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From $570.95

On land or sea, the Garmin GPSMAP 478 Portable Navigator can guide you in your adventures.

It comes preloaded with U.S. marine charts with BlueChart G2 technology for smoother display viewing, City Navigator NT street maps for North America and features coverage of U.S. coastal areas including Alaska and Hawaii.� A database with over 6 million points of interest is also included, making it convenient to find hotels, restaurants, gas stations, tourist attractions and more on the high-resolution 3.8-inch 256-color TFT display.

Truly amphibious, the Garmin GPSMAP 478 is at home on the water or in the car.� The system includes a marine mount and auto kit for convenient transfer from car to boat and back again.

A combination chart plotter and land navigator, this versatile GPS system has optional real-time weather and sonar capabilities and optional GXM 30 antenna, which lets you receive more than 150 channels of XM satellite radio.� Easily add more maps and features with plug-in data cards.

Box includes the GPSMAP 478 navigator, AC charger, marine mount, auto mount, cover, manual, quick reference guide, USB cable, power/data cable, universal friction mount and 12-volt adapter.� U.S. marine detail maps with G2 technology, City Navigator NT North America, Trip & Waypoint Manager software also included.

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Finally, summer’s here and the weather is great for playing and staying outdoors.� Camping can be made even cooler if you’ve got the right gadgets to keep you cozy, clean and well-directed — unless you like roughing it, then all you’ll need is a backpack, a can of beans and a Swiss Army knife.� But if you’re like me, you want a few conveniences without feeling weighed down by all kinds of junk.

I like to keep it as uncomplicated and compact as possible.� But hey, maybe it’s your style to drag along the foldout cook top stove complete with waist-high counter and cutting board setup and bring extraneous items like tent decor and a welcome mat for outside the entrance.� Seems like a lot of baggage, but whatever works for you.

Besides your tent, sleeping bag and backpack, here are some interesting gadgets to get you going:

Brunton Camping Combo Kit
From $94.19

Features a stove, lantern, spork eating utensil and canister stabilizer with three extended legs with rubber grips keep stove/lantern steady all in an ultra-compact, lightweight design.� The 11,000-BTU burner boils 1 liter of water about 4 minutes and the lantern burns for 8.5 hours.

Swiss Army Victorinox 53203 Huntsman
From: $23.40

Because these classic gadgets come in handy more often than not, this model comes with large and small stainless steel blades, corkscrew, can opener, small and large screwdrivers, bottle opener, wire stripper, wood saw, reamer with sewing eye, multi-purpose hook, tweezers, toothpick, key ring and scissors.� It’s 3.5 inches long when closed.� It’s surprising how easily key items like corkscrews and can openers get forgotten.� Keep this with your camping gear and you don’t have to worry.

Guide Gear Pop-up Room and Solar Shower

Okay, okay, so it’s not hardcore, but how cool is this?� Easy to set up, made with 70 denier/190T polyester material, fiberglass pole frame and 5-gallon PVC Solar Shower.� Bring your own water and the sun will do the rest.� Feels great after a long hike, not to mention makes sharing a tent a bit easier on everyone’s noses.

Notebook Portable Flat-Folding BBQ: $24.99

We’ve seen the typical campsite grill *shudder* but lugging the full-size BBQ from home is just too bulky.� This non-networking “notebook”� looks like a ready solution.� The compact, sturdy metal design comes with a built-in grill rack and uses charcoal or wood.

Garmin GPSMAP 60CSx GPS Receiver
From: $283.99

Hiking’s fun but getting lost isn’t.� Something like this all-purpose upgradeable handheld locator can help with that.� It has auto routing, turn-by-turn guidance and gives your bearings while you stand still.� It lets you upload up your own digital maps for better reference, has a waterproof and a large, color TFT display for easy viewing, day or night.� Up to 20 hours of battery life.

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Discounts on Swiss Army knives.

Can you believe it’s already November?!

Before you know it, Christmas will be knocking on our doors.

So to avoid the last minute sprint to the store for Christmas ideas and gifts, why not start looking now? Let me direct you to a great deal and gift idea for anyone in the family. For the person constantly on the road and on the go, how about picking them up a new GPS receiver for their car?

I found a great deal on this Garmin Nuvi-260 Portable Navigation GPS system. After comparing prices, we found this GPS, new, for as low as� $188.77 from BuyDig.com. A Smarter Certified store that is rated 4.5 out of 5 stars by the shoppers.

To compare prices for yourself and to check out all the deals on this Garmin GPS, click here.

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Right now and until September 21st, Consumers Marine is having a huge clearance sale on a large selection of their boating and fishing electronics products. Garmin, Raymarine, Furuno are just a few of the top brand names out there that are included in this clearance.

Check out these products that are on sale right now.

Garmin GPSMAP 2210C
Was: $1,839.99 Now: $1,649.00

Lowrance Iway 500C with MP3 Player
Was: $649.00 Now: $599.00

Click here to see what other products are on sale at Consumers Marine.

If you’re someone who gets lost every time on your way to the grocery store, then you should look into this GPS receiver.

The Garmin Street Pilot C330 GPS Receiver was just reduced to $235.60 from $329.95 Avalon Gadgets.

I personally like how it’s small and won’t take up too much of your windshield or dashboard and it’s just a plug away from working. Just stick it into your lighter port and you’re ready to go. Plus, there are no remote controls as everything is done over the touch screen.

Plus there is no programming involved as it comes with over five million points of interest such as hotels, restaurants and ATMs. Plus its suction-mount cradle attaches and detaches from the windshield for easy portability between vehicles.

Check it out here.