About my reviews

I thought it might be a good time to update the "about my reviews" post, since these reviews have evolved quite a bit. First of all, a disclaimer -- I have not personally used every receiver reviewed here. Where I have used them, I'll let you know. But I do try to post links to as many independent reviews as possible, be they positive or negative.

My reviews offer lots of other resources as well, consolidating all the information you need when making such an important decision. Along the way, you'll see links to Amazon, price comparison tools, and ads for the receivers being reviewed. These are all here to help you find the best price (and they help pay the hosting bills too!). So with that out of the way, on to the reviews...

Comments

[Jack Bowers]

I'm looking for a unit that can be used for mostly highway travel but also for off-road. I have a Jeep and am considering Garmin Nuvi 660, Lowrance iWay 600C, and others. Would like text-to-speech, mapping, transportability, POI, etc. Any thoughts?

[Rich Owings]

Hard to say. The 660 is really great. It will be intuitive and you should be able to send topo maps to it (I'll have to verify from home later today). The Lowrance will allow you to use aerial photos, but only for metro areas. Given that you can't load aerials of most off-road areas, I'd go with the Garmin.

[David Maddry]

I purchased the Golf Logix in April 2008. The unit works well for 3 to 4 rounds of golf then it will lock up and cannot be used till you go back home, hook it up to your computer, then reload all the pre stored courses. It is very frustrating but not as frustrating as trying to make contact with the Golf Logiix Customer Support. Its does not exist as far as I am concerned. I have attempted to contact them via E-mail as many as 4 times and all I get is a prompt auto reply saying that they are very interested in helping me with my problem and someone will call soon. Don't hold your breath on that one. I had no luck either when I called the 800 number used to place a order. They have no problem taking orders but not providing service to existing customers. It is a shame when it works it really improves your play. I am down to rebooting it after each round to insure that it will not hang me out on the next round.

[Rich Owings]

David,

Have you tried a firmware update? Is one available? Or perhaps a hard reset. Has it always done this?