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| Navigon 7100 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Navigon
Category: CE
List Price: $649.00
Buy New: $324.93
You Save: $324.07 (50%)
New (5) Used (5) Refurbished (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  221 reviews
Sales Rank: 2475
Color: Piano Black
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 1 x 5 x 4
MPN: 10000140
Model: 10000140
UPC: 898110001051
EAN: 0898110001051
ASIN: B000S11K5U
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Everything I Need January 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is great. I have been able to find my way around unfamiliar parts of the country with ease. The feature showing lanes in 3-D is the best I have seen and makes road navigation much easier. It has chosen some routes in areas I know that are actually faster than I use myself, so I am pretty impressed with that. The only main downside is that the battery does not last long (up to 3 hours), so you really need to have the device plugged in to the car battery all the time. It should have at least 5-6 hours of power in my view. That is my only complaint.
 Excellent January 20, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
The best there is. One good thing would be to have the destination display all the way to the destination
Glad I settled on this one January 20, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is my first GPS and I've only had it for about a month. The only comparison I have is using the GPS in my mom's jaguar - didn't like it. First, the only two lows for the Navigon: battery life is short - if your trip is more than two hours, just hook up the power chord at the get-go. (Very difficult to do while you're driving, as I learned.) Also, you have to charge it first thing out of the box. Low #2: the windshield mount (which looks very sleek) is long, which gets the unit close to you but allows it to shake around way too much. It hasn't come loose but it looks like it might. I'm considering one of those sand-bag dash mounts. I do drive a convertible, which are known for cowl shake and I have the unit mounted near the left corner near the A-pillar, to the left of the steering wheel, so those may contribute to the shake. Your shake may vary.
Pros: where do I start? The traffic data (FREE!) is great! I don't have a long commute anymore so it took a while for me to have an incident in my route. The rerouting around the traffic event was great. Later, on that same drive, it rerouted again for traffic and told me what it was doing. Because of the traffic info, I use GPS even when I know where I'm going. Speaking of that: when you know where you're going and you take a different turn from the GPS route, it is very quick to recalculate (seconds). It will try to get you back on the original route (sometimes several tries) but when it sees that you aren't going to, it quickly recalculates. (Oh, okay, I see what you're doing.)
The lane feature is great. The reality view of the signage is not all that important to me but the orange lane arrows on the picture of the highway are great. Also, when you come up to an interchange and your route is to keep going straight, She tells you to keep left and the reality view pops up and shows orange arrows going straight in all the lanes that are going straight. It's not critical for me to know I'm going straight through since that has already been established but the lane arrows are very handy in those situations.
You can set it up to warn you when you're over the speed limit. I set it for 15 over. This is very handy when you are on highways in the city and can't use cruise control. When you get a little too exuberant, she just says "caution" and a little caution sign appears next to the speed limit display. Very nice!
I have found the destination announcements to be very accurate. Plus, she tells you which side of the street it's on - I never can remember that address rule.
I haven't used the Bluetooth connection to my phone yet - nothing to report there.
The only time I used the Zagat POI info was when I wanted to find out the prices at a pricey restaurant. The restaurant's web site wouldn't tell me. However, finding the nearest (non-Zagat reviewed) restaurants has really been helpful.
Telling you the street and highway names is great. Less time looking at the GPS rather than the road is better IMO. Sometimes the pronunciation is off. Kinda like someone from out-of-town would do.
The larger screen is a must for me. I use 2.00 diopter reading glasses and most of what I need, I can see on the unit without my glasses. Some stuff is small, e.g. estimated time of arrival, and requires my glasses but with the voice and the orange lane arrows I'm generally good-to-go.
I highly recommend the Navigon 7100. I'm almost to the point where it is a necessity. What better thing for a man - we don't have to stop & ask for directions anymore - right, like we ever did that.
 Worst unit I ever bought January 20, 2008
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
Bought unit,did not work out of box.Called and e-mailed customer support,was told supervisor would call,NEVER HAPPENED.I called a third time,was told "we do not have fix for until mid to late jan. we are just starting in usa". returned unit to amazon(with no greif from them at all THANK YOU) AND BOUGHT GARMIN NUVI680 for which I am extermley happy with. DO NOT BUY NAVIGON!!!!!
 navigon 7100 January 20, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
the desighn is wonderful and thas as far as i could go with the pros. now customer service is so bad, make u want to through this product in the trash. the stand that comes with it does not hold well, so the unit fall down while driving, although the traific updates are great, the point of interest is useless. i had better luck with the nagavation on my phone with verizion.
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