Cobra Nav ONE 2100
The Cobra Nav ONE 2100 has been announced and should be an interesting contender in the GPS market. Cobra is pushing the “My Favorite Brands” functionality in this device whereby you can specify your favorite retailers and the device will attach special icons to those locations on the map as you drive. Over 600 brands are available to choose from.
There is an optional traffic receiver for the Cobra NAV ONE 2100, but not included with the device. The receiver costs $99 and the traffic subscription costs $60/year. When driving in traffic the device can calculate two alternate routes around traffic and let you choose which one you prefer.
Cobra is also touting the wide range of temperatures the NAVONE 2100 is allowed to operate in. You can use the 2100 in temperatures from -4 to 158 Fahrenheit.
Expect to be able to get your hands on one of these in May, for about $350.
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Just returned a Magellan 3100 and purchased the Cobra 2100. So for this is a much better product. For me it was easy to set up. Directions are have been right on target so far. One of the nice features is the “My Favorite Brands” item. I bought this for my wife and programed in all of the major retail stores for her. It not only will navigate to these but also displays address and phone number. Kind of like using “Favorite” on a PC. Then only thing I found lacking is the documentation. Users manual is very basic. Will get you up and running quickly but does not tell much about updates. Like what is the SD card slot for? You can download software upgrades on-line, although it is such a new product there are no upgrades. Comes with both AC and car adapters so that you can enter personal address from the comfort of your home. Looks like a pretty good product for the money.
Does the 2100 have text to voice directions?
I haven’t confirmed yet, but I do not believe so.
It does not have text to voice direction as such. It will not tell you local street names but is has been giving us State and Interstate names. Other that than you get the standard turn directions. I have not found this to be a real problem becasue the turn info has been accurate and plenty of notice is given.
I am consider this instead of Magellan2200T but not sure currently. any opinion?
Mansu - You might want to ask that over on the RoadMate 2200T page.
I just ordered this last week [snip]. When it arrived they had upgraded me to the Cobra 2500. Well let’s just say I hate the 2500.
If I go around a curve in a the mountains it does not not I took the curve and shows me going straight. This would be bad in a big city with tall buildings because you could make a right or left and it still would think you are going straight. Another issue is the POI database in some cases has gas stations in my area which are off about 2 miles.
Well, after using the Cobra for a week I have some more opinions on it. I put it through the paces last week. First I used it in town to try to located two banks of which I already new the location. In both cases it gave me incorrect locations, one being in the middle of a freeway ramp. The other I was looking across the road and it was telling me to make a u-turn. Then this past weekend took it on a road trip. Good thing I knew where I was going. At one point it just went dead; locked up. Had to unplug and reset. Then I came to a T and it did not give a indication to turn. And finally I was driving along in open country and it switched on it’s own to another screen. I have come to the conclusion that there is not a low-end priced unit worth having. Taking this one back to store and getting out of the GPS business. My wife’s VZW naviagtion system on her phone is a lot more accurate, just hard to see on the smaller screen.
I am thinking about purchasing this unit for my Dad… however, I am wondering if it has points of interest such as campgrounds? My parent’s would use a unit such as this primarily for campsites rather than a restaurant location or mall… Anyone know? Thanks!
Not sure about that. It does show parks. I would be very hesitant to recommend this unit to anyone though just because in wooded areas this unit looses it’s signal easily.
Just performed my due-diligence… “if you will?’.. on my purchase of a GPS device; none have come close to my COBRA 2100 - The ‘Red Light’ Camera feature is priceless (considering that each summons is over $100 bucks - & I just paid one not to long ago)This unit will pay for itself just simply by the warning feature imbedded inside… highly & most definitely recommend owning this wonderful device, it does it all. “Only one caveat”.. as mentioned prior instructions are limited but you will find your way- ENJOY!!!
Does it have a battery so you can take it out for a walk or doet it only operate on the plug?
How does this unit do with addresses that are numbered? Example: address is 26773 40B ave. I’ve found that some are almost impossible to input. In BC (Canada) we have a large portion of our street names numbered as such.
High accuracy obtained using unit addresses, however the 2100 did prompt me to turn left when a right turn was required for a particular address. Be wary of navigating using business icons alone! Error rate varies by as little as a few feet to a much as 1/4 mile or more. Haven’t had the 2100 long enough to say how often Cobra updates map info from map provider Tele Atlas.
I’m in Mexico, can I add maps of cities in here, or can I add my own maps?
Rudolph, you can’t add your own maps, you would need to get them from Cobra. I don’t believe they offer Mexico maps, but you would need to check with them to be sure.
