I've been meaning to purchase a GPS system for a while now. This past summer I did quite a bit of traveling and got lost quite a few times. I always print out my directions before the trip using google maps. Let me tell you, as I'm sure a lot of you will agree, it's not fun when you have to get back on an interstate just to reverse your directions.

Recently I purchased tickets to a Monday Night football game, Buffalo Bills vs. Dallas Cowboys in Buffalo. I'm leaving Monday morning and I've got about a 5 hour drive to get to Buffalo and then find the stadium, plus I'll probably have to find a hotel either near the stadium or more closer to home... the game starts at 8:30 and ends about 11:30. Well... as you can imagine I'm not keen on getting lost in Buffalo at 11:30 at night.

All of this has prompted me to start looking for GPS solutions. I was browsing the web and noticed that Cicuit City had a Refurbished Garmin StreetPilot c330 GPS Receiver which was 300.00 cheaper just because it was refurbished... This particular model had pretty good customer ratings so I decided to give it a go and purchased it. I probably wouldn't have purchased a GPS if I couldn't get it so cheap.

I'll be interested to see how my trip goes without pre-printed google maps. I plan to use the upcoming week to practice using it. If anyone reading this post has anything to say about Garmin or this model in general please post a comment.

I'll also post more about my trip when I return.

-Warren