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Garmin nuvi 255W GPS

nuvi 255W GPS

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Garmin nuvi 255W GPS

  • Reviewed by: valleygirldc

    07-06-09

    Duration of ownership: 8 Months

    Strengths: The speed limit indicator is very accurate. The speed limit in the DC area changes from street to street and the Garmin 255 is accurate. I also like the estimate time of arrival feature which seems to work well.

    Weaknesses:I live in the Washington, DC area and this GPS is not accurate at all. The GPS does not accurately evaluate distance. There have been several times when the GPS displays 500 feet to my exit as I drive by the exit. On a trip to Pennsylvania, I was directed to an open field while navigating to the Fuddruckers in Hershey PA. The GPS also tells me that my house is located two blocks to the north.

    Overall Evaluation: The bottom line, don't purchase this GPS unless you are willing to be lost occasionally. This GPS doesn't work anywhere as well as the 1st generation TomTom I purchased about 8 years ago. I plan on selling my system back to Best Buy or Radio Shack for 1/3 the price I paid for it just 8 months ago and purchasing a newer TomTom model.

  • Reviewed by:

    09-30-09

    Duration of ownership: 1 Weeks

    Strengths: signal

    Weaknesses:none

    Overall Evaluation: i bought the gps and it was really good. i didnt no it would be this great in a terrible place like 6th ave. i hate the store and the owner alex.

  • Reviewed by: Wheelz51

    09-04-09

    Duration of ownership: 2 Months

    Strengths: Grabs satellite fastMany POIsEasy mountEasy setup

    Weaknesses:Inaccurate Voice stinksOn/Off/Volume in awkward position

    Overall Evaluation: I purchased the Garmin because of a great deal from Tiger Direct. It's easy to use & setup right out of the box. Turned the unit on and found that I lived one street over. =( Not a good sign. So, I drove around a bit thinking it just needed to acclimate to the area. Didn't help. Updated maps from Garmin & still inaccurate. Took a 3-hour up the interstate to meet a friend. 255W was more than a mile off of our meeting place. The unit was great on the freeway except for the very annoying voice. I thought Garmin was supposed to be the best in the GPS business. My previous brand X GPS was more accurate than this. Best thing about the 255W is that it snags a satellite super fast. We're headed out on a 700 mile vacation. If it continues as is, I'll try Tom-Tom or Magellan. Disappointed! =(

  • Reviewed by:

    04-22-09

    Duration of ownership: 2 Weeks

    Strengths: Dirt cheap, faster refreshing time, larger screen, newer POIs, more convenient features, fast locking.

    Weaknesses:Slow response to touch, no physical volume control, TTS sound is more compressed than previous generation GPS. Bad speaker.

    Overall Evaluation: Great buy in my opinion, it out-performs in most areas than my old StreetPilot c320 and c580, both cost three times the price of this gps when I bought them while they just came out.This GPS have a much faster refreshing time than the previous generations, even faster than the 350 and 700 series, thus more accurate lock, especially at intersections where you have to make a decision whether to turn or not. The maps are the newest 2010 edition of City Navigator, a lot of the POIs that my old Garmin lack has all been added.. The widescreen is nice, but does not necessary add much usable areas. It locks well in the busy Chicago downtown areas as well.Couple thing that needs improvement, the computing power seems can't catch up with the features offered, often when you press an icon or a letter, it takes at least 1-2 seconds for the menu to respond, or for the letter to show up on the screen, thus resulting a lot of typos and frustration while using the device. But it's manageable as long as you get used to not typing the letters so fast. The speaker also is of very poor quality, it vibrates on the windshield when volume is turn to about 80% and above. Also the TTS sound is so much more compressed than previous generation that it sound real fake and robotic,but at least it pronounces street names...It does not have any unnecessary junk features such as bluetooth or mp3 players and FM transmitter, but it does excellent job at navigating around the town or cross country. Overall I would still recommend this to anyone who need a navigation device for their car.

  • Reviewed by:

    04-20-09

    Duration of ownership: 10 Days

    Strengths: Maps, ease of use

    Weaknesses:Sound quality, features for the money

    Overall Evaluation: First off, the sound is horrible on this model. At volumes of 60% or above, there is so much distortion that the voices sound like they are coming from a blown speaker. Its tolerable but HIGHLY annoying. If you research this product you'll find many others that have a big complaint with the sound. It seems to be caused by Garmin decreasing the file sizes and quality of the voice files. On previous models like the 350 and 360 the voice files were 100+mb. The files on these are like 14mb and you can tell the tonal range just isnt there. The sound is tolerable, but when you are hearing spoken directions a lot, it gets really annoying.I ended up returning this model and buying a TomTom Go 720 for basically the same price. With the TomTom, if you update to the newest map/firmware you get everything the Garmin 755 has minus the traffic. Bluetooth, advance lane guidance, IQ routes, iPod controls, fm transmitter, and GREAT SOUND.

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