I received a Cobra gpsm2200 as a gift, the unit looks great but unfortunately I accuracy of the unit is terrible, I live in arizona and wanted to test out the unit with a address known to me the unit directed me to a neighborhood 3 miles north of the intended destination. I thought ok maybe it was me I then downloaded the updates to the unit and tried it again, the unit then gave me wrong turn directions and showed busnisses in the middle if vacant lots and directed me to exit the freeway and go west one mile , south one mile, east on mile and to get back on the freeway, it told me to do this at every freeway exit on the whole 60 mile trip, Customer support has been rotten to say the least, they told me basically that electronic devices sometimes do this. my advice dont buy the cobra units, customer service needs to pull thier heads outts thier butts and correct these problems.
I have the 2100 and it sucks. It locks up every couple of mins. and I have to unplug it and start over. Half the time it doesn’t fully come on and it locks up.
Does it have multi-destination routing?
I bought the Nav One 2500, nothing but problems, GPS is too slow, you actually pass the off ramp or exit, then it shows up on screen. It will take off a major interstate, drive through city streets and stop lights, then put you back onto the exact interstate it took you off of. Once you start storing addresses, it will start to freeze up, you cannot do anything with it except unplug it and let it reboot. I have updated it, returned it and got the NAV ONE 2100, same problems. You will be driving across country, on a major interstate, no turns or exits for miles, and fo no reason the icon that is suppose to be your vehicle will go off the road, the software will stop calculating your time and distance, it will do this for miles, sometimes up to 15 to 20 minutes, you can turn it off and back on, same thing. Worst GPS I have ever used.
With a gift certifacte I received from a friend, I bought Nav One 2100 Cobra GPS. I checked it one day while driving to my office. I thought it was good and put it back in the box. A month and half later, just after the return date expired, I tried to use it but found out that I can not enter the street name because it was so slow and take me back to the main menu. I checked and rechecked but it doesn’t work.
This is a horrible GPS, I can’t believe I paid as much as I did for it. It is very laggy and slow in both rerouting and typing in a destination. I tested it on a trip this morning. Luckily, I knew the way because it kept telling me to go on a highway I was already on and took about 45 minutes to actually understand where I was. I traded it in for a Garmin, a much better product.
Well after further tries to contact cobra customer support and to have the laoy put me on hold then forwarded to tech support and left on hold then call back and tell them whats going on with my unit she said she has never heard of any problems and the units are very good. I wish I could return this lemon to COBRA. They should be embarassed to have marketed a inferior product and steal hundreds of dollars for junk. If you are reading this review dont buy a cobra GPS youd be better off with a monkey that randomly points in different directions. These GPS units are the suckiest suck that ever sucked.
I have seen that the Cobra warns you of red light cameras. I also think that it notifies you of stoplights. How can you tell the difference?
DONT get the Nav one 2100. i have had this one for 6 months now and it is always letting me down. about 30% of the addresses i put in are not found, i even put in my own address and it said not fount(i get mail there so it must be real) take the time and find one better.
Don’t waste your money. I would sell you mine but I can’t rip someone off like Cobra did me and every one else that shelled out hard earned money for this POS. Cobra needs to recall this crap or there gonna lose alot of customers.
Beware. I have trade Cobra Nav One 2100 for Air Miles. It is the worst GPS i have seen. My friend have the LG, another one the Garmin and they can update by USB cable to our computer.
The Cobra Nav One is slow, freese, cannot be update by USB cable and no answer about Cobra Web site.
Poor company
Sorry
You can update it thru USB. I just done a master reset on mine and updated to the new software. Seems to be working fine now. If you don’t know how. Turn the unit on and hold down the cobra button on the front till the settings comes up. The bottom right hand corner is the master reset.
Does not have a battery u have to keep it plug in for it to work it sucks,does not show any atm machines or restaurants on the map when your driving the only thing thats good about this gps it shows u the city’s when drive in the freeway.
Ric,
You have to zoom in pretty close for the restaurants to show up. It does slow it down when your zoomed in that close though. Good luck
I purchased a Nav One 2100. The features are easy to use, the screen is efficiently large and it seems to lack nothing except problems. The "go home" function takes me to my neighbors house about half a mile from my home, but at least on the right street. The "smart power feature" when on does not operate. The silent function is inoperative. This would allow youto scroll down the "most used function" list to quickly access the feature you want to use and the most frustrating defect is that the speedometer, trip odometer, average speed display etc. does not reset even though the voice command states that all you need to do is hit the bottom of the screen where the two zeros are located. All of this in a product that I have used for only three days
Just bought a nav one 2100 for my mom, it had very nice colorso and thats about it, after one day, it started to freeze up on me. I kept turning it off and on, that worked after about 10 tries. Also it kept telling me to turn onto the street i was already on, weird..This was frustrating because i was an hour away from where i purchased it, I went to take it back using it and it was still acting up on me all the way there..
i was given the 2100 as a gift have had it about two weeks once or twice it has been off on residential addresses not by much though it is really slow on typing but other than that it has got me home great going on a trip tonight we willl see how it does….. ps have had it on alll day every day since i got it……