Restored Garmin Nuvi 2595LMT 5'' GPS Vehicle Navigation System W/ Speaks Street Names (Refurbished)

Great shipping and service from Walmart. The refurbished unit was in new condition, however the unit was defective. The Bluetooth would not let you carry on a conversation as it would cut in and out, even with a strong signal. Also the color of the screen was very pale,even after trying different settings. I think it is a good value if it worked right. I did bring it back to Walmart, and received credit with no problem. RRM.

Ordered the refurb GPS for my in laws. The product comes with lifetime maps for North America (US, Canada) and traffic. This is good as we go to Canada once a year and it comes in handy have a GPS instead of paper maps or cell phone service (roaming charges). The product was easy to set up and took about 4 hours to load in the updated maps. Voice command was decent and recognized most of the addresses or places (it will provide a list of places or addresses it thinks you said for you to select). Overall a good GPS with 5" screen and good touch sensitive. It also comes with other features like bluetooth, gas mileage, ... etc. (I don't use them much) You can also download voices, cars, etc from Garmin website. I gave it two stars for value because a week after I received it, I saw that it was on sale at other on line merchants for $10-20 less than what Walmart was charging. I did not return it as I already set it up for my in-laws to use.

Right out of the box unit looked impressive. When I did a test drive, I noticed distance error of 80 to 140 feet at turn. When I am zero feet from turn which mean I have to turn, GPS showed about 100 feet remaining. When I called Garmin, I was told that you download maps and software, it will improve. Well it did not. GPS volume if adjusted for normal hearing, it is too low for incoming phone to listen. If kept at maximum to listen to phone then it is too loud for GPS. I noticed no trafic- all grayed out. USB loose contact so my powerpoint shows connection OK but GPS continues in battery mode. Most irritating thing was that GPS for first 30 seconds showed me charging symbols in car (similar you see when connected to computer) before it showed the map. Not acceptable. Returned for refund.

Unit worked fine until I did the updates which took 10 hours to down load. After down load was completed received error mess "cannot unlock maps". Attempted to call customer service several times but was unable to speak to a person. (waited over 1 hour) I then attempted to use their FAQ section under customer support. They did have a solution posted to address the "cannot unlock maps". After meticulously following the directions I still received the same message. I then attempted to contact a technician via e-mail, for some unknown reason the customer service portion of their web site did not recognize me or my device even though I was registered and had a dashboard. After eventually receiving a response to my e-mail the technician referred me to the FAQ section and the same procedure I had already tried. I than returned unit for a refund.

I have upgraded from a Garmin StreetPilot c330 to Garmin nuvi 2595LMT. The 5 inch display is nice and bright. I am still learning to use all the new features. The touch menu is fast and easy to navigate. It is compact and comes with the windshield mount, cigarette charger / traffic antenna and a short mini USB cable. The mini USB cable is used to add POI, firmware updates, and transfer Google maps destinations from PC to the GPS unit. There is a micro SD slot for file transfers. Even though it is a refurbished, the unit looks and feels like brand new. It comes with Bluetooth but I haven't try it out.