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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After some pretty lengthy research, I bought this model primarily because of the "lifetime free traffic updates" feature. The box indicated that it was the 255WT model, and it was priced accordingly, but the actual unit shows it is a 255W. Thinking that the traffic updates feature might be downloaded, I spent over an hour downloading the updated maps and "updated" software, only to find that they are quite outdated - businesses that have been boarded up for well over a year are included in the "Points of Interest" - and no traffic updates. I probably would keep the unit if the POI's were accurate, but since they are significantly outdated - back it goes.
What's great about it: Appears to be easy to read in bright light
What's not so great: Outdated maps, mislabeled box, missing traffic updates feature