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Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Model: 010-00991-21
SKU: 3054047
UPC: 753759978945
This GPS features preloaded base maps of the lower 48 states, Hawaii and Puerto Rico to help you navigate to your destination. Lifetime map updates ensure you have up-to-date information when you travel.
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
out of 5
(128 Reviews) 128
Rating Snapshot 128 reviews
5 stars
89
4 stars
25
3 stars
6
2 stars
2
1 star
6
91% of customers would recommend this product to a friend
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Customer Reviews for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Review 1 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
"Cannot Unlock Maps"
Customer Rating
1.0
Value for Price
2.0
Durability
1.0
Ease of Use
1.0
Features
1.0
What's not so great: JUNK!!!
I have tried two devices and after a "Free" map update they come up with a "cannot unlock maps" message. Good as trash after. I have spent hours trying to reload the maps and contacting Garmin and doing every tip I can find to no avail. There is next to no support and no honest fix. The device, software and service are all junk and I would not buy another Garmin device.
This product has... Inaccurate, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler, Business Professional
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-2points
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Review 2 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Very good basic GPS unit
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Big screen is very easy to see, the exit lane information
What's not so great: The key pad is horrible when trying to type an address
I travel for business a lot and needed a PND to get around out of town. I shopped around and saw the Nuvi 50LM when it was onsale and liked the reviews. This is a great basic unit (meaning no traffic or other features) and has everything I need. I would give this a 5 all the way across, but the key pad is horrible when trying to type. I don't know if it is just my big fingers, but I am really glad now I spent the extra money for the larger screen. Many times I have to hit the button twice to push a number or letter. Other than that issue, the unit has been great and I have recommended it to a number of people. One of the best features is the lane diagram that you should be in for an exit. It is very helpful when I am in an area I have never been before.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 3 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
'G'armin, good 'G'PS, with Lifetime Map updates
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: Our third Garmin, where they are better all the time.
What's not so great: Have not found anything yet.
Pluses are the screen size is slightly bigger than our first Garmin, a 260W. In addition the 50LM now shows appropriate lanes to be in, great for highway driving. Lastly what is not to like about having Lifetime Map updates?
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, Frequent traveler, Parent with kids, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 4 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Great display, intutative screens, easy to use
Customer Rating
5.0
What's great about it: Excellent display
Love it! I use it locally and when I travel around the country.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus
About me... Budget Conscious, Frequent traveler, Parent with kids, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 5 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Love My Nuvi
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to use
My older Nuvi didn't have the lifetime maps updates. It would have cost me almost as much to purchase updates at it was to just buy a new GPS. Love the fact this one has lifetime map updates. Larger 5" screen is awesome. I like how it tells me the speed I'm traveling. And it's pretty accurate with my speedometer. I use it daily to get my estimated time of arrival to work. Let's me know if I'm going to be late when I'm stuck in traffic. And I love the split screen that shows me what lane I need to be in before I get there. That is great when you're in unfamiliar territory and not sure which lane you need to be in.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler, Parent with kids, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 6 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Perfect in every way except one ... Pronunciation
Customer Rating
4.0
What's great about it: User Friendly and Great Features
What's not so great: Street Name Pronunciations are horrendous at times.
With name streets, at times I must continue to press the repeat icon to understand what she said. It is uninteligible too many times, and embarrassing when others are in the car. Otherwise it is a great product and well worth the money, athough when others hear her speak, they may question my high rating. Great, great features ... especially the Repeat Icon.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... casual user, exacting individual
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 7 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Nice feature set
Customer Rating
3.0
Value for Price
4.0
Durability
1.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Large display
What's not so great: Durability, no instruction manual provided (must go online)
QWERTY keyboard failed during trip to Arizona and back to Minnesota. Keys on right side became difilcult to enter data or erase inputs. Device was returned to Best Buy and it was replaced. Otherwise I liked the unit and other features worked well. Map data is not correct in some cases (my house is about 0.1 miles off and new freeway in Oklahoma City is not in device. Also speed limit info is off some places i.e. on Kansas Turnpike and in Oklahoma (reads 70, should read 75). No info on the GPS satelite diagram is available in instructions. Sale price was good, regular price is high
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+2points
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Review 8 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
ok but overratted
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: aweldor2
from Glen Carbon, IL
on 05/18/2012
Value for Price
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: nothing
What's not so great: old 2010 map
Needs updated map things have changed in two years.
