Comments on: Dash Express

By: David

David — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 00:59:11 +0000

I have a Garmin 660. I don’t know if I missed a discussion of my topic, but the most annoying feature (or, non-feature) is its inability to let me set a different route. I can put in ONE waypoint, but that’s all. So, if I put in a waypoint that forces the GPS to route me through there, I csn’t do the same thing for the next, or the next, or the next one. From there on, I am forced to follow the GPS route. That’s not a problem when I am driving a route with which I am familiar (and the GPS “Recalculates,” but it is useless if I don’t know the route or know a shorter route that the GPS doesn’t offer me.

By: Don

Don — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 03:57:09 +0000

I pre-ordered one of the Dash Express and loved it so much I bought one for my wife. Well, my car was broken into yesterday and it was stolen. I called Dash to report it stolen and they informed me that they are no longer making their own hardware and will be selling their traffic networking services to mobile devices and car companies. They cited the economy as the major problem. Personally, I think this sucks b/c I loved the device, but thought it important to update this review.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:33:53 +0000

Thomas – thanks for the comments. Study after study has shown that writing in all caps is more difficult to read and takes longer to read for most people. Glad to hear the Garmin works well for you and your capitalization preferences, but you are in the minority with that lettering preference.

By: Thomas Nordegg

Thomas Nordegg — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:31:31 +0000

As I just recently purchased my 8th GARMIN GPS, a 775T model, after immediately returning the Nuvi 880, which I got to experience the Speech To Text feature (which was’nt really working and required another whole piece to activate it), I was quite impressed with the 775T, as it not only has all of Europe included with the US, but features an appearently all new feature, called ‘Lane Assist’, which really is very helpful in n o t missing a Freeway turn, plus they re- ‘Bolded’ up their Font and left it in CAPS ! !, all of which I believe is crucial, for reading and absorbing turn info quicker !…
Well, a friend of mine showed me his DASH yesterday, in his Mini Cooper, and I was blown away by being presented wit multiple ! ! routing options, and all the traffic alerts etc… As mentioned before, the one thing that I was totally missing, is the ALL BOLD AND CAPS ! ! Fonting of the key infos in the small boxes ! Trust me, the Upper/Lower Case format is not helpful for absorbing data fast, regardless of how good an eyesight you have !..
I hope my comments are somewhat constructive, and as of right now, I’d love to get a GPS that would combine the DASH’s absolutely beautiful qualities with some of the GARMIN’s good and user-friendly feats, as mentioned, loud and BOLD CAPS info blocks, in particular the squares that give you the prompts for turns etc.

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:35:05 +0000

Junk product. The routing is poor and worse i have seen in any GPS device. The wirless communication is horrible. The GPRS connection drops in and out and Wireless data can not connect to secure Access Points. Plus lot of $$$… Are these guys kidding? Why would you pay for any bucks for something like this??

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:05:10 +0000

Correct, the Dash Express would not do that. There are not any good devices on the market that offer commercial truck features like that.

By: Herman

Herman — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:03:11 +0000

Hi, I am a truck driver and I was just wondering if this would be a good fit for me? I’m guessing that it wouldn’t I kind of need something that wouldn’t cause me to travel on roads that trucks shouldn’t be on and warn me of low bridges.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 12:59:12 +0000

Just a quick note that the Dash Express is $199 today only at Amazon. Good chance to get in on the deal if you have been on the fence.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:48:35 +0000

Most GPS devices do offer different settings you can establish if you want fastest, shortest, avoiding highways, avoiding tolls, etc. But you generally set your preference ahead of time and leave that setting rather than taxing the GPS to make all of those options available with every route created. Most people set their device to pick the fastest route and go with it. If they don’t like the route they can add a waypoint on most devices to force the route to go through a different location.

By: David

David — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:31:15 +0000

Thanks for responding Tim. So, does that mean that Dash Exp is the only GSP that gives you the multiple routes option? Why is this? I believe that I once road in a Lexus car, who’s GSP offered a multiple routes option from the get-go (shortest, fastest, and a 3rd option). I would think this would be a popular option.