than any internal antenna for HD traffic. The way traffic data is compiled and broadcast, rural areas without cell coverage are unlikely to have traffic coverage either.

My bias may result to a large degree in where I live. In Arizona, the HD and earlier forms of traffic are offered in two geographic areas covering maybe 5-10% of the state. Admittedly this may also offer coverage to 70-80% or more of the state's population but it means that 90-95% of the state's area gets no traffic coverage at all from FM radio signals, HD or otherwise. With Garmin's Smartphone Link app and paid Traffic subscription, cell towers provide 80-90% of the state with traffic coverage. Without the Smartphone Link app, I'd have traffic provided to my nuvi maybe five days a year with no traffic 360 days a year. Much of the US West shares my experience. I have no experience with non-smartphone traffic for my nuvis in the highly populated areas and most big cities where the free HD or other traffic receiver coverage may be super. In these areas, I may lean away from needing or using a smartphone data app supplying my nuvi with traffic via Bluetooth.

Thankfully and as many have reported, the Garmin Smartphone Link app uses little data, even for folks like me that pay for each MB of data used. If a data hog, I'd probably go without traffic with my nuvi.

That's good to know.

That's good to know.

Actually,

CraigW wrote:

I think this is the link you meant to show

http://www.gpscity.com/garmin-nuvi-2598lmthd-newly-overhaule...

Tip for those wanting a 2598 with traffic who own and use a smartphone: Rather than spend an extra $20 for the HD traffic, buy the one without HD traffic, then install the Garmin Smartphone link app to their phone and buy the one-time Traffic subscription...about the same price but with much better traffic reporting.

The link was correct, I meant to say Nuvi 2597 instead of 2598 in the title and first sentence. Thanks for the correction.

In any case, I agree with your assessment about Live traffic being superior to HD traffic in the suburbs and rural areas. The same holds true here in the east as it does out where you are.

Still, there are those without Smartphones and those who live and work in metro areas who like HD traffic. For those folks, it might be worth spending $20 extra for the 2598.

+1 for the 2598

Chalk up another plus one for the 2598 when paired with smartlink on the cellphone. smile

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