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Garmin nüvi 255W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Accessory Bundle Reviews
Garmin nüvi 255W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Accessory Bundle
- Bundle includes GPS, USB cable, friction mount, suction cup mount, 2 vehicle power cables, and carrying case
- Preloaded basemaps of the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada
- 4.3 inch color touch-screen display
- Secure Digital media card slot
- Text-to-speech technology
Everything you need to hit the road is included in the Garmin® nuvi® 225W bundle. The voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions keep you on the right path. A wide, touchscreen display is sun-light readable and easy to use, and the whole unit fits in the included carrying case.Go wide and get peace of mind with nüvi 255W. This affordable, widescreen navigator leads the way with voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions that speak street names and optional MSN Direct® services to get you there on ti
List Price: $ 249.00
Price: $ 199.99
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Exactly what I needed.,
This is a great entry level GPS. I love the wide screen- Don’t settle for a smaller one. Text-to-Speech is outstanding. All the accessories work well. Downloading map updates took a bit, but went smooth. You can download different avatars for your maps. Trip features are outstanding including gas cost. Where am I feature is fantastic. The unit finds the sattelite quickly and recalculates in a second! Touch screen is responsive. Very satisfied for a first GPS purchase.
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|simple and easy to use GPS,
Ordered this GPS for my husband, he LOVES it! It is simple and easy to use for getting from here to there. A few glitches in the directions on occassion but I hear other brands are the same (mapquest on my computer internet can be wrong too). He likes the two mounting feature choices and extra plug, I bought him a case for it too (WalMart)to keep everything together. We compared units and this one was the best for the price.
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|Disappointing, after Street Pilot,
I bought this after years of owning a Garmin Street Pilot, and I’ve got to say, while it’s acceptable and much cheaper than the Street Pilot, I probably wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. Unfortunately, the Street Pilot isn’t made anymore.
PROS:
The Nuvi is small and easy to stuff into a airline carry-on or even a large pocket. It will run off batteries for those short trips when you don’t want to plug the thing into the cigarette lighter (aka accessory outlet). The bundle of accessories included with this package is great. It uses the industry-standard Navteq maps.
CONS:
This thing has a bunch of usability issues. There is no “Speak” button as on the Street Pilot to get the voice to repeat its last instructions. The keyboard beeps when you touch the keys, but not always. Often I’ve pressed a key, heard no beep and seen no character, and then pressed the button again, only to get two characters. The screen, because it’s so light, sometimes vibrates with the car dash. The battery life, advertised at 4 hours, really seems to run about an hour, and there is no warning when the thing’s about to die. Beyond that, the Nuvi seems to take longer than the Street Pilot to notice movements of my car; it doesn’t seem to track my position as well. The built-in speaker, combined with the automated voice, is often difficult to understand, particularly on common words like “left” and “right”, which is all the more annoying since the instructions can’t, as I said before, be repeated.
Finally, I find it hard to believe that this is a function of the Nuvi in particular — my Street Pilot would probably do the same thing — but on my last trip with the Nuvi, it repeatedly told me to do impossible things: take a left turn across a median, make a left turn onto a one-way street heading right, etc. Again, this is probably a function of the Navteq maps for that area (in and around Cocoa Beach, FL), but it was really disconcerting.
In short, after my previous experience with the Street Pilot (which I still have, in my wife’s car), I’m pretty disappointed. The Nuvi is a lot cheaper, but it’s a poor economy. When this thing dies, I won’t miss it. I don’t like the Magellans I’ve used, but I will definitely be checking out brands other than Garmin for my next GPS.
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