Marshal the GPS

Having my friends live all over klang valley and traveling with my babies, I couldn't afford to get lost or spend anytime more time than I needed to on the road for they will be cranky and do all kind of things that will keep me fidgety at the front, and so I decided to get myself a navigation system, Marshal the GPS that runs on PapaGo!

I almost bought Garmin, but thanks to Ian from Hot Gadgets I decided to give Marshal a go and the verdict ......

See how tiny it is too :)

Straightforward instructions and the voice instruction is easy to understand

I absolutely love it! Took about half an hour to play around with it, keying in house/office/friend/family addresses and saving them. Then when navigation starts it'll tell you way in advance what to expect, you'll be able to see it on screen, hear it and as it approaches a split road another almost-real-image-box will appear to make sure you know which lane you're supposed to be in and when to take that left or right, get it get it?? no? ok like this ... read slowly...

like if it was a simple left or right turn, then it's easy peasy right, but the roads in Malaysia sometimes splits into 3 or 4, one turning left, 2 split roads and a right turning, so if the voice says, keep to your right, you'll know exactly which right because of this little box that appears just before you approach that complicated junction/split road, WHICH IS SOO SOOO USEFUL!

Easy peasy lemon squeezy navigation

You can't imagine how many times I've made a wrong turn with the Garmin and the Tom tom and then it takes forever for the damn device to re-route itself and by the time it does I'm lost again and then it re-routes again and so the story continues till I stop the car and wait for it to position itself errrgh *rolls eyes*

This retails at RM699 but if you call Ian and say you're my friend you can get it for a really good price, so if you're looking for a gps for Malaysia, this is definitely it.

Down side, it only supports 5 maps, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and the last I think is Thailand, but basically South East Asia so if you're planning to bring this "buddy" to Europe, UK or the States then you should consider another brand.