Garmin NüVi 42lm 4.3-Inch Portable Vehicle Gps With Lifetime Maps (Us) (Discontinued By Manufacturer
Garmin nüvi 42LM 4.3-Inch Portable Vehicle GPS with Lifetime Maps (US) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)
- Detailed maps of Lower 49 States includes Hawaii, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Barthemelemy, Jamaca (Excludes Alaska). Free lifetime map updates up to 4 times per year
- Millions of points of interest, including hotels, restaurants, parking, entertainment, fuel, shopping and more. 4.3-inch (480 x 272 pixels) display with white backlight
- Features include Lane Assist with Junction View, Route Avoidance and Where am I
- Not Bluetooth compatible.
Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Handheld GPS Units
Rating : 4.4
Review Count : 1615
Garmin nüvi 42LM 4.3-Inch Portable Vehicle GPS with Lifetime Maps (US) (Discontinued by Manufacturer)
- ... even asked a trucker friend what brand GPS she uses. She gave me the model number of hers, which she really likes, and when I looked it up, the Garmin nuvi 42LM 4.3\" was the updated version. Read the reviews, which were somewhat mixed of course, weighed out the pros and cons, and chose this model. Could not have made a better choice for what we needed! I think we paid $90 (the price had just been lowered on Amazon, and it\'s been lowered since I bought ours, but we needed ours delivered before leaving on our trip.)When first delivered in the original box, you\'ll see the GPS, a cigarette lighter car charger, a USB cord, and the suction cup doo-dad to put it up on the inside of your windshield. The only directions that came with mine were for how to set that up physically on the windshield. Using the USB cord plugged into your computer, you need to go first to the Garmin website for more info. DOWNLOAD THE SOFTWARE UPDATES FIRST! Register your GPS, then you\'re ready to download map updates, then the rest of what\'s available to you, such as different voices. It\'s very easy to do all that. After using British James\' voice for a few days, we ended up turning off the voice option, and just kept an eye on the GPS for next turn, etc. As the main driver, I got used to glancing at the GPS for that info. It\'s just like how you got used to taking your eyes off the road to look at your rear view mirror every seven seconds. What?? You don\'t do that? Or you can have person in passenger seat give you the directions off the GPS. Whatever floats your boat.Took it with us to Denver last week, and it never let us down. If we chose to turn on to a different street or highway, mid-trip, \"James\" as I called it, just recalculated the new route to the final destination. I\'m not sure, but the very cold weather in CO (except on Weds Dec 18 when a new record high temp of 68 degrees F for Denver was set!), may or may not have slowed the GPS down when setting up, or re-calculating routes. I\'m talking 15 degrees F, sometimes with snow. Don\'t take my word on that, perhaps it just had difficulty reaching the satellite(s), or there was too much static electricity in the air? Which there is, my hair went wild at times! ha ha! My son lives 13 floors up in an apt building in the Capital District in Denver; wide open view from there, yet often there is no cell phone reception, so there are definitely communications issues in Denver, despite the wide open sprawl of the Denver Metro Area. I\'ll let the experts decide what the real issue(s) are! Worked very well up in the mountains, I guess to be expected as closer to the satellites, right?Another thing we found is that it doesn\'t hold a charge very well, hubby said probably due to cold air, so we kept it plugged in to the charger the whole time we were using it. We\'ll see if that changes as the weather warms up here in Portland, OR. I had read that top battery time was about two hours, but often less. So always take the car charger with you! Also, ours had a small issue with the plug in for the charger that goes into the back of the GPS; it fits rather loosely into the port, which may have played a role in diminished battery power, but it always worked while driving and plugged in, and never cut in and out.You can change the settings to show the elevation, posted speed limit (which was sometimes incorrect, e.g., the speed limit is actually 65 MPH, but the GPS says 55 (or vice versa, so always pay attention to posted speed signs), ETA, and how many miles to destination (instead of just how many miles to next turn.) These items show up on the right side of the screen. Map still shows up to the left when in that mode. Also, you can use the map view of the highways, or if you touch the \"street name\" or \"destination\" bar on top of the screen, it switches to turn-by-turn directions, w/ miles to go til next turn, instead.If you don\'t know the area very well, you can select \"Places of Interest\" to find stores, restaurants by type of food, parks, museums, and other named buildings, etc. One small issue we had was that I needed to find a shoe store nearby, found one on the GPS, but when we arrived at destination, it was no longer there. The service provider for maps and points of interest evidently doesn\'t keep track of changes if a particular store has shut down or moved away. Just always give yourself plenty of time to get to final destination if you know you\'ll be stopping somewhere, in case that happens to you.VERY EASY LEARNING CURVE! And I loved having the GPS available to use on the trip, as we drove all over Colorado, and didn\'t just stay in Denver. I highly recommend this model, the 4.3\" is an adequate screen size, but go for the 5\" screen if you feel you need or want that size. Happy Trails to You!
