| Garmin Nuvi 255W - European Mapping, Widescreen | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: £137.00
New (11) from £137.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 2068
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 6.5 x 3.3
MPN: 010-00718-21
Model: 010-00718-21
UPC: 753759077617
EAN: 0753759077617
ASIN: B00151WAM4
Release Date: May 16, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Superb piece of kit September 26, 2008
Having happily owned a TOMTOM for the last 2 years i jumped ship and updated it with the Garmin 255W. What a difference!!!! The Garmin is light, user friendly and very accurate. Mapping and instructions are excellent as is the satelite coverage.
Great value too, just a shame there's no carry case especially as its supposed to be mobile!!
Buy this and you'll have no regrets!
Mapping could be better August 29, 2008
This unit was originally advertised as having Text to Speech, i.e. it speaks the street names; it doesn't, only the American, New Zealand and Australian versions do, not the european one!
The unit feels nice and solid, has a good touch screen, is nice and loud and the battery lasts for hours. I found it very slippery to hold and as I was scared of dropping it I bought the case, which has a tendency of accidentally switching the unit on as it is put away!
It acquired satellites quickly and the destination was easy to put in by address or post-code. It also has a useful list of local "attractions", ATMS, restaurants, hotels and the like but these are well out of date and will need updating; unfortunately Garmin don't provide a USB cable, or mains charger!
It also has a photo viewer but this wouldn't work with my camera's SD HC card.
The mapping could be better, occassionally telling me to take the first exit off a roundabout whilst correctly showing that it was the second! Also in Spain it diverted me off the main road down some dirt tracks and although it was more picturesque and I did get to my destination it took longer and required extra driving skills down one-track roads (although I guess it was shorter!)
 Great product so far August 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Recently bought this device to prepare for a trip to Italy. Very pleased with it after a few dummy runs around where I live. Common sense must, however. prevail when using it. I wanted to go to a local golf club, and was surprised when Ms Garmin was directing me away from the entrance to the clubhouse and onto the 10th tee across a road!! I do play golf and realised straightaway that the golf-club was not situated in the middle of the course!! Excellent display quality and recommend the base which sits on the dash. Ms Garmin is not too irritating but sounds as if she is a heavy smoker. It should be interesting when we hit Italy! We did a tour of Provence a few years ago and got lost every day! Made the holiday more interesting possibly!! One more thing...do not buy a cheap home charger...they do not work! Go for a Garmin or Tom Tom multi-socket.
Its like having a personal navigator without the hassle August 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the nuvi 255W after many agonising hours/days/weeks of comparing the various satnavs on offer, Tom Tom,Navman,and Garmin.
I decided on the Garmin because of its extensive coverage of Europe. I tried it out for the first time yesterday and was extremely pleased with its efficiency. It worked straight from the box,and was easily programmed even by a novice like me.
My only problem was in getting the plug in browser downloaded from Garmin but that was my lack of experience with computers. All in all I would recommend this product as value for money.
 Throw your maps away? July 29, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My Nuvi 255W is my first experience of SatNav. Overall,I have found it to be very easy to operate and, when I followed it's directions, I have never failed to reach my intended destination - but what fun I had at times! Living in Cornwall, where we have hundreds of miles of very narrow lanes, my Nuvi makes full use of them. I use my Nuvi at the 'fastest' journey setting but it will still lead me down the narrowest lanes with me hoping that I am not going to meet a vehicle approaching from the oposite direction! Sometimes, when I have set up my destination, but ignore it as I drive, but go the way I have learned from experience, my journey has proved to be easier and quicker. But, hey, doesn't that woman nag!
The Nuvi maps are not up to date and, on one journey, the screen indicated my car travelling cross-country. 'She' was really confused. The screen speed is not accurate and can be between 2 and 7 mph slower than my vehicle's speedo (which is accurate). This would therefore suggest that the calculated ETAs cannot be very accurate. The POIs are useful but where are the National Trust Properties? Best take a map. The list of petrol filling stations is useful, but for that matter, where are the police stations? My Nuvi shows police stations to be the same petrol filling stations, as above.
Well, after some negatives, let's look at some positives. The Nuvi 255W is remarkably fast at locating the satelites. Just a few seconds, really.
On the move, the excellent screen gives clear mapping and indicates the position of my vehicle very accurately. Using the 3D mapping, that I prefer, it enables me to clearly see, with just a quick glance, up-coming bends and road junctions - good safety feature, and to unravel some of the not quite clear, even puzzeling voice directions given at times.
The Nuvi has its idiosyncracies but, after some experience, one can get used to them. I am getting to enjoy it and I now feel confident to venture into England!
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