Customer Ratings & Reviews

Finally got my sister to try this (I bought it for her). Large screen to she can see the map clearly, and I like the fact that she can answer her phone through it. I'll worry about her a lot less when she's on the road now.

Garmin took the cake on this one. Simply amazing!!

I got my first Garmin GPS when I was 18. I liked it but knew after 15 years it was time to update. Since I live just a 20 minutes drive from Quebec border I figured it is was good to get a GPS that works for both the U.S. and Canada. When I seen this I got excited about the lane assist (exits near Montreal are confusing). Voice control means I don't touch the screen while driving. I actually only touch the screen for the agreement screen. Being able to connect my phone to it for Bluetooth means no tickets for cell phone for me. My only small complaint is to end the call I have to use my cellphone. I am so happy with my upgrade.

Exactly what I was looking for. Never be lost again...

I upgraded to this camera for the DashCam. During the 1st trip I encountered some harassment (while driving). when I got to a point that I could save the video, that segment was 'Gone". any information will be appreciated. I have made attempts to retrieve info from the Web, with no positive results.

Easy to setup on computer. Not happy with this gps. Sometimes when you put in address this gps doesn't find address. And may take you to wrong address. And when you google same address directions and time of arrival don't match on phone and gps. I do like the pictures on side showing roads and exits coming up. I am not entirely happy with this device I would buy a different one next time.

Is not designed to charge via USB connected to computer. You either have to plug it into car cord/charger or purchase a separate A/C adapter wall plug to USB cord. That is absolutely ridiculous. How many electronic devices do you own that won't charge off your computer via USB? Also, unit must be paired with Smartphone w/app or separately purchased power/traffic cord to take advantage of traffic feature. If Garmin is going to design this unit to need a "special" cord for traffic feature without smartphone then it should be included with the unit when purchased....otherwise, why not just use a smartphone with a traffic app and not bother to purchase this GPS to begin with?

I have had 3 previous garmin gps in the past this is my least favorite. I don,t think the graffics are as good as previous models. Really not much different than my previous model. Also I know this is a drive smart gps,but at this price I feel the option for walk directions would be a nice touch.i did email garmin over 2 weeks ago about this no reply.may be my last garmin.they could at least have replied.

Voice command is terrible. When you request information, it gives you everything but what you ask for. Have reinstalled voice language four times. It does not get any better.In fact it has gotten worse. I have finally quit trying to use it. Battery does not last long at all!!!!!

Great navigation system it took me where ever I programmed into it...

I was a Garmin fan for many many years. I wanted to like this large screen version. Pros: Fit great on bean bag holder from last Garmin Large screen Cons: Screen to big to fit in glove compartment Voice command stopped working after 3 months Couldn't find many address through voice command Directions through the app were often wrong Tiresome to frequently lug from car to update on computer I tried re-installing, factory reset and other suggestions found online. Bye Bye Garmin From. Former raving fan

I have 3 garmins drives gps ...love them but the newer ones I get need more memory but they still have 4GB or less and the expansions never help ..it has expansions memory slots but the garmins don't have the software to utilize it.......if they do it is not easy for average user

Voice recognition is truly frustrating on this device. Some days the simplest commands are ignored or misinterpreted. I have been very tempted to throw it out the window many many times ! It may still happen. So disappoint they can't just integrate with google maps completely and let you plan you trips anywhere. Frustrating bluetooth / wifi interface for planning on other devices on top of the fact the thing doesn't understand English half of the time.

Did you ever buy a device and think you paid full price but were in actuality a beta tester. That describes my feelings about this device. I’ve been used to getting into the car and my Garmin just does its job. Not this one. It needs to be synced with your smart phone for traffic to work and if you want full weather and live traffic you need to pay a separate subscription fee, I think yearly. (Every time I click on the link for details the web page can’t be found so I don’t know for sure.) The link to the smart phone keeps coming and going and as I sat in traffic the map showed red for congestion but then would disappear only to reappear 10 seconds later. Traffic took at least 5 minutes to show up in the first place after booting the device when starting the car. I updated the maps when I bought it but there were no construction updates for the lane changes on a nearby highway. It showed me driving in a lake at one point. (I think you need to pay extra for the correction.) Garmin is destroying itself.

I own this item and a back up camera and the cord does not allow you to use a back up camera and traffic as back up camera packaging displays. You must purchase an app. according to what is online. I did down load the recommended app but it still would not allow usage of my back up camera and traffic. The app did download for free.

1) Worst voice recognition ever 100% useless. 2) Will not do traffic without a cell phone. I specifically asked about the need for a cable, because of what I had read in other reviews and was told that was only for people who broke the included power cable. turns out that is not true at all. The packing is also very misleading at least Tom Tom packing clearly states that it requires a cell phone connection for traffic. 3) Struggles to find satellites in parking garage, perhaps is to be expected if not for the fact that I have used other much cheaper and older units that actually work very well in the same garage.

I called Garmin (GPS) with question. I was transferred to a support person. He logged into my PC and typed 2 dos items : ipconfig & netstat –an . This shows a list on port connections. I will show 1 which the 3rd column is labelled a foreign address. Proto Local Address Foreign Address State TCP 127.0.0.1:1553 127.0.0.1:1554 ESTABLISHED Based on this result he tells me I’m infected with malware and why I have Garmin download issue. He opens notepad & types: Case id - Garmin253 Tech name - Roger Ext 323 Computer securities which take cares of the spywares and malwares and infections on the computer But Garmin Network Firewall (IP Security) + Support This will be installed on the ip address of the hacking will never be done on any of the devices Up to 15 devices one time - $100 Lifetime - $250 gamin

Garmin has had issues with their devices communicating via usb ports on computers for many years. They haven't solved it and this one is proof of that. Their own software can't find the device (my computer knows it's there). This unit often takes up to 5 min to acquire satellites and I am in the coastal plain - open country.

jumps all over the place and goes to different screens without me touching anything gonna return and see if the new one works

No traffic with supplied power cable! Minimum required characters?