Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great product. Huge screen,Bluetooth works flawlessly,fast and reliable. Speakers aren’t that great for music but that’s not why I bought it. Honestly didn’t even knew it did that tell after I bought it. What else can I say it’s a Garmin and they make great products.

Works great love the speed alert and the Bluetooth option to run though my vehicles stereo. Screen is large and easy to use. Would recommend if you need GPS.

I have had Garmin GPS's for almost 20 years. This is the best yet. The setup was and updating was very easy. Sharp, large, and clear map makes makes it easy to read. Updates construction zones automatically. Very easy to enter multiple destinations with with a predetermined final destination. Haven't tried optimizing my routing yet but I will. Expecting it to be fairly easy. Would buy this again in a heartbeat!

I bought this for my mom. It is much easier for her to use than her phone because of the large, clear touchscreen and intuitive controls and voice commands. She has never been able to master her phone GPS app but she picked up on the Garmin right away!

Absolutely love my Garmin! Drive everyday for work and hate fumbling with phone GPS. This Garmin has everything. Big screen/easy to see. Easy set up. Would highly recommend!

works great it gets me where i want to go . its exact

We loved our old Garmin Nuvi2595 but outdated maps were beginning to cause confusion while driving. Transferring saved data between two was a breeze and new maps as well as new features makes us very pleased with the purchase. Larger & split screen availability a pleasant plus. Have had excellent results from my Garmin products to date.

Works great. Have it in a vehicle that doesn't have the newer technology. Not only does this have up to date mapping and driving info, but allows for hands free communication when necessary. Easy to set up and looks sharp. Very excited to have made this purchase and all its functionality. Would highly recommend.

Well...I finally got everything going - I think. This unit is SO complex that it takes quite a bit to make the thing perform properly. Once it does, I still do not like the map display as much as on my prior Garmin units. I try to get the zoom where I want it and the unit goes somewhere else. The unit does not always center the image right away. I have had it go nearly to the edge before centering. This is not good. If my DriveSmart 7 had not started not turning on all the time, I would not have replaced it, and I probably should have replaced it with another 7. You also have to buy (for over $60.00) a new mount in order to put the unit on the dash. Not good at all. Would I recommend this unit? Maybe, but that is not available. Yes but...

I never used a GPS unit before, except for a few stressful attempts with my smart phone, which is too small and takes too much time away from the road to read. My Garmin is just the right size and easy to access/read attached to the windshield. It's easy to add destinations, voice recognition is excellent, and saved me many, many miles of missed turns and near accidents. It has already paid for itself in safety and gas savings. Im spoiled now! :-) :-)

What a great upgrade from my old 5” Garmin Nuvi! My old unit served me well for many years but this new one is a welcome upgrade. The large display is so much easier to see and the audio is improved also. Very happy with my new GPS!

I bought the Garmin DriveSmart 86 GPS because I wanted a larger screen than that my phone provided. I really like Garmin's maps and the detailed directions provided. It also provides live traffic which is very helpful in you're traveling on the interstate and need to know what's ahead. It's a great device and I recommend it.

My Garmin is perfect in my little 2010 car! So helpful and much improved upgrades since the days of old Garmins of yesteryear! So much better, easy to operate and loud enough to hear clearly.

I’ve used various other branded GPS systems, but you know what I discovered, Garmin is the one brand I keep returning to, their customer support, no quibble return procedure, but most of all, their equipment, I’ve tried cheapest brand right up the ladder and I have to say Garmin, you deserve to charge what you do for your equipment, I’d have no problem paying same again if I needed to, I can’t give them 10 stars but if I could I would

This one beats all the others with easy to use and accurate features. When used with the right attachments in your vehicle it becomes an asset to get to where you have to be easily.

Amazing, I love the large screen and the screen rotates landscape to portrait. I only wish garmin lets you set passwords for their devices just in case if they were to get stolen. But still an excellent device snd probably the best GPS out today

Work’s great, nice bright and clear display, battery is good.

The garmin drivesmart 8" has many usefull tools like camera warning, gas station locaction,voice control and the large screen is easy to see.

Clear and easy to use, very responsive and quick "boot up" time. Pretty much ready to go after being set up and updated from the moment you can put your car into gear. Can warn of you speeding if you want, and can be set to avoid things like dirt roads and making you take U-turns by preferences settings. Does operate on its own, but the bluetooth audio features of it relies on a cell phone. I was unable to make its bluetooth connect directly with my car stereo bluetooth as the car does not connect exactly the same way a cell phone does in this way. It does have a built in speaker, so a cell phone is not necessary for it to operate, but may be necessary for certain advanced features and/or updates, so be sure their app will work on your Android or iPhone.

I love all the features of this GPS, but the only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that the Timeout feature is broken. I turned off the timeout feature, but my screen still shuts off if I'm sitting in a parking lot for about 20 minutes. If I have my car running, I want my screen on. So what do I love about it? I love the map updates (one small issue is that the update isn't as up to date as google maps or waze). I love the traffic updates. I recently went on a trip and it told me that there was an hour delay ahead and gave me another option to avoid that delay. I love the option to have portrait or landscape mode, I personally have been doing portrait mode.