User Review: DeLorme Earthmate GPS PN-20

DeLorme Earthmate GPS PN-20
Above: The current Earthmate GPS PN-20, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed February 9, 2008 by Al Seidel

Rating:

I own 4 Garmins. They are all easy to use. I bought a PN-20 for the Quads and sat photos capability. The PN-20 has been a nightmare to load maps into since day one.

My son and I are of average intelligence. I am a physicist and he is an engineer. I gave him the unit, he fiddled with it for a couple of days and gave it back.

I just spent 5 hours with an upgrade to TOPO 7.0. Unit won't recognize the maps that are sitting on it internally, never mind the SD card. It has been like this from day one. Forget the quads we ordered for the stupid thing. We got them to load once. Darn if I remember how.

The documentation is an endless do loop and useless. The menu driven commands don't do what they are supposed to. The PN-20 and its software are definitely not ready for prime time. Get a Garmin 76 series unit.