gps

Got an old nuvi with old maps? You can still use it.
If you have an old Garmin nuvi with outdated maps, you can still use it as a pointer if used in a specific way. Having a is helpful. I'll talk about that in a moment. At the time I write this in 2021, there are an absolute ton of old Garmin nuvi GPSes on eBay. […]

Garmin nuvi 56 is best, not the 50LM
I said a while back that the nuvi 50LM was the best GPS ever made, followed by the DriveSmart 50. I was wrong on both counts. Since I wrote those, I've owned a few more Garmins, and finally found the two that absolutely and totally are the best models Garmin ever released. Second banana: Garmin […]

Prepper tip: Know how to use Garmin intersection search
This is a feature of every Garmin nuvi and Drive model (DriveSmart, DriveAssist, etc.). You've probably never used it. But if the GPS signal cuts out and doesn't work, or the GPS grid ever fails, this will come in very handy and get you where you need to go. What you will need to know […]

Easy way to keep a Garmin GPS running right
Something that nobody thinks about (usually not until it's too late) is the memory card in a Garmin GPS. On my GPSes, I can't use the internal memory for storage because the maps simply won't fit, so I use memory cards. What I've learned over the years is that as memory cards get older, they […]

Garmin nuvi 1390 - "For the love of Jill"
Maybe not the best 4.3" Garmin, but Jill is there. The nuvi 1390 is, said honestly, not a GPS I recommend because database searching is slow, touchscreen response isn't that great, updating maps via Garmin Express is really slow (USB 1.1 and not USB 2.0), and with modern map data it's absolutely mandatory to set […]