So again, where the reviewer above mentions, “If you can live without TTS, you can instead have the joy of being greeted by name.” This is incorrect. You can have both! I just bought me a Mio Knight Rider unit this weekend and used it on a trip to Monterey and back home to Sacramento and not only was I greeted by name (you have to enter this from the installed name database, if you’re lucky enough to have your name on this list), but I was able to use TTS, too. You make the selection from the language option and you don’t need to install any of the other voices, unless you don’t speak American, Spanish or French. There’s a whole bunch of other languages on the disc, but I don’t speak any of those besides English, so I don’t care about them.

Initially, I bought a store returned Mio KR unit. It was a little bit cheaper and was the only KR unit in stock. This was before I took my weekend trip, so I didn’t know what I was doing and I uninstalled some of the languages (like the reviewer said above) and the unit got jacked up. It didn’t work any more after I did this. Even after holding the power button down for a few seconds to reset it, and then powering it back on, the screen was still blanck. I even attempted to re-install the software twice, but the unit still didn’t work. This was about to dampen my weekend, but I called one of the stores in the Bay area and they had new ones in stock, so I took this broken one with me and exchanged it for a new one. I COULDN’T BE HAPPIER! Brand new out of the box, I used the cigarette power adapter to get it going, and then selected the language option (that is how I found out you didn’t need to uninstall anything) and set my destination for Monterey and clicked the go icon. Man, it was awesome having my first GPS unit! I bought it new for $159+tax at a local store.

Rerouting works good, too. For example, on the way home from Monterey, we were about a mile from home, and instead of taking my usual turn, inwhich the unit also had as the direction to take, I proceeded to continue going straight, which makes the distance about a 1/2 mile longer, and instead of telling me to make a U-Turn when safe, it just re-calculated the new route and instructed me to take a right turn on xxxxx street in 1 3/4 miles.

Although I understand where the reviewer mentions sun glare, it wasn’t all that bad. I just tilted the unit slightly and the sun wasn’t a problem at all. As a matter of fact, I seached through Google and was able to find 3rd party adapters that you can clip the GPS unit to your air vent or even clip the unit to your bicycle! I ordered both. Ain’t nothing like having a big ‘ol GPS unit on the bicycle to replace that old speedometer. This will make bike riding far more entertaining. This being my first GPS unit, I don’t know anything really about the other GPS units, but this one does have a speedometer on it, plus, when you enter a destination for the unit to course or chart, you can set the on screen display to show how long it will take to arrive, based on your current speed and it also shows your current time and the approximate time you’ll arrive. The satellite speed gauge is far more accurate than my vehicle’s speedometer. The KR unit’s speedometer and the Caltran’s speed meter on the side of the road where both reporting the same speed while my vehicle’s speedometer showed I was going 3 mph slower.

Anyway, I love the KR GPS and I think your review is quite fare. Thank you.