March 01, 2009

Top ten GPS for February 2009

It's the first of the month, which means it's time to look back at the stats and check out last month's top ten. There weren't many changes this time around. We are seeing newer Garmin units moving steadily up in the ranks, but that's the only discernable trend.

As usual, the rankings are based on the number of times each GPS review has been read here on GPS Tracklog.

Top ten auto GPS

  1. Garmin nuvi 260W
  2. Garmin nuvi 255W
  3. Garmin nuvi 260
  4. Garmin nuvi 755T
  5. TomTom ONE 125
  6. Garmin nuvi 265WT
  7. Garmin nuvi 760
  8. Garmin nuvi 205W
  9. TomTom XL 330-S
  10. TomTom GO 730

Top 10 sport / handheld GPS

  1. Garmin GPSMap 60CSx
  2. Garmin Oregon 400t
  3. Garmin Forerunner 405
  4. Garmin Forerunner 305
  5. Garmin eTrex Legend HCx 
  6. Garmin Colorado 300
  7. Garmin eTrex Venture HC
  8. Garmin eTrex Vista HCx
  9. Garmin nuvi 500
  10. Magellan Triton 1500

New GPS reviews for February 2009

Mar 1, 2009 5:53:08 AM | Top ten GPS

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