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| Garmin StreetPilot 2730 Portable GPS Navigator | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $1,358.21
Buy New: $398.95
You Save: $959.26 (71%)
New (3) Used (1) Refurbished (1) from $169.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  70 reviews
Sales Rank: 7933
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 454 x 240
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 3.2 x 2
MPN: 010-00408-04
Model: 010-00408-04
UPC: 753759053628
EAN: 0753759053628
ASIN: B000BWRK2S
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Great piece of product on the go March 16, 2007
Overall, it is great. I use the friction mount on a Toyota Sienna 2005 and the unit does not move at all. Most of the street names are clearly pronounced. The screen is really good both day and night. The signal is better than the C320 version that I tried (though they both have the same chip). However, there are a couple of things that I should mention:
1. The USB 2 Full speed is too slow. It takes forever to load 1GB of mp3's.
2. Wrong guidance: When heading EAST on CA152, the unit tells us to keep RIGHT then turn LEFT at the CA152/CA156 intersection. In reality, we need to keep LEFT to continue on CA152. This bug should definitely be fixed by GARMIN. This is why I gave 4 stars.
 no March 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I thought this was very bulky with too many wires. It took very long for the Garmin 2730 to find my location. I returned it and exchanged it for the Nuvi 350.
 too late March 14, 2007
The unit was great and has preformed well. The only problem I have is that it is now obsolite.
Couldn't be happier! March 11, 2007
I have had the unit for a month now and I am very happy with my purchase. GPS navigation along with XM radio instantly. Always being on the road, renting cars at the airport, unbelievable how useful the 2730 is.
Garmin keeps the unit up to date through their website with downloads. It came with City Navigator 7 installed. Version 8 is available for free after you register. Takes about a month to get it.
And the price? Less than $500.00 bucks! My friend paid around $1200.00 just last year.
Works great but has its warts February 28, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
First off, GPS is no substitute for local knowledge. Ever. GPS units have no idea of the traffic patterns in the area, and what looks like a good idea to the route calculator is not necessarily right.
The good:
- Reception seems to be good, but I am sure this depends on the car you have.
- Complete maps. Useful if you're flying to the other coast or Canada and need to find your way in a rental car.
- Reasonably fast to calculate routes.
- Speaker part of cigarette lighter adapter. Neat idea, it even works.
- XM and MP3 capability that works with almost 500 MB space for MP3s and audio books.
- XM NavTraffic. That works too.
- For things like highway exits, the unit gives a 3D-looking view of the exit ramp and system, making even multi-highway intersections a lot less stressful to navigate.
- In addition, the unit voice prompts lane hints for complicated ramps and intersections, as in "take exit 12 and stay right".
Bad:
- XM and MP3 sound is terrible. It sounds like AM, even at full XM signal strength. This seems to be happening with my Roady2 to a lesser extent as well, but it sucks. Output volume is weak, and when you turn it up it starts the sound starts to clip. No bass, treble poor. I plugged my mp3 player into the same tape adapter and that sounded great, so it's the unit for sure.
- Integrated FM transmitter is impossibly weak. If you have a rear-mounted antenna, forget it.
- The unit shipped with somewhat outdated map data, and in particular, some store locations are either not there or plain wrong. Not sure if the $120 update is worth it.
Irritating:
- Telling the unit to ignore HOV roads causes it to ignore the roads in both directions, even if HOV is only one way at the given time.
- The unit would rather route you over a road it has NavTraffic info for (even if the traffic is bad) than over a road it has no info for. That can be annoying.
- the XM puck comes with a really short and fat cable. Running it through weather stripping can cause a leak. The included extension cable is no improvement, and you end up with something like 8 or 10 feet of cable with the extension, which is still too short. The good news is that it's a mini-usb connector, so if an extension for that can be found, that will likely work.
- the XM puck is what your XM radio ID is keyed on, and is obvious to see when mounted. If someone steals that, it's $110 to replace, and when replacing it you have to go through the registration update process with XM.
- the XM puck is not a GPS receiver or antenna, so if you use both, you're running two cables to their mounting points.
- NavTraffic is only as good as the reporting agency. Fair enough, not the unit's fault. You're still better off tuning into the XM traffic station and listening to that.
- Text input on the unit is non-qwerty but has the letters in order. Not a problem, just a hassle.
Tips:
- When looking for an address in a city that you're familiar with, have the unit calculate the route and only use the route legs you know are good. At least then you don't have to look at house numbers and park close enough to walk.
Summary:
A good GPS, but a poor XM radio.
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