Title: Second unit died
Product review: I just found out that my friends SPIII deluxe unit died one week before mine went on the fritz. Both units were ~20 months old. Mine is ignoring key inputs. His died by failing to power up despite the choice of power source. The only consolation is that Garmin is willing to fix them for $225 each. At this point, one has to wonder if shelling out the 225, plus $150 for the v6 map upgrade is better than getting a new unit (either WAAS enabled Magellan RM700 or a Garmin 2620) for ~$940. Seeing the two units die so close to each other in time is a bad testament to the product design. Hopefully the new designs of the last 6 months will be better. SPIII is a design from a few years ago.
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