I bought my first GPS when I hit the road in 2008. A few years later, it was badly outdated. Updating the unit from a Mac was impossible at the time and the update was nearly the same cost as buying a new unit. My newer unit had 2011 maps, which I managed to update before leaving last year, with the cost being much less than for a newer unit. But it only gave me Canada and the US. For Mexico, I used an app on my phone. I hated using the phone for navigation. It was so much more clumsy than my GPS, the screen was smaller, and the POI database was seriously lacking. So I decided to go back to a dedicated GPS this fall because I knew I’d enjoy my travels through Mexico a lot more if I had a decent navigator along.<\/p>\n
Of course, my first thought was to update my 2011 unit, but I wasn’t sure if the purchase of the lifetime update for North America maps, the recommended update for my unit, would actually include Mexico. I fired off an email to Garmin and they got back to me in less than 15 minutes! Wow! As it turns out, their units can only be updated with the maps they come preloaded with. So, no, it would not be possible to add Mexico to my 2011 unit. Only their ‘Advanced’ series comes with Mexico maps.<\/p>\n
So I had a gander at those and discovered a model that has not just North America (US, Canada, Mexico, and some Caribbean countries), but also Europe, all with unlimited lifetime updates! It’s the Garmin Nuvi 2559LMT<\/a>. Because they now come with lifetime updates, GPSes are much pricier units. So it made sense to go all out and get the model that will serve me for the rest of my life, not just the near future, even if the cost made me blanche a bit!<\/p>\n