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Garmin - nvi 255WT GPS
Garmin - nvi 255WT GPS
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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Great unit for the money.
on December 4, 2010
Posted by: Johnfromohio
from Northeast, OH
I have owned a 255W for a year and bought another one instead of buying a software map upgrade (2010 maps to 2011). I am very happy with its performance. Easy to learn. Clear screen. TTS voice clear but a little fast for my ears. Instructions for moving Favorites to new machine poor. Found them on Google. 2011 maps definitely worth the update. With 2010, the unit was always treating places such as highway splits as way points even if you never got off the main road and the other road was an exit ramp. Too much unnecessary talking. You never knew the distance to the real way point. This is gone now. I still think map updates; either purchased separately or bundled with the unit are way too expensive. One final thing. To this day, I cannot figure out the differences amoung the 37 versions of 4.3" Garmin units. They all seem to do the same thing except maybe the new ones are thinner and some have bluetooth and speech recognition. Do the newer models have faster processors?
What's great about it: Reliable, good performance
What's not so great: expensive map updates
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Garmin - nMaps Onetime Map Update
Garmin - nMaps Onetime Map Update
Update the information on your GPS receiver with this software that features base map coverage of North America.
 
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Worth it if the price is right
on January 10, 2010
Posted by: Johnfromohio
from Northeast, OH
I bought myself a new 255W on Black Friday and gave my one year old 205W to my daughter. At a typical selling price of about $79 it is not worth it. A new 205W is now selling for $99. At $39 it was worth it to make sure my daughter had up to date maps. By the time I want to upgrade again, there will probably be a better GPS I'll have my eye on. One minor bonus with the upgrade is that even though the 205W originally only had USA maps, the upgrade installed both USA and Canada maps, like the 255W.
What's great about it: It updates the maps
What's not so great: Normally, too expensive to justify buying it
I would recommend this to a friend!
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