Comments on: Garmin Nuvi 255W GPS Review

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:24:39 +0000

Bought this for my husband and he is loving it. Only issue is battery life. Wish it was longer for our long trips.

By: Greg

Greg — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:19:30 +0000

Excellent gps navigation unit. 255w is an upgrade for me.

By: sjrcowsfly

sjrcowsfly — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:27:00 +0000

find your way
great navigator for reasonable price. i have a hard time finding places so it has been a blessing for me to aid finding an address and to stop bothering my family for detailed directions to everything.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:23:19 +0000

Great GPS, better than I imagined.
Works just like the product review states. Even comes with speed limit indicator when driving on highways or interstate. Only wish Garmin made more voices to use with GPS.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:43:25 +0000

Garmin makes the best GPS !!
The Garmin 255W far surpasses the older versions of the widescreen GPS they have made. The 3D birds eye view is great. And I love the speed limit display, cause many times it is not posted on the streets, and you do not notice speed traps until a cop pulls you over. I have not tried to use it in Canada, but it is supposed to have maps for there too. The 4.3 inch screen is great, I would not buy anything smaller. The favorites are good to have also. If you need to search for a hotel, bank, ATM, restaurent, etc. in an area, it will give you the address and phone number as well. I used to always get lost, but now it is not a problem. I would highly recommend this GPS to a friend.

Garmin nüvi 255W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:55:29 +0000

I love it
This is my second GPS. The first one I had was a TomTom. This Garmin is perfect. Very easy to use. If you do not like the voice, register your Garmin and change the voice. Also you can change your little car icon. You can even change the icon to a heart, a plane, a bike and so on. Unlike the TomTom you can down load an updated map from the website. I wanted a Garmin in the first place but recieved TomTom as a gift. The TomTom started having problems from the beginning. I am very pleased with the Garmin, at least so far.

By: behindtheback

behindtheback — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:06:20 +0000

Excellent product
This is my second Garmin GPS. The first one was a nuvi 200W. I decided to purchase one for my other car when the prices got cheaper. Works like it is supposed to, I have never missed a turn. The text-to-speech directions need some getting used to, especially if you’ve owned one with canned generic directions that doesn’t announce street names (my wife’s picky, she doesn’t like the voice). Recommended.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:52:50 +0000

A Technological Wonder
This is my first GPS, and i am thrilled with it’s performance! I often drive alone, and it is very relaxing to have “someone” speaking turn-by-turn directions as the road appears on the screen–MUCH safer than trying to use a map. As a Christian, I literally do thank God for this unit! Incredible performance at a reasonable price.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:30:40 +0000

Garmin 255w
Bought the Garmin 255w for a trip to San Diego. During the trip, I kept saying to my wife “this GPS system is worth it’s weight in gold”. This is my first GPS system and we were very pleased with it. There was one time where we were looking for a Albertsons grocery store and the system took us to a gated residential community. The grocery store was near-by though. The system was very easy to use and to program our favorite spots before our trip. The volume of the navigator was good. If I couldn’t take a certain road (due to police redirecting traffic because of an accident) the GPS system quickly recalculated. The only negative that I can think of is sometimes when I would look for a point of interest it would say how many miles away but once we started out for the desination the miles would change to a longer destination. I don’t know if the original miles were “as the crow flys” and once you start then it calculates the road miles. Normally I would be in my hotel room doing the search and Garmin would have my car indicator off the road map system. Very happy with they purchase so far.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:03:50 +0000

Great Product
GPS units have come a long way since I first used one several years ago, and this Garmin 255W is great.