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| Navigon 2100 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $249.00
Buy Refurbished: $84.65
You Save: $164.35 (66%)
New (22) Used (8) Refurbished (12) from $84.65
Avg. Customer Rating:  158 reviews
Sales Rank: 1111
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 4 x 3
nv:Type: Receiver
Touch Screen: Yes
Expansion Slots: SD Card
Battery Type: 1100 mAh lithium ion battery
Battery Life: 3.5 hours
MPN: 10000170
Model: 10000170
UPC: 898110001105
EAN: 0898110001105
ASIN: B000W6EUOE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: FActory refurbished with a 90 Day Factory warranty, all accessories are included, Sorry but NO APO, FPO shipping
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| Customer Reviews:
 It's a winner for $99 November 24, 2007
I bought this product yesterday at Staples for $99. My wife has a Tom Tom One 3rd Edition and this is only the second GPS unit that I have used. I had read some reviews online prior to purchase and other than the small buttons and the DOA issues with some at staples, it seemed like it was worth a try. I used it for the ride home and decided that I liked it better than my wife's Tom Tom immediately. It looks better, is much easier to get off the windshield mount and with the text to voice feature is much easier to follow its directions. One gripe I had with my wife's Tom Tom is that in the city it is dificult to figure out which street to turn down. With the Navigon, it tells you the street name which will illiminate some of the confusion. I got the free lifetime traffic alerts, but it only works in one of the major cities. I'm just outside of Harrisburg Pa so I probably won't take advantage of this feature unless I visit my in-laws in Albany, NY. The product is very sleek and attractive looking and is about 50% smaller than the Tom Tom (same size screen). I use my cell phones mini USB cable to charge it using my laptop (just keep the Navigon off while doing it). This is a brand new product from Navigon and has very little support unlike the Tom Tom. I'm hoping that Navigon will do frequent updates as needed. Overall the product seems excellent.
 Good, Basic Unit November 24, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I bought this unit on Black Friday at Staples. The selling point for me (as opposed to mio on sale for the same price at other stores) was the lifetime traffic info included. Living in a major market, this is a valuable feature.
The unit is esthetically pleasing, and a really nice size. It fits in a small purse or coat pocket for easy portability. It's not the most intuitive setup right out of the box, but you can get it up and working for the basics immediately. There is no manual included with it, but you can download it from Navigon's website ([...]).
I didn't find any problem working the onscreen keyboard, but you might want to use a PDA stylus just to make it easier. There may be some lag in responsiveness, but there's a touchscreen calibration tool in the setup menu (just like for PDA's), which should help eliminate that problem. You can add favorite places to your "address book" and you can add your home address so that you can use the "take me home" feature with one touch. Recently traveled to places are in the drop down list, and you can either add them to your favorites or just keep them there indefinitely. You can delete those entries that you won't be using again.
I did find the intuitive auto-fill when choosing addresses a little disconcerting, but I got used to it. After you put in your destination, you can view turn-by-turn directions before you start out and you can block any route you don't want to use. For instance, if you see a toll road you don't want to take, or know about construction on a route, you click on that item on the screen and choose "block" from the options. Your route will be recalculated. You can choose trip profiles: optimum, fast, no highways and scenic.
The voice instructions were easily heard at the loudest setting, and I don't like the fact that there seems to be no way to make the loudest settiing the default. You might be amused by some of the place name mispronuciations in the text to speech, but you will understand where it's telling you to go. Some people complained about the grayness and lack of color on the screen. I do not find this to be a bad thing...how much time are you going to spend looking at the screen when you should be looking at the road. As long as it shows you where to go, who cares how much color it has?
I found the traffic feature to be neat, but a little "iffy". I am in NYC, and the traffic reports depend on the ability for the unit to find a broadcast (theoretically easy in the city), but while it worked quite well and accurately on my outbound trip, I found it to not be able to find the signal on my return trip. The charging cord acts as an antenna but if you choose, you can buy an external antenna. You can set the mode to tell you all traffic events, only those on your route, those not on your route, only traffic jams not on your route. (traffic events include construction information or general slowness). The device can even recalculate your route to take you around traffic problems on your route. You can have it do it automatically or by request.
