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Posted 6/26/2012 2:10 AM (GMT 0)
OK, I finally have to admit it, I need a GPS system to deal with my fibro fog. I am sick of getting lost and panicing (and this from a person who used to have a great sense of direction, now I forget which way east and west is!)

So what GPS systems do you guys use that you would recommend?

thanks for the help,
Susan
Posted 6/26/2012 2:23 AM (GMT 0)
GPS systems are going to get super cheap, so try to hang in there a bit. If you have a smartphone, the map apps have gps enabled with voice turn by turn directions, so that could be a better way to go. I have it and it works well. That is why gps will get to be like an impulse item soon -- people can use their smarphones for it so they won't need standalone gps.
Posted 6/26/2012 7:06 AM (GMT 0)
Hello Snue!

My husband thought that I needed one...and I kind of have to admit that it has been quite handy. He bought me a Mio brand that was on sale for $25 brand new. I can type in addresses, anywhere in the country, and it will give me detailed directions. Also, if I get off track from a wrong turn or something, it will re-evaluate where I am and give me a new course to get to the same place. It also talks to you, which is nice on really long trips or on interstates where you need directions but don't really need to not be looking at the gps system. You can also turn off the sound,

Best of luck with the fibro fog...if anyone has a cure, I would gladly do whatever it takes to fix it. Some days I live in fibro-brain land...it can be fun though! yeah

Take care

LupusMomma
Posted 6/26/2012 10:41 AM (GMT 0)
We have a Garman, but I don't know how to use it! smhair Well...it's a couple of years old now and these systems have become more sophiscated since then...you don't have to type your destination in them...all you have to speak.  That a good thing for fibromites. yeah

Donna

Posted 6/26/2012 3:59 PM (GMT 0)
We have had a Garmin for about a year, now, and had not used it until this past Saturday. My husband and I were going out of town, and got it out to use it. For the longest time, it kept showing that the battery was charging. We finally figured out that we were holding the thing upside down! Although it worked well once we figured it out, we found that the app on his Smart Phone was more useful. The routes were more direct, and there was less yacking.
Posted 6/26/2012 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
I have a three-year-old Garmin Nuvi that I love, so much so that we've named it Jacques (uses the male British English voice).Just another way that technology helps out us fibromites! Others are right, though, that if you have a smartphone you don't really need to buy a separate GPS, unless you have data concerns. I like Google Maps for driving directions, though I don't know if it gives you real-time turn-by-turn directions. That's definitely one feature to look for in a smartphone app, and another is that the directions can be voiced to you. I had to use my stepdad's TomTom GPS this weekend and it didn't have the voice enabled. It drove me absolutely insane, partly because I was so distracted by trying to read the thing that it felt dangerous.
Posted 6/26/2012 5:40 PM (GMT 0)
I usually don't go too far from home, anymore. I have always loved maps, have a pretty good sense of direction. I have been the navigator on our trips thru the yrs. Now of course, I need not only my glasses, but a magnifying glass to see the tiny, itty-bitty print. My DD has had a GPS for several yrs as she, bless her heart, has no sense of direction. She offered it to us for an outing we had about a yr ago. GOOD GRIEF!

She had to program the thing because neither DH nor I could figure the thing out. She also loaded it to get us home. Sounds simple, right? HAHAHA.

The first time the female voice spoke, it sounded like a teacher my DH had as a boy. So we nicknamed the voice - Sr. Mary Agony. The 'ding' to tell you to turn sounded right as we hit the corner, so we had a few Bat Turns. That was fun. We missed a turn and it told us to turn around - safely- as quickly as possible. We were hysterical the whole ride up, and we just followed the same path home. I remembered all the turn offs. Yay me.

DD asked how we liked it, wasn't it sooo much easier to get places w/ it?  yeah   We thanked her for her kindness, said we had fun. We just got an updated map and our magnifying glass all cleaned up and ready to go.

My children laugh and say 'Here comes Mom, bursting into the 21st century'.  Oh well, I can't remember all the step by step instructions. I know the 'on' button for the computer, so I'm good! lol

God bless.  Alice.

Posted 6/26/2012 8:25 PM (GMT 0)
Call me crazy but sometimes I really enjoy getting lost. It is a great way of coming across places you never knew existed. Both hubby and I have a horrible sense of direction even with a compass in our cars. We can get lost on foot in the woods too. :)

We have plenty of mapbooks and frequently print out directions to places but can manage to get lost anyway. Everytime we would move to a new city, I would go out and intentionally get myself lost...that is how I learned the area. We have used GPS systems already in rental cars when we travel. Hubby doesn't believe the guy and ignores the instructions...he thinks he knows a short cut. :)

Over the years we have had more fun getting lost together, that I don't think I would fully appreciate a GPS. Now that we are older, I look forward to our adventures even more.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 6/27/2012 2:44 AM (GMT 0)
My fog isn't that bad, yet. I was a school bus driver, we had to go out before school started and find all the stops. So DH thinks I know where I am sometimes. I say no, but I've been lost here before.

I want a new iPhone 4S, with Siri. It just seems like a better way not to be lost.
Posted 6/27/2012 4:37 AM (GMT 0)
I could go for the British man's voice! How much was that one, again? LOL!!!
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