Comments on: Garmin nüvi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator http://garmingpsdiscount.com/?p=7 Garmin GPS navigation reviews and best offers Mon, 07 Jun 2010 06:24:45 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Jessica White http://garmingpsdiscount.com/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-6 Jessica White Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:35:31 +0000 http://garmingpsdiscount.com/?p=7#comment-6 I bought the Garmin 260W from Amazon before I left for a 2 week vacation to southern Utah. Used it for a few days in SW Florida first where I live so I could get used to it. (This is my 1st car GPS unit.) I am extremely happy with this unit. It boots up very quickly no matter where you are. I was in the middle of nowhere at times in Utah and it was very fast starting up and highly accurate. In a town of 400 people it still told me every street accurately. All the state and national park boundaries showed up in green and were right on the money. Directions are easy to follow. Every exit off I-70 showed up, even if it was just a Ranch exit and not an actual road. The roads were so accurate, that while driving I would glance at the GPS to see what the road was going to do ahead of me. And believe me, out there, this is useful when there are a couple 180 degree switchbacks coming up soon and you need to be prepared for them. Dirt roads that were 20 miles from the next closest road even showed up. The color is good and the voice directions were fine. Although most of the towns we were in were very small and hard to get lost in, I still used it to find restaurants and gas stations to "test" it out. I would highly recommend this unit to anyone. It is a snap to operate and really fun to use. The price is right, also. I personally think one can get too many features and too many bells and whistles with GPS units these days, so I picked this one. It's pretty basic, but I was more than satisfied. I bought the Garmin 260W from Amazon before I left for a 2 week vacation to southern Utah. Used it for a few days in SW Florida first where I live so I could get used to it. (This is my 1st car GPS unit.) I am extremely happy with this unit. It boots up very quickly no matter where you are. I was in the middle of nowhere at times in Utah and it was very fast starting up and highly accurate. In a town of 400 people it still told me every street accurately. All the state and national park boundaries showed up in green and were right on the money. Directions are easy to follow. Every exit off I-70 showed up, even if it was just a Ranch exit and not an actual road. The roads were so accurate, that while driving I would glance at the GPS to see what the road was going to do ahead of me. And believe me, out there, this is useful when there are a couple 180 degree switchbacks coming up soon and you need to be prepared for them. Dirt roads that were 20 miles from the next closest road even showed up. The color is good and the voice directions were fine. Although most of the towns we were in were very small and hard to get lost in, I still used it to find restaurants and gas stations to “test” it out. I would highly recommend this unit to anyone. It is a snap to operate and really fun to use. The price is right, also. I personally think one can get too many features and too many bells and whistles with GPS units these days, so I picked this one. It’s pretty basic, but I was more than satisfied.

