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Brand | Garmin |
Item model number | 855 |
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Product Id | 2832026 |
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4.2
(375 ratings)
4.2 out of 5 stars
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UPC | 165185290902 |
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Garmin n??vi 855 Automobile Navigator
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We bought this as a replacment for our old Garmin. Service was quick, we recieved it faster than promised. The GPS was easy to set up and accesses data much faster than our previous device. The larger screen is great and I have already recommended this to other people.
I opted to purchase a higher model than the one I borrowed from my sister (who, incidentally purchased the nuvi 255 for almost $300 at another retail store) just because you never know when extra features are going to come in handy. I noticed the price of this nuvi was far less here on this site plus has more features. Major Score! It comes with games installed plus coupons for a free audiobook download for those long trips (how neat!) and also 35 free music downloads. Unfortunately for my wife, who is the primary user of this product, her phone is too new at this time so she wasn't able to pair her phone to the bluetooth. Hopefully in time she'll be able to do that. In the meantime, I'm sure the bluetooth will come in handy if my 16 year old daughter needs to use her phone with it. I really like that the screen shots on super highways (ie Washington DC Beltway) is a perfect shot of what the road looks like, complete with the overhead signage and the number of lanes with a big white arrow telling you which lane you should be in. Very comforting for my wife, who very much dislikes driving any distances or unfamiliar territory by herself. Another feature I really like is the ability to switch from day to night viewing. I, personally, do not like bright lights on my dash when I drive so it's nice you can switch to night viewing. This product alerts you with plenty of time of an upcoming turn or lane change, even in higher traffic. Just nosing around the various POIs, we noticed that schools are even listed. Now my wife won't hesitate to go to the kids' away sporting events. Even though I am an OTR truck driver, this was a handy little device. I'm positive my family is going to be getting a lot of use out of it.
As is the case with most reviews of this unit, forget hearing this thing if you drive with the windows down or have any noise in the vehicle (which basically makes the tts feature unusable). The voice recognition is another feature that doesn't work too well. It's not so bad if you're not driving (road noise seems to interfere), but then the reason you want this feature is to map a route when driving...aka, another worthless feature. Aside from those annoyances, the unit failed to turn on several times and only worked after walking away for a while. The last time, I couldn't get it to turn on at all, so it went back to the store. I've used cheaper Garmin models without any problem, so this one may have been a lemon.
gives good direction in most cases. except where street has been blocked from my subdivision to stop traffic thru back of subdivision.
I was nervous purchasing this after reading some of the reviews, and after opening it and trying it out, my caution was warranted; the product didn't work at all. I then updated it online(took a while) and now all seems well. I like the voice recognition and the MP3 player (make sure you use a different channel then an actual radio station). About the freezing up mentioned, that seems to only happen if it is extremely hot (happened twice to me). Keep it out of heat when not in use, make sure some ac is getting to it in the windshield when it's sunny and in use, I have not had a problem since. Great value.
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