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Reviewed by UK Guest, 1st Jul 2009. |
| Review Summary: Very good |
Overall Score: 5/5
 
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Review: Used this Garmin Nuvi 255 EU sat nav in various circumstances during getaway week-ends.
This product is excellent to plan the route with a final point of arrival and intermediate points of interest. Planning with postcodes is possible.
Vocal indications at crossings and direction changes are very accurate and timely. The details on screen are very easily readable.
There are avoidance options according to the kind of trip you're embarking on: offroad, motorways, tolls.
At any point, it is possible to deviate from the original route to find a petrol station, for instance, out of the list of the nearest spots available in the area. This is extremely convenient, for instance to avoid the extortionate prices of fuel on motorways.
It does indeed underestimate consistently the time a route will take because it assumes the car always run at the speed limit whereas this is rather not the case in real. In any case, the estimated time of arrival is updated at all time according to the speed of the car, which is monitored by the gps, and appears on screen.
The box comes without a USB cable, just with the car cable. Look up the cables you already have at home as the satnav uses a usb cable with the other end similar with the format used by the videa output of digital cameras, so might be no need to buy this cable on top. |
Ratings
| Value For Money: |
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5 |
| Review Score: |
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5 |
| Recommended? | |
Yes |
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