If you're planning a road trip, there are plenty of things you want to take with you, and a good GPS should be one of them. Last week we asked you for the best, and then we looked at the five best car GPS units. We put them to a vote, and now we're back to highlight the winner.
It shouldn't be much of a surprise, but the majority of you, close to 62%, prefer using your smartphone for turn-by-turn driving directions and GPS. The idea is that the best GPS device is the one you'll have with you at all times, and the ability to download maps for offline use or GPS apps that download map packs for times when you may be without mobile data make up for the limitations of using your phone for GPS.
However, not all of you agreed that a smartphone is the way to go when you're trying to get from point a to point b. Close to 23% of you preferred Garmin's Nuvi series of stand-alone GPS devices for your car, preferring instead to use a dedicated GPS unit over your smartphone. 10% of you said your car came with an in-dash GPS unit that you prefer, or that you'd rather have a good after-market GPS installed in your dash, that way you could pair it with your smartphone if you wanted to, and get something that does more than just one thing. In fourth place with just shy of 5% of the vote was the Tom Tom Go series of dedicated GPS units, and bringing up the rear with about 1% of the vote was Magellan's RoadMate series.
For more detail on all of the contenders, make sure to head back to our Hive Five feature.
The Hive Five is based on reader nominations. As with most Hive Five posts, if your favorite was left out, it's not because we hate it?it's because it didn't get the nominations required in the call for contenders post to make the top five. We understand it's a bit of a popularity contest, but if you have a favorite, we want to hear about it. Have a suggestion for the Hive Five? Send us an email at tips+hivefive@lifehacker.com!
Photo by Yun Huang Yong.
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