December 02, 2005

Top 10 Best Selling GPS

As previously mentioned, I'm working on posting reviews of the top 20, best selling GPS receivers. I've searched for other references, but have yet to find a better one, so I'm basing it on Amazon's ever changing (okay, changing hourly) list of their Top 100 best selling GPS. It's actually fairly consistent, or I'd never be able to keep up with it! Today, I'm happy to announce that I've made it through the current top 10. And don't forget, despite the temporary but frequent posting of reviews over the next couple of weeks, I'll still be interspersing lots of other news, tips and tricks at GPS Tracklog. Without any further delay, here's the list, and links to my reviews:

EDIT: Click here to go to an updated list of my reviews of the top 20 best selling GPS receivers.

  1. Garmin eTrex Legend
  2. Garmin Forerunner 201
  3. Garmin Quest
  4. Garmin StreetPilot c330
  5. Garmin Forerunner 301
  6. Garmin StreetPilot c320
  7. Garmin StreetPilot 2720
  8. Garmin eTrex
  9. Garmin GPSMap 60CS
  10. Garmin eTrex Vista C

Dec 2, 2005 8:51:00 PM | Garmin, Hardware

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