I found that it had plenty of POI's and, since I knew my route, found them to be dead on accurate, down to the brand of gas station and restaurant names (even the names of local, non-national restaurants).
The unit's power switch has two modes--a light touch will put it in power saver and will wake it up when touched again. To turn the unit completely off, you have to press and hold the power switch for 6 seconds or more.
A few people complained about the lack of a charger, other than the auto adapter. I found that I can charge the unit through the USB port on my computer or my cell phone charger (I have a Motorola phone with a mini USB port). It takes about 5 hours to completely charge from dead or almost dead, but if you use it mainly in your own car and have it powered to the adapter it will continually charge. If you use it without the charger, they claim the battery life is 4.5 hours. I haven't had it long enough to test that claim, but the long battery life is another of the reasons I chose this one.
I am not happy with the fact that it only has a map of the 48 contiguous US states and not Canada, Alaska, Hawaii or Puerto Rico, but since I do not do much traveling there, it doesn't make a real difference to me. It might to someone else. It doesn't even appear that the other maps are available for sale at this point in time. Since this is a new brand, that may change in the future.
All in all, once you get used to this unit, you will like it just fine. At some point in the future, I might want more bells and whistles, but for now this is a great entry level model. I will say, however, that I would not have bought it at it's original price, as there are others out there in that price range that do more (although none of them have the RT traffic without a subscription).
Great unit for the price (black friday price) navigon 2100 November 24, 2007
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
First of all, this unit looks and feels a lot smaller then other similar 3.5" units. It fits into a front shirt pocket easily. It's sirf star 3 so it acquires quickly. Maps look great, seems to have a decent amount of poi's for a low end model. Calculated a few routes from Los Angeles to Colorado, Monterey, Phoenix, and seemed to calculate fast enough and the routes looked pretty good, no roundabouts so far. Lots of features for this bargain priced unit, especially if you got free lifetime traffic upgrade on black friday. This is a great little unit for the money. Compare the features, 64mb ram/64mb rom capacity memory and 400mhz samsung processor to others out there and you'll agree it's a bargain. The maps are by navteq, zenrin makes the software for nissan/infiniti cars, not exactly sure what association they have with navigon, but it's all namebrand stuff. The only drawback is people with big fingers might find it hard to type in the correct letters as the touch screen letter blocks are quite small. It has the 48 states and canada for maps, not sure when they will have maps for purchase or download, didn't see any on their website yet. Wish they had all 50 states.
Great GPS worth the money November 24, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Very good GPS for the money nothing comes close to this for the price. My wife has a magellan 6000t and this is actually very close to it in a lot of features. You will pay double to get half the features for any other brand. The real time traffic is a great feature and was included for the life of the unit ($60 a year with other units). This even includes text to speech with street names.
The map is only the lower 48 vs North America so if you need Canada or Hawaii and AK this unit should be avoided or look for a more expensive Navigon. You should also be aware this GPS is on the small side so it may be hard to read or use if you have arthritis or have a hard time using small gadgets would be better off avoiding this unit and look for something like a magellan 6000t.
Bottom line is this is the best GPS for the money right now.
My opinion November 23, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
To me I bought this product on BF and I love it. Payed 99.00 at Staples. I was lucky since I wasn't gonna go waste my money on unfamilar product. Mine came with the Lifetime traffic so I guess in all fair I saved 99.00. I would've went to Best buy or other electronic department store and spend 199. but I saved. I say to anyone complaining about this product. Take time and try other routes. My dislike only is minor which is not bluetooth capability. But who needs it. I love the fact it is small enough to carry it in my pocket. Since I work in hotel and guests ask questions, I save time by using this product. It helped alot this morning in rush.
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