Reviews for Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP II TechnologyMPN: GPS1000DLX 
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azkaban
- Apr 5, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Cheap! Accurate position, speed measurement! Weakness: map not accurate, no turn to turn direction.... The first thing about this unit is that IT works as any GPS device and it is cheap. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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precocial
- Mar 27, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Position Accuracy, Ease of Use, Satellite Connection Weakness: Map software, PC Interface If you plan to buy this GPS for vehicle navigation, you will most likely be disappointed. While you can download street level maps to the Cobra 1000dlx, it does not speak to you or navigate turn by turn directions. It can do this when connected to a PC and the PC is running a navigation application. However, if you plan to use this for boating or hiking, it would definitely serve your needs. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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leico2000
- May 7, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Good signal reception, fast location update and good price. Weakness: Poor bundled software, outdated maps, and no USB support. We bought this unit because of its affordable price. Compared with equivilent Garmin products, this unit is quite a bargain. The acquisition of saterllates is pretty fast, usually within a minute once you take it outdoor. It is reliable in bad weather conditions as well, unlike a PDA based Garmin GPS we used before. Location update is fast and accurate. We are happy with the GPS part of the functionality. 100% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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rgillespey
- Jun 3, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Fast satellite acquisition, decent size screen, backlit keyboard Weakness: Inaccurate (mapping software??), short battery life, but most of all NO SUPPORT This is all about expectations and how you use the GPS. For me, for what I paid, I think that this was good value for the money. Let me start by saying that I already had a Magellan Meridian, and by comparison in most areas this compares favorably. It is certainly faster in satellite acquisition than the Meridian. I also like the backlit keyboard, and its also got a little bigger screen than my Meridian does. On the down side, I do find this unit to be consistently inaccurate (not by much - maybe 1/2 block or so). The battery life seems to be on the short side (in spite of the "up to 22 hours of life in Save Mode" spiel). The BIG issue, however, is that this product is not supported AT ALL - Neither by Cobra, or by Rand McNally for their Street Finder software (which, by the way, if infinitely inferior IMO to MapPoint). This means NO backup if you run into trouble or have questions. I personally contacted Cobra with a question and, although they did return my email (which is something, I guess), they were decidedly unmotivated to provide an answer (just said "de-supported - click!). I have heard that those contacting Rand McNally got an even less satisfactory response. So don't expect any updates to that software, which is specific to the Cobra. There are also no user groups out there - at least that I've been able to find. And I've looked. This is VERY useful, since these groups are usually were I've been able to get real answers to some of my questions about my Garmin. 83% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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zhisc
- Mar 28, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: PC connection with included cable,Large backlite lcd screen, easy to use Weakness: Inaccurate maps, very difficult to acquire the satellites (at least in where I live), short battery life, I bought the unit three days ago. Its performance didn’t impress me at all. 67% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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marchrain
- May 13, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: very accurate, position you within upto 5 meters Weakness: it'll be better if the screen is colorful This is the first time I've bought the GPS receivers. I think it is a great product and worth the money you paid. Big display, easy to use. if it's colorful display, it will be better. 50% of readers found this review helpful. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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rufeng
- Mar 29, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: fast signal detection. Very accurate, position you within upto 5 meters. Weakness: It will be great if it is color display instead of B/W. It is a great product and worth every penny you paid. Big display, easy to use. THe menu is somewhat hard to read though. Still highly recommended! Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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sanjeevkgarg
- Mar 28, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Good value for price Weakness: Location given by GPS is not accurate. No turn by turn directions. I got it for $ 90 from CircuitCity and at that price it is really cool. The software on the GPS is not very good. Problems include it doesn't show you the accurate position on the map and also there are no turn by turn directions. It works well as just a GPS receiver when you use it along with your laptop. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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sb23539
- Mar 28, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Unit is light weight and easy to use Weakness: Would be nice if unit had voice prompts and color screen Unit is light weight and easy to use. Batteries last a long time. Great for camping and rafting (since it is pretty much water proof). Unit is easy to hold and use. It is a little confussing to install software though. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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skanknpunx
- Mar 28, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: User friendly unit, easy to read Weakness: Hard and confussing to install software, black and white, color would be nice Hard and confussing to install software (then again, I am used to garmin interface software. black and white, color would be nice. Unit grabs the signal really fast and has great battery usage. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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kiyotaka98
- Mar 28, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: Cost, I bought it for 50% off plus $70 rebate which made the final cost to be $80. Weakness: The uploading the desired map onto Cobra is soooo slow. This is my first gps and for the price, I am very satisfied with it. However the speed of transferring the data from my pc to Cobra gps 1000 dlx is so slow, I wish it is a better way. Also the mapping s/w which come with it had many errors (wrong street names) around where I live. Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top
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azygous1
- Mar 25, 2005
Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...Strengths: cheap..thats the only thhing i can say.. Weakness: a lot..man i just can keep going.. i am not able to connect it to my the laptop..it does not have the usb connection. the satellite postining takes a lot time. and remember it is mono chrome i got this from circuitcity as it was onsale for about 80 dallrs last week...came bcak home it is not able to locate signal for a while..and then was not able to connect ot to my PC... Did you find it helpful or unhelpful? Top 
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Cobra GPS Deluxe Travel Portable Navigator with ASAP...
Strengths: Works great with MS Streets.
Weakness: Location on map is not exact. Maps are no longer supported by Cobra. No software updates in the future.
The included mapping software seems to be an issue with this unit. It's always off. When connected to a laptop using MS Streets & Trips, the map location is correct. Cobra has indicated that no map updates will be available.
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