]]> By: S.D.Walker http://garmingpsdiscount.com/?p=7&cpage=1#comment-5 S.D.Walker Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:33:35 +0000 http://garmingpsdiscount.com/?p=7#comment-5 I have to apologize right away because my first language is German. I hope you understand my writing :-) I needed a GPS for my vacation and so I have been comparing many GPS by reading reviews lately and decided to buy a Garmin Nuevi 780. I've bought it in August 2009 and used it all September. I've traveled all across the U.S. First I connected it to my computer, registered with Garmin and it downloaded updates immediately. The process of downloading takes a while (big file) but I did some chores and so it didn't bother me at all. Right now I live in the U.S. because of my job and I live in the desert. GPS signal is strong and quickly found. Battery charged while updating maps and it lasts long enough for me to sit on my bed and put in every destination and location that I knew I would visit on my trip and it is all very easy to do. I've put every friends address in it and to my favorites as well and tested the GPS while I was still in my area. No Problems. Then we started to travel. It has always helped me through big cities and found every location I was looking for. If there was a mistake it was usually mine. I have to get used to work with a GPS (I am a beginner) Everytime I made a mistake, it gave me a new route immediatly. I've mostly done a wrong turn because the pink line on the map looked like the next turn is far away and then all of a sudden it was right there. I had to let go looking at the pink line which shows you the route. I started to read the next turn street's name and that was much better then. One street in Dallas (at the Cowboys' stadium) was closed due to construction work. This was the only time the Garmin really got confused. Wanted to retour me back to the street over and over again. I had to ignore this and find my own way for several minutes and then everything went back to normal. Whenever we felt a little hunger, I pressed the POI button and let the GPS show me what restaurants are around us. Amazing. One day we wanted to eat at Chili's and it found me one right away. Same happened with a Walgreens store when my sister got a headache. Post Office? No problem! If you are a stranger in a city or area it helps you a lot. The mp3 and audiobook player is something that I wanted but after testing it I decided to use my iPod over FM Transmitter instead. The Garmin sounds a bit out of an aluminium can. I put a 16 GB SD card in it full of music but it is only for emergency. I'm gonna use my iPod! The Picture function is nice, I've downloaded a bunch of pics to the Garmin but I've never used it while driving. The screen is great and big enough. It changes to night or day modus if you chose so. It is absolutely satisfactory even in the brightest sun. The Garmin nuevi is very slim and fits into my purse or pocket easily. It is also very light. I got me a nice hardcover case "EVA" over eBay which I love and paid 6 Dollars for. The only minus in my opinion is that you can only safe the state but not the city. If you are in the same city and you want to put an address in you always have to type the city's name I have to apologize right away because my first language is German. I hope you understand my writing :-)

I needed a GPS for my vacation and so I have been comparing many GPS by reading reviews lately and decided to buy a Garmin Nuevi 780. I’ve bought it in August 2009 and used it all September. I’ve traveled all across the U.S.

First I connected it to my computer, registered with Garmin and it downloaded updates immediately. The process of downloading takes a while (big file) but I did some chores and so it didn’t bother me at all.

Right now I live in the U.S. because of my job and I live in the desert. GPS signal is strong and quickly found.

Battery charged while updating maps and it lasts long enough for me to sit on my bed and put in every destination and location that I knew I would visit on my trip and it is all very easy to do. I’ve put every friends address in it and to my favorites as well and tested the GPS while I was still in my area. No Problems.

Then we started to travel. It has always helped me through big cities and found every location I was looking for. If there was a mistake it was usually mine. I have to get used to work with a GPS (I am a beginner) Everytime I made a mistake, it gave me a new route immediatly. I’ve mostly done a wrong turn because the pink line on the map looked like the next turn is far away and then all of a sudden it was right there. I had to let go looking at the pink line which shows you the route. I started to read the next turn street’s name and that was much better then.

One street in Dallas (at the Cowboys’ stadium) was closed due to construction work. This was the only time the Garmin really got confused. Wanted to retour me back to the street over and over again. I had to ignore this and find my own way for several minutes and then everything went back to normal.

Whenever we felt a little hunger, I pressed the POI button and let the GPS show me what restaurants are around us. Amazing. One day we wanted to eat at Chili’s and it found me one right away. Same happened with a Walgreens store when my sister got a headache. Post Office? No problem! If you are a stranger in a city or area it helps you a lot.

The mp3 and audiobook player is something that I wanted but after testing it I decided to use my iPod over FM Transmitter instead. The Garmin sounds a bit out of an aluminium can. I put a 16 GB SD card in it full of music but it is only for emergency. I’m gonna use my iPod!

The Picture function is nice, I’ve downloaded a bunch of pics to the Garmin but I’ve never used it while driving.

The screen is great and big enough. It changes to night or day modus if you chose so. It is absolutely satisfactory even in the brightest sun.

The Garmin nuevi is very slim and fits into my purse or pocket easily. It is also very light. I got me a nice hardcover case “EVA” over eBay which I love and paid 6 Dollars for.

The only minus in my opinion is that you can only safe the state but not the city. If you are in the same city and you want to put an address in you always have to type the city’s name

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