Dedicated or phone GPS?

[Stratuscaster]

Dedicated sat-nav (thank you, Top Gear) that has regularly updated maps, with a current year paper RMcN as a supplement.

One reason is that there are state and local laws against cell phone use while in the vehicle, but not so much against sat-nav units.

Another is that I can work the sat-nav faster than my phone.

(Garmin nuvi 2595LMT & 1390LMT, in case anyone cares. Refurb units - $80 each.)

[1995hoo]

I found the sat-nav quite useful Friday night when we were driving around looking at Christmas lights. Originally we just planned to go see one display we visit every year that has 270,000 lights (guy starts putting it up in August), but while we were out we thought of a couple of others we had heard of. Since I knew the street names but not where those streets were, the sat-nav was quite valuable at night on the spur of the moment instead of having to pull off to read a map (since my wife is a poor navigator and would have done worse reading the map at night).

[vdeane]

Just 270,000 lights?  One I saw on Light Fight had 2 million!

[1995hoo]

Just 270,000 lights?  One I saw on Light Fight had 2 million!

(Shrugs) Our house has exactly zero outside Christmas lights, in part because our friendly squirrels would chew the cords if we put any on the deck.