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Garmin nüvi 265W/265WT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Traffic |
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Amazon Sales Rank: 25
Publisher: Garmin
Type: Electronics
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Average Rating: 
Review: 2009-11-21
Not For Commuters
I have been looking for a GPS for about two years now. The combination of falling prices and feature stabilization in the market finally got me hooked. I paid about $200 for this item.
The whole concept of the device is built around the premise that you do not know where you're going. If you know where you're going and are looking for better ways to get there, this device does very little to help you out.
I have about a one hour drive to and from work that takes me from my home in Northwest Indiana to downtown Chicago. I have three basic choices on my route -
the Bishop Ford (free but under construction),
the Chicago Skyway ($3.50 each way but faster and more direct), and
Lake Shore Drive (free, direct, but lots of local traffic to get there).
The GPS gets traffic updates so it should be able to tell me which way is the best way to go and my route has about ten minutes of driving to start with that are always the same so it has some time to make up its mind. This device has no functionality to meet that need which is profoundly disappointing given the inputs that the device has at its disposal.
Also, the free traffic functionality is marginal at best. I have driven into traffic jams it didn't anticipate or woefully underestimated and I have sailed through areas that the device said would be a half hour delay. Also, if you want to avoid traffic, the device doesn't do a very good job of figuring out time savings. On one occasion, the device took me a mile off the Bishop Ford through half a dozen traffic lights before I started going the same direction as I wanted again, then it inserted me back onto the Bishop Ford with another mile of bumper to bumper traffic still to go before things cleared up. Translation : this thing isn't real bright.
The POI's are well populated but again, the device is not very intelligent. I'm on the expressway, I need to get gas. I choose the nearest gas station but miss the exit and go the wrong way. The gas station I chose is now behind me but there is another one right in front of me. The device doesn't know that I don't care WHICH gas station I go to so it takes me on a one mile detour to get me turned around. Again, just not all that intelligent.
On the plus side, the screen is very good, the phone functionality is very serviceable (I had none of the issues other reviewers mentioned and I have a tracfone which is hardly top of the line), and the window mount is very secure. The turn by turn directions are clearly audible and give good context for tight situations - "Turn right on this street then turn left" so you know you need to change lanes quickly.
Overall, it's a good unit but it just falls flat in so many ways on the navigation front that I just can't give it higher than 3 stars.
Review: 2009-11-20
Sorry I Put It Off For Years!
I like gadgets, but I don't jump early for new technology - I wait till the technology matures and prices come down. I never saw the need to spend $100's to do what a $10 atlas could do. Then I took a trip with a friend who had a Nuvi 205. I immediately had to have a gps! I love this thing and should have gotten one years ago! I don't have to fish for my reading glasses, dig out the atlas, and find the map is not detailed enough to see what I wanted. Navigation is so much easier now! I went with Garmin because of market share, features, and price. The widescreen is definitely the way to go, as is the calling out of street names for the next turn. The points of interest is great - I can look up restaurants, gas stations, etc in unfamilier places. I can take that backroad to do some recon and know how to get back to civilization.
I tried a vent mount which positioned the Nuvi below the top of the dash. It worked for a week or so, then started losing the sat signal. It is now mounted on the dash with the provided stick on plastic piece and hasn't lost the signal since. I have a Ram Mount for both motorcycles which work great, and will be installing direct wire power supplies in my vehicles. GPS has fully matured, and anyone who leaves the 5 mile radius where they grew up should have one!
Review: 2009-11-19
Great GPS Unit with Bluetooth
I am very satisfied with the Garmin nuvi 265WT. The Bluetooth phone function works flawlessly with my cell phone and reproduces my phone's full contact list on the screen which makes for easy calls. Once the phone number is selected, the call is completely hands free and the speaker and microphone work very well. GPS Directions to destinations are accurate and the screen shows your speed and the road's posted speed limit, estimated time of arrival, and all street names as you approach them. The selection of American English voices is limited, I wish there were more. I've selected a female voice, but it is somewhat nasal. This is a great unit and a good value for the price (I paid $179). I took advantage of the one time free download of updated software and an updated map. The process was somewhat complex and took several steps of over an hour each (I have Roadrunner high speed access). The files are very large (over 2 gigabytes) and are not automatically deleted after the map updating process is complete. I had to find them on my hard drive and delete the map data files and update program manually to recapture the hard drive space. Garmin should add this step to the final cleanup after the updating process. Other than the disk space issue, this product fully lives up to its advertising. I highly recommend the Garmin nuvi 265T.
Review: 2009-11-18
Great GPS, Compatible with my Nokia 2705 Shade
This GPS is great. It paired with my Nokia 2705 Shade even though it was not one of the listed compatible phones. Gives me handsfree operation in my car, with onscreen menus for my phonebook, "Call Home" button, voice dialing and more. Couldn't ask for more from a great GPS unit.
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