No update was avilable when I last checked.
Have not tried the live traffic or the speed trap programs
No update was avilable when I last checked.
Have not tried the live traffic or the speed trap programs
This product has... has free map updates but none available, slow to recalculate when off course
About me... casual user
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-3points
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Review 9 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Easy to use
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
3.0
What's great about it: Simple
What's not so great: Cannot Choose a specific route
This GPS is simple and yery easy to set up and use, picks up signal in a second or two. Only thing is from Charlotte NC to NY City riding the option of no tolls takes you all the way pass NY then back down to avoid Holland Tolls. Seems there is no way to tell this GPS to hit this right instead of going left and adding 200 more miles to save 8bucks, however once driving and divert it calculates instantly, that is an amazing feature without trying to recalcuate a new route. Great Buy for the money and very big 5" screen, so go for it. I think its 4 updates per year.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates, cannot choose your own route
About me... Budget Conscious, Frequent traveler, Parent with kids, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
+3points
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Review 10 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
junk
Customer Rating
1.0
Posted by: bristolvabadservice
from va
on 05/16/2012
Value for Price
1.0
Durability
1.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
3.0
What's great about it: nothing
What's not so great: everything
I bought this gps for vacation. when arriving at my destination it could not locate anything around. when you would find a location it would have you go the longway around to it or it would take you a different route everytime. i was within the 30 days to return in which i did. when i went to return it to bestbuy in bristol va it took about thirty minutes. nobody knew what to do or how to do a refund. the so called manager had an attitude problem. there was a guy beside me waiting for geek squad. when he told him what was going on with his computer he told him he didn't know what to tell him and walked off to assist somebody elese.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Inaccurate, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
-10points
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Review 11 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Garmin produces an excellent GPS
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
4.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Ease of use; newer models are smaller in size
What's not so great: Nothing I can think of!
This is my 2nd Garmin (I caused the 1st to be damaged). Haven't had this that long; bought for personal travel. My only negative comment would be that I wish when you were told to turn at the next corner/or street, the street name would be mentioned (not just the next street). In a strange area, that can be confusing.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
0points
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Review 12 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Good if you're not familiar wuth the area
Customer Rating
3.0
Posted by: ErnieYK
from Valley Stream, NY
on 05/16/2012
Value for Price
4.0
Durability
3.0
Ease of Use
3.0
Features
3.0
What's great about it: Good price, easy to use
What's not so great: GPS Pronunciation & Touchscreen
The only reason you need a GPS is if you're not familiar with an area. It works pretty well. Touchscreen is sometimes hit and miss. Sometimes I have to hit the same letter or number twice or more times.
Took me the long way home a few times. For some reason, it likes local streets a lot. You can choose shorter time or shorter distance and it'll still do that from time to time.
It cannot pronounce abbreviated words sometimes. Also it completely pronounces the street name wrong sometimes even if it's english. For example "Lakeview" it'll say "Lack a woo" That was weird.
I like the big screen and this thing is loud!
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
-1point
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Review 13 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Excellent GPS unit without alot of bells.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
4.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Great value for the money.
What's not so great: Customer service is terrible regarding either telephone or email wait times.
Has propensity to enter a 'Demo' mode when plugged in for long periods of time and hanging the GPS receiver continously 'Off' - connect to a computer via the USB cable and copy/backup the 'Tutorials' directory and delete it on the Nuvi 50LM to remedy this problem if you don't require tutorials or demonstrations. Also noticed after plugged into the AC adapter for long periods, the unit goes into the 'demo' mode and in my case all 'favorites were wiped as if a 'master reset' had been made. Since there was a 'work-around' for the cited problems, I have given the unit a very high rating. Note - there are two 'hidden system' directories on the unit, so be extremely careful in messing about!
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler, Use for outdoor activities (i.e. hiking, hunting, fishing)
I would recommend this to a friend!
+1point
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Review 14 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Where have you been all my life!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: janisutx
from Shreveport, LA
on 05/10/2012
What's great about it: Easy to use. Excellent buy.
This is my first GPS. After traveling with a friend last month I realized how affordable GPS units have become. I love it and feel much safer traveling alone now. It is so accurate!
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 15 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Best value I've found. 2nd GPS I've owned.
