Dash Express

This is the worst GPS ever. It can't find 60% of the addresses. It doesn't know how to take the fastest route. It can't find Highways that have been open for 15 years! It has 100's of options but only 1 or… 2 actually function. Your trip resets and stops itself constantly. It directs you to make u-turns instead of just going the correct route. This thing is a JOKE!! I owned an old Magellan from 99' and it was 20 times the GPS that the 2009 Dash is. This Dash SUCKS!!! DO NOT BUY THIS GPS!!!!!!!

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I found out about Dash a little late and considered not buying it due to Dash getting out of the hardware business, however the concept and the reviews seemed promising. I read a lot about the shortfalls… and expected those to be something I lived with after getting it and setting it up. Common complaints I read were the traffic service not functioning well, the Yahoo Local search being down a lot, slow startup, inaccurate or silly routing, etc. I have not had any of these problems and wonder if these reviews were written before several updates that have taken place or just due to user error (more common than you might think). This thing is worlds better than our Garmin (C580) we're retiring and at the price we paid as a result of Amazon clearing them, it is a steal compared to any of the current Garmins or TomToms that still do not offer a comprehensive and logical 2-way data stream service. A new $800 unit from Garmin doesn't do much more than our 4 year old Garmin did except cost more and have a bigger screen. Anyway, thus far my wife and I are very satisfied and it house taken us on some unique routes and gotten us out of a lot of traffic already. I would imagine if you don't live in a major metro this is not the unit for you, but I think I got a bargain and hope the service sticks around for many years to come.

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There are 2 components to a dash GPS - the hardware and the service. First the bad, the device is awful. It is huge, slow, and just not user friendly. Once you use a Garmin Nuvi, you will be greatly… disappointed with all the basic features that this just doesn't offer. The service is where you begin to see how GPS should be. An always connected device that can do internet searches for what you you are near or looking for. Also being able to use a far more robust system to determine traffic by every Dash reporting back to dash central with road conditions. The flaw of this concept is the low adoption rate of the dash has meant that results are not great. All of this forced Dash to make a hard decision. Kill off the consumer based business and focus on a product that could be sold to other GPS manufacturers. It was a tough choice, but probably the only one that would save the company. Buying a Dash GPS today, may be a bit of a risk, but at least it is a lot cheaper then the $600 MSRP that they went for a a little over a year ago

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