A nightime screen shot from this outstanding GPS unit

Here at WoWasis, we’ve driven in a couple of dozen different countries. Used maps, compasses, and GPS units. But far and away the best GPS unit we’ve even used came with our rental car on Jeju Island, Korea. It’s made by AVOL, and it’s model # HN90R8. It’s English language capabilities are terrific, but it easily converts to Korean language if you need that option.

You begin by typing your destination onto the touch screen. You can do it by name, by address, or by phone number (after a while, we always used the phone number, as it had better coverage). Then touch the “Guide” button, and it leads you the way, both by map arrows and by voice. We programmed some out of the way places, and the AVOL found them all, giving  turn directions with plenty of warning, and recalculating the directions immediately if we made a wrong turn. For example, we had thirty or so destinations planned for Jeju island, and we got in the habit of keying in each one before we drove there. It got us to every spot. Jeju’s not that easy if you just use a map, lots of roads aren’t marked. But this trusty GPS never let us down, and we depended on it.

The makers of this unit have made a nifty video of it on YouTube, and it really is as simple to use as they portray it. We’ll go so far as to say that you should insist that your rental car company provide you with one (ours, KT Rental/Hertz one Jeju, provided it free.). You may never use a map again to navigate on your trip through Korea.