I had never had a navigation system up until about 6 months ago instead relying on my own map reading skills or following a paper route planner. Neither of these were very good or safe. I must spent hours driving round places in the hope I would come across my destination and with petrol prices going up I decided to take the plunge and go and purchase this Garmin. I know that there are a number of different players within the navigation market but Garmin were recommended to me and my girlfriend also had one too. They have a good reputation in the market place and I certainly have never been disappointed with this. Positive functions: I ...  Read the complete review

In the midst of this foul, unrelenting/scenically seasonal weather (delete as per your preference), it's not much of a time to be on the road - needs must, however, and when those needs find you trudging up motorways and chasing dead ends through unfamiliar city centres, this sleek and sassy Sat-Nav is a minor godsend - at least when it's working. And that's really my major - in fact more or less my only - gripe with the Garmin Nuvi. It's a slick piece of design, it looks nice, its touch-screen is pretty intuitive to use, and it does an all-round good job of getting you where you want to go whilst taking you a relatively sensible route, but (with the ...  Read the complete review

I've been using a Garmin Nüvi 255w satellite-navigation now for nearly two years, and much of what I've written applies equally to the old machine and the new one (a Nüvi 1340). OK, the old one had its failings, but from this and previous experience of a different make, I'm beginning to think that we've come to expect too much from any 'sat-nav', which compared to the human brain's ability to improvise (or in computer parlance, apply fuzzy-logic) just can't hack it. Yes, they all seem pretty much 99% proficient at declaring when you've got there, especially if you input a specific post code and door number, and given that they update as they go, ...  Read the complete review