 Not the best one out there |
| Review Date: August 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Michael Hamblin, |
| I think it is time to buy a new unit. I Connected unit to satellites OK. Changed home and voice settings OK. Screen menus very intuitive. My most significant probolem came when I registered the thing. Had to download software. OK. Then they suggested a map update (good for 60-90 days from purchase). My mistake was when I went for the upgrade. Since then I've spent about seven hours on the computer, all downloads "successful", mymaps says all's OK, but my little garmin says "No detailed maps found that can support routing". Thank you, that's why I bought it. I've tried everything, it doesn't work any more. When I try to send Garmin an email inquiry, it won't send it because my "browser is not supported." I bought this computer in Feb of 98. What's for Safari not being "supported"? I have to wait for the service M-F in the morning.- so I have to lose work to get support? Thanks I've been using computers for 8 years. Can't recommend this model. And Garmin gets a big F for support. I thought it was sweet as the voice accompanied me to work. |
Bad luck?
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| Review Date: August 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Alison Shih, SF |
I purchased my Nuvi 205w on May 12, 2010 from Amazon. Everything was great, price, shipping, etc, however, this review is not about the service, but the product.
I knew this was a super basic product, but all I was looking for was simply a moving map that let me know how and where I'm going.
Sadly, after 1 week of excitement putting my tomtom in the drawer, Nuvi had failed me with a common problem that many customers had addressed: Freezing at start up.
This Nuvi 205W had frozen at "load map" at least 15 times over the past 3 months of usage. What it means is, usually when you turn it on, the system requires the GPS to load the maps on the device, and after the maps are loaded, the GPS will show the menu and start looking for a signal. However, on this Nuvi, it's either loading the map forever, or it just turns itself off after the map is loaded(after the loading bar is full).
And that wasn't the end of it. According to the support, I should be able to back-up my GPS if this happens, so after I do a hard-reset, I can import the back-up back to the device. So I tried and tried with my Mac and my PC, but evidently it didn't like my computers. Not only it was dead silence, it stayed on the "load map" section and never went on. So I decided to just do hard reset every time and erase all the data on it since connecting it to my mac/pc did not help at all.
Last but not least, starting a month ago it wouldn't even allow me to do a hard reset anymore, so now I have a GPS that won't even turn on. And since I had to go out of country for a while, I didn't bother to have to deal with it.
I definitely didn't expect to pay about 100+ dollars to have a nice looking black screen suck to my windshield. I realized it has passed the return date on Amazon, so I contacted Garmin's support agents, and hopefully I'll hear from them soon.
Maybe it was just my bad luck. After all this is an item I've been looking at for a few months before finally decided to get it, which has a 4.5 star rating on Amazon... I guess for now I'll stick to my Tomtom which saved my life the first time that Nuvi backed on me. |
Garmin 205W
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| Review Date: August 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Fish hook, Vancouver, Wa. |
| Easy to use for basic directions. However, it can be rather annoying if you decide to take your own route. The nuvi will attempt, many times, to turn you around so you can follow it's chosen route. |
great product for great price
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| Review Date: August 27, 2010 |
| Reviewer: J. Gorglione, brunswick oh |
| dad bought one so i already know what i was getting i am writing this even before i recieved it from amazon. come on 99 dollars for a garmin that is 4.3 inchs square what a deal, it even tells you the speed limit on most road frickin awsome |
Not bad, but gets lost
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| Review Date: August 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Mark F. Kitson, |
| The Garmin nuvi 205W works well enough, but it does occassionally get lost. Actually not lost, just sometimes picks the wrong way and has to correct itself. We were in Bosaton, and it constantly had to "recalclulate" because the confusing streets in Boston kept screwing us up (me and the machine). Also I was under the impression that it had Canadian maps, it does not...my oversite, not a fault of the machine. Over all it's OK, but Id suggest spending a bit more and getting one with more maps and voice announce for street names... |
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