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Navigate the United States and Canada with ease with this GPS that features free lifetime traffic updates, up to 1,000 waypoints and customizable points of interest for easy route planning. The "Where Am I?" emergency locator and travel assistant tools provide additional support.
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Life before and after GPS
on January 6, 2010
Posted by: Heights7
from New Jersey
I got this as a Black friday deal so bear with me on the price, thing as it may be different for you. This has been incredible. gone are the days of my wife calling up the stairs if i could print her out google/bing/yahoo (pick your service) maps to where she is off to. Here is the good. When you activate the unit it takes a few minutes to aquire the satellites. that can be a bit annoying as if you are in a hurry it may sometimes take a while. the good news is that it will find you eventually and get you on track. if of course you are headed down a road with no u turns or avenues of turning around, you may be bummed so take a minute turn the device on first, mount and then get your self situated in your car. the first thing i noticed is that it gives you an arrival time. i didnt think that would be a big deal, but it has proven quite great as if you are running late or you may be running late you will have a idea if you should call your waiting party. the other benefit is the spoken street names. i dont know how a person with GPS could go back to one with out it. The street names are important as if you are coming up on a bunch of smaller streets that arent well defined on the map, you will have a correct idea where to turn. The american english voice female was clear and easy to understand. the other accented voices had trouble with the street names but for the most part are understandable. My daughter of course loved the downloadable Yeti voice which basically grunts at you. You can also change your icon that represents your car. so of course i changed mine to a turnkey on thanksgiving and since we were traveling, my daughter once again got a kick out of the turkey following our route. The other nice thing of this unit was the points of interest. it was nice to traveling on a route and decide you want a burger or something like that. So you can while on your route, select the type of food or restraunt you want to find on your route and it will pick ones along the way. very cool if you dont know your way around an area en-route to somewhere else.
ok here is the bad... and i wouldnt say it is terrible, but you may find these hard or not. I mentioned finding satellites can be a pain, but the real item is the traffic. I think now that i have it i dont get caught in traffic jams. but this could also be the feature that automatically guides you around trouble spots. Only one time since i had the unit did it actually change it's mind around an area and recalculated a route based on traffic. It is still nice to think that i am getting a warning ahead of time, but currently, whenever it has shown traffic, it has only been a minute or 2 of delay. of course being in the new york metro area is a bit odd. In the city it doesnt pick the best routes on a smaller scale. it does get you there. My biggest gripe is multiple route planning. If you put in your final desitnation and then put in other waypoints is will add it but if you waypoint is further than your actual point it will be a long road. Supposedly Magellan has that feature but i have been sticking with Garmin. (I tried the 205 and the VZ navigator on my phone which was ok, but would disconnect if you made a phone call)
Overall Garmin make a good unit. screen is bright and readable, the traffic feature should always be a free built in feature as this is crutcal to better flowing traffic. (cant imagine also paying for it) as the garmin has a small advertisement that pops up but is really unobtrusive) tracking is good and the eco route is fun if you want to compete. (this feature allows you to find better routes and checks your speed to reduce your mpg.) One word of caution uploading the maps takes a while. so prepared for several hours of that. In a world of ever expanding GPS options (Droid, tom-tom, nextar, goodyear, alpine, magellan), the garmin 255wt is a safe bet.
What's great about it: Traffic info with rerouting, accuracy on arrival time, points of interest
What's not so great: Length of time to aquire satelittes, sometimes routing isnt the best in the city.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Durability
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Ease of Use
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