November 01, 2006

Top Ten GPS for October 2006

Not seeing last month's top ten list? Click here for the latest list of the most popular GPS receivers on GPS Tracklog.

Listed below are the top 10 sport / handheld GPS, along with the top ten automotive GPS for October. Not surprisingly, the Garmin nuvi dominates the auto category, and you can get the nuvi 660 for a great price here. Getting back to our list, I also want to call your attention to the Magellan RoadMate 2000 and 2200T -- these "crossover" units are found in both the sport/handehld and auto GPS categories. The rankings are based on the number of times the reviews have been read here on GPS Tracklog.

Top 10 Car GPS

  1. Garmin nuvi 660
  2. Garmin nuvi 360
  3. Garmin nuvi 350
  4. Magellan RoadMate 2000
  5. Garmin StreetPilot c550
  6. TomTom GO 910
  7. Garmin StreetPilot 2820
  8. Magellan RoadMate 6000T
  9. TomTom GO 510
  10. Magellan RoadMate 2200T

Top 10 Handheld or Sport GPS

  1. Garmin Forerunner 305
  2. Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx
  3. Garmin Edge 305
  4. Garmin GPSMAP 76CSx
  5. Magellan RoadMate 2200T
  6. Garmin eTrex Legend Cx
  7. Garmin eTrex Vista Cx
  8. Magellan eXplorist 210
  9. Garmin GPSMAP 60Cx
  • Garmin eTrex Venture Cx

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