Garmin Nuvi 255W Widescreen Satellite Navigation System with Full EU Mapping - Electronics / Photography (Garmin)

The nüvi 255WT from Garmin is your personaltravel assistant for life on the go. The nüvi 255WT leads the way with a large4.3? wide screen and a full set of maps for 33 different European countries,getting you to your destination on time and safely. The nüvi 255WT comespreloaded with a host of points of interest, allowing you to travel inthe bestof conditions and stop off during your journey for a spot ofsightseeing. You?llbe able to plan trips to landmarks and attractions easily before youset off,and, at your leisure, look up the contact details for your vehiclerescueservice and directions to the closest hospital, police or petrolstation. Its longlife battery lasts nearly 4 hours before you have torecharge itthrough your cigar lighter port, meaning you'll never be left in the lurch if you get lost. The nüvi 255 WT?s other built-intravel tools include a JPEG picture viewer, a world travel clock with timezones, a currency and measurement converter, a calculator and more. This GPS even gives your driving instructions using photos - you canaccess the millions of photos available on Google Panoramio through theGarmin website - and has a lifetime traffic subscription. Enhance yourtravel experience with the nüvi 255WT from Garmin! Maps: Navteqmaps: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Monaco, Germany,Greece*, Italy, Saint-Marino, Vatican City, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway,Portugal, Ireland, Spain, Andorra, Sweden, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, UnitedKingdom, Bulgaria*, Croatia*, Estonia*, Hungary*, Latvia*, Lithuania*, Poland,Romania*, Slovakia*, Slovenia* *main cities and major roads Internal menu languages: English, German, Estonian, Greek, Spanish, French, Croatian, Italian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovakian, Slovene, Turkish, Finnish and Swedish

Customer Reviews of Garmin Nuvi 255W Widescreen Satellite Navigation System with Full EU Mapping

Mandy Vic
Derbyshire
6th November 2008

Briliant
Set up time for the Garmin Nuvi 255W is exceptional get it out switch it on and your done, it finds satelites quickly and redirects in seconds if you get it wrong. The battery charges rapidly using the in car charger supplied. The maps are clear and very easy to navigate around using the touch screen. It takes very little time to install all your favourites and has a fantastic range in the Points of interest. If you miss the last instruction just touch the top bar and there it is repeated and written on a split screen. I have read reviews saying that the maps are not current I bought mine, registered at garmin.com and was directed to a free update to install 2009 maps. I particularly like the feature that allows you to search and navigate your route in indoor mode.This is a brilliant piece of kit and, in my opinion, outshines Mio, Tom Tom and Navman for the price and features included. Only down side it doesn't come with an Ac charger, no big deal, when you have this you will want to be in your car using it. it.

Mia
London, UK
17th October 2008

A lifesaver.
Much Much Much better than a Tom Tom! The maps are clearer, the directions are much less confusing. The worst i've had is that it temporarily got confused what road i was on, but it corrected itself within seconds. Has tons of points of interest too, and lets me know where speed cameras are. If the camera doesn't encourage you to slow down, the beeping if your going too fast for it soo will! But unlike the TomTom it only beeps when your near a camera, not EVERY time you go over the limit which could get annoying! and if you go the wrong way she manages to direct you back without telling you to do a U turn or getting annoyed at you - brilliant!

SatMan
Kent, UK
26th September 2008

Superb piece of kit
Having happily owned a TOMTOM for the last 2 years i jumped ship and updated it with the Garmin 255W. What a difference!!!! The Garmin is light, user friendly and very accurate. Mapping and instructions are excellent as is the satelite coverage.
Great value too, just a shame there's no carry case especially as its supposed to be mobile!!
Buy this and you'll have no regrets!

les-williams
Exeter
29th August 2008

Mapping could be better
This unit was originally advertised as having Text to Speech, i.e. it speaks the street names; it doesn't, only the American, New Zealand and Australian versions do, not the european one!
The unit feels nice and solid, has a good touch screen, is nice and loud and the battery lasts for hours. I found it very slippery to hold and as I was scared of dropping it I bought the case, which has a tendency of accidentally switching the unit on as it is put away!
It acquired satellites quickly and the destination was easy to put in by address or post-code. It also has a useful list of local "attractions", ATMS, restaurants, hotels and the like but these are well out of date and will need updating; unfortunately Garmin don't provide a USB cable, or mains charger!
It also has a photo viewer but this wouldn't work with my camera's SD HC card.
The mapping could be better, occassionally telling me to take the first exit off a roundabout whilst correctly showing that it was the second! Also in Spain it diverted me off the main road down some dirt tracks and although it was more picturesque and I did get to my destination it took longer and required extra driving skills down one-track roads (although I guess it was shorter!)

T. Grewcock

14th August 2008

Great product so far
Recently bought this device to prepare for a trip to Italy. Very pleased with it after a few dummy runs around where I live. Common sense must, however. prevail when using it. I wanted to go to a local golf club, and was surprised when Ms Garmin was directing me away from the entrance to the clubhouse and onto the 10th tee across a road!! I do play golf and realised straightaway that the golf-club was not situated in the middle of the course!! Excellent display quality and recommend the base which sits on the dash. Ms Garmin is not too irritating but sounds as if she is a heavy smoker. It should be interesting when we hit Italy! We did a tour of Provence a few years ago and got lost every day! Made the holiday more interesting possibly!! One more thing...do not buy a cheap home charger...they do not work! Go for a Garmin or Tom Tom multi-socket.