Thanks everyone for your insight. I’ve seen the tom-tom’s and I hadn’t thought of it until this last comment, but I think the gimicky part is what turned me away.
I had started looking when I found a Nuvi 760 for a reasonable price and I asked a friend his thoughts. He steered me to the 880 (more expensive, but with voice command functions and the one he uses). I thought I should seek some other guidance and ideas just to make sure he wasn’t a bit biased... He’s a garmin programming engineer... haha
Still not quite landed yet, but leaning heavily toward the garmin nuvi 880.