I’m narrowing down my search of which GPS I want to get. Now I’m stuck between two, one which has the high-sensitivity receiver feature, but not text-to-speech, and the other, vice versa. Which is more important? Does the high-sensitivity feature really make that much of a difference? Thanks in advance!
Tags: text-to-speech, thanks in advance, high sensitivity
Go with the better receiver. With the older receiver you needed to have line of sight to communicate with GPS satellites, so if you are in a city behind tall buildings or even inside a parking garage, you could have no or a weak signal. Also, the high peformance receiver is pretty much standard with new GPS units, so if you see a GPS without one, it’s probably an older model that has other shortcomings, like older software and maps, and fewer features.
Text-to-speech is a very useful feature but I would rank it below the receiver. The nuvi 260 is the lowest Garmin model with new receiver and TTS, and it’s now $263 on amazon. Unless this is for a Christmas gift, I’d wait a bit for prices to drop further, and get both features.