Garmin Streetpilot 2730 Auto / Road GPS

Owned it for a year and like it

Pros: Good reception, easy to see detail on screen day or night
Cons: plug on back of unit loses conection too easy

Recommended: Yes
Has Owned Product: 1 Year(s)

Comments:
I am a realtor and need it to find property in the Lake Gaston VA /NC area. I have owned the unit for a year and have used it from CT, the DC area, and NC /VA areas. It finds great restaurants, stores,as well as addresses.
<br><br>I have a bit of an issue finding property in rural areas because it looks for towns and city, not county where most of my real estate business is.
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<br><br>I bought it to build routes and it does that. The XM radio works well with a cassett tape attachment inserted in the car radio and plugged into the 2730.
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<br><br>It is an issue trying to hear xm radio without the cassette attachment when the unit is in an urban area with a lot of radio stations. You have to find a vacant radio freq. for the xm to use to transmit to your car radio. Get the cassette from Radio Shack.
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<br><br>The car power line has loosened up and loses connection on the back of the unit causing it to turn on and off. I need to order a new line.It will keep the program when it comes back on and no need to re define the route.
<br><br>The unit ocasionally gets lost, but not often. It tends to show you the main routes and not short cuts. It will re calculate if you make a wrong turn and get you where you need to go. If you don't need xm and multiple stop routing get a cheaper unit. I have 4 garmins, 3 for the airplane, like them all.