Grim Rider
Registered user
After years of using a succession of old Streetpilots (currently still have two 2610s, a 2620, two Navigator IIs, and even a Garmin Atlantic in the cupboard) I decided to buy a new satnav. Having looked at the options I narrowed it down to either 590 or 390 and chose the 390 as it was nearly £200 cheaper and I am not interested in having an MP3 player on it. The only advantage of the 590 seems to me to be a larger screen.
Set up with Garmin Express was pretty simple, even on a Mac and all the maps were downloaded in a couple of hours.
First impressions using it are that I don't know how I managed so long without having a clear screen which can still be seen in sunlight and doesn't 'condense' like the Streetpilots all do eventually. I leave it in 2D mode and it works very well.
I dislike Basecamp hugely, and only ever used that, or Mapsource before it, to transfer waypoints created and tested in Autoroute to the satnavs. Now I can dispense with Basecamp altogether and transfer gpx files direct from the laptop to the 399, great! Looking forward to using it 'in anger' later in the year
Set up with Garmin Express was pretty simple, even on a Mac and all the maps were downloaded in a couple of hours.
First impressions using it are that I don't know how I managed so long without having a clear screen which can still be seen in sunlight and doesn't 'condense' like the Streetpilots all do eventually. I leave it in 2D mode and it works very well.
I dislike Basecamp hugely, and only ever used that, or Mapsource before it, to transfer waypoints created and tested in Autoroute to the satnavs. Now I can dispense with Basecamp altogether and transfer gpx files direct from the laptop to the 399, great! Looking forward to using it 'in anger' later in the year