- I\'ve always relied on Rand McNally\'s road atlas, but maps don\'t show all towns\' local streets. I\'ve just moved to Queens, NYC and streets & drivers are a lot worse than those in Boston or Yokohama, Japan (my hometown). There are so many one-way streets to augument your pleasure.I put Model-40 in the shopping cart, then this pop-up said there is a newer version of it, so I decided to give it a try on this one. My host parents in MA have different Garmin navi, which has male voice guidance (they named it \"Jack\"). This model is of mid-age female voice. They could\'ve tried a bit younger voice. The feature I like is the \"Point of Interest\" In an unfamiliar area, this can find shops, gas stations, hospitals, etc...Two things I do not like; the map is not stationary and keeps rotating very slowly like polygon characters of PlayStation games. Another thing is that it is not quick enough to guide me to take turns, streets or ramps (it is either too far ahead or too late). I\'m glad, however, that I no longer have to carry that big map in my car.It seems that these Garmin navi\'s are a target for thieves. How desperate do you have to be to steal a $130 navi; pay the money and get your own. I know it would be inconvenient, but I\'d appreciate if this had a passcode to enable it so that potential thieves would end up with a piece of plastic/LCD.Note: I had difficulty finding locations, as this was my first navi. I called Garmin and the first customer rep (male) was not very knowledgeable and did not solve my problem. The next call a female rep answered and she walked me through. I didn\'t know you had to enter street number on the \"House Number\" page, which is the first page you come to after selecting \"Where to?\" Silly me. For example, if the street address is 1234 Central Parkway, you enter 1234 on the House Number screen then proceed to the next screen which is the street name.Caution: Don\'t under-estimate Road Atlas. One time I was heading to Queens, NYC from Vermont. It did get me in Queens in 4 hours however it made me go through 4 toll gates and the total toll cost was $30. After this experience, I decided to get my Road Atlas and ignore guidance from this Nav.
- We often use our smartphones to get directions, but I don\'t like depending on that as my only method of navigation. Even with lifetime maps, the 42LM was inexpensive enough that it seemed like it was time to replace our old unit before a couple of upcoming trips.If you\'ve used a Garmin before, the interface seems pretty much like it has always been. The new unit is more compact than my old one. It seems as though searching for things goes much quicker, whereas the old unit would sometimes seem to sit there forever searching for something if you entered the name of where you wanted to instead of an address.It seemed to do pretty well on an ~800 mile road trip we took a couple weeks ago, but yesterday, I asked for directions to a park where a local festival was being held. Instead of taking us on a couple of straightforward routes, it took us on a crazy route through the side-streets of the town, which just didn\'t make much sense. The main street was too backed up to make a left turn from the side street, so we ended up just figuring out our own way around. I just don\'t understand the logic sometimes.The Garmin Express update software worked OK. It\'s better than the old web-based Garmin update tool which never seemed to detect my GPS correctly. The mounting system bracket seems to be easier to connect/disconnect than the old setup where the mounting bracket was also a power connector.If you\'re thinking maybe you should buy one last GPS receiver before smartphones totally replace them, go ahead and buy this one. It\'s probably good enough to make it worth replacing the old one.
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