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: Dynosoar
from Dynosoar
on 05/09/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: Easy to use, easy to see. Great free updates.
What's not so great: Finger prints. Not easy to wipe off, noticeable when turned on.
I looked around and did some comparing. There are more expensive ones that offer more bells and whistles but I didn't see the benefits in them. This unit gives me everything I need and then some. The free updates are great too! I purchased my unit through Best Buy. I bought a mount that installs on my AC vents in my Honda Element from the online auction store. The Sales Person told me that the one I was buying was an updated version of his and that he bought one like mine for his parents. NUFF SAID! I've purchased several electronics items from Best Buy. They are great to deal with. It's great talking to real sales persons and not order takers like the big chain store and box stores.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, casual user, retiree
I would recommend this to a friend!
0points
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Review 16 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
By far the best portable GPS for the money
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: Ease of use. Great detailed directions.
What's not so great: It doesn't drive for you!
I retired a Nuvi 200 for this model. I am so glad I did. If you own a Garmin already you know how great they are. The ease of use, clear spoken directions, and the junction views are awesome.
I dare you to find a better GPS with the exact features at this price. I won't happen.
I didn't even mention the FREE lifetime map updates.
Buy it, you will not be disappointed.
I dare you to find a better GPS with the exact features at this price. I won't happen.
I didn't even mention the FREE lifetime map updates.
Buy it, you will not be disappointed.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, Parent with kids, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+14points
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Review 17 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Very nice
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: easy to use
What's not so great: took forever to set up
very nice easy to use only down side is that it took over 5 hrs to set up
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Lifetime traffic, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler, Business Professional
I would recommend this to a friend!
-1point
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Review 18 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Great GPS for anyone to use
Customer Rating
4.0
Value for Price
3.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Very easy to use
What's not so great: screen too touchy
Its a great GPS, very easy to download maps from your computer or laptop. Shows not only the road you are using, but the speed limit on every road. The ETA is right on the money, at least every time I used it.All in all I haven't had any problems with it.
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Lifetime traffic, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+4points
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Review 19 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
This is awesome!
Customer Rating
5.0
Posted by: technotech
from Washington DC
on 05/02/2012
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
4.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
4.0
What's great about it: Easy to use, fast, simple, affordable with free lifetime maps!
What's not so great: No lifetime traffic alerts
After I bought and tried a GPS from another brand (which is horrible), I am fully delighted to have this GPS from Garmin. What's awesome about Garmin nuvi 50LM? Here's my answer to that:
1. Very good reasonable price
2. Simple, colorful, and easy to use user interface
3. Easy to see large fonts
4. FREE lifetime maps! That's VERY VERY important!
5. Fast and responsive. Swiping your finger on screen feels like doing it on a smartphone
6. Easy to get software and map update from Garmin website
7. FREE extras from Garmin. You can download voices, vehicle icons, and GPS dashboard. You know that? I guess not. Check it out!
8. Lots of POI
9. Speed camera alert and visible speed limit
10. Accurate maps - no oh oh moments.
2. Simple, colorful, and easy to use user interface
3. Easy to see large fonts
4. FREE lifetime maps! That's VERY VERY important!
5. Fast and responsive. Swiping your finger on screen feels like doing it on a smartphone
6. Easy to get software and map update from Garmin website
7. FREE extras from Garmin. You can download voices, vehicle icons, and GPS dashboard. You know that? I guess not. Check it out!
8. Lots of POI
9. Speed camera alert and visible speed limit
10. Accurate maps - no oh oh moments.
Even though this GPS has lot of good feature, one thing it doesn't have is Free lifetime traffic alerts. It may be very useful but who uses it? Traffic's everywhere! All in all, this GPS still awesome for me!
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Budget Conscious, Frequent traveler, casual user
I would recommend this to a friend!
+20points
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Review 20 for Garmin nüvi 50LM GPS
Great display, easy to use.
Customer Rating
5.0
Value for Price
5.0
Durability
5.0
Ease of Use
5.0
Features
5.0
What's great about it: The power plug is in back so it does not want to twist off.
This a good value for the money. Especially beneficial is the lifetime map updates. The information in the display is very useful (especially showing your current speed.)
This product has... Large/easy to see screen, Easy menus, Free map updates
About me... Frequent traveler
I would recommend this to a friend!
+16points
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