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Garmin nüvi 260W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator
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Technical Details
- GPS system preloaded with City Navigator North America NT
- 4.3-inch touchscreen display with 2D/3D mapping perspective
- Turn-by-turn directions with voice guidance and text to speech
- Rechargeable lithium-ion battery makes it convenient for navigation by car or foot
- Includes JPEG picture viewer, world travel clock with time zones, currency converter, measurement converter, calculator and more
Product Details
Product Weight: 2.54 pounds
Shipping Weight: 0.95 pounds
Model: Nuvi 260w
Manufacturer: Garmin
Sales Rank: 8
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Customer Reviews
GPS Garmin,
by Ellen Barton, 2010-03-09
It is the best. I can't imagine getting by without it now that I am used to it. For people who have to go places where they are not familiar it helps immensely. It is much better than Mapquest because if you take a wrong turn it corrects your error. The only problem is that it once took me to an address a few blocks away, but that problem is rare I would think. It tells you how far you have to go and how long it will take. I recommend it .
An amazing Guide!,
by Kenneth D. Moore, 2010-03-09
I haven't had it very long, but I am amazed at how accurate my Garmin 260 is. I'm really looking forward to using it a lot more this summer.
I don't think you could go wrong buying this Idem.
gps review,
by Margaret Moritz, 2010-03-09
The Nuvi 260 is easy to use and a wonderful tool for finding
what's in the area, addresses to stores, restaurants and attractions.
It works well.
Garmin GPS System,
by Cathy Lynn Tyler, 2010-03-09
Really like this Garmin - it is easy to program and has been accurate so far. Occasionally in areas that I am familar with it will take me a different route, but then, I'm using a short cut and wouldn't expect the Garmin to do that. Overall performance is great.
Good, but don't expect miracles from satellite maps!,
by L. Carter, 2010-03-07
I bought the nuvi 260w because I wanted the simplest, cheapest nuvi with voice prompts and without the 5 in the model number that seems to indicate potential firmware trouble. I love this thing!
Keep in mind that it uses satellite maps that aren't perfect--look up a few things on Google earth to see how far off the maps can be. It has always gotten us within visual distance of points of interest, but you have to be alert and be looking around. It does sometimes pick silly routes, which in my hometown I can recognize and avoid. My personal preference is to googlemap a route before I leave home, to get a general idea of where I'm headed. If the nuvi wants to take me off what I find to be a more appropriate route, I just force it to recalculate. In the past I have had to continually look down at printed maps, and this feels much safer.
I was recently in St. Louis, very near the river. The nuvi didn't know about a road closure, so I dodged it and the nuvi recalculated very quickly to get us to our destination. When we were leaving, it was dark and I didn't feel like bushwhacking, so I asked for directions. Well, the human made a significant mistake, and I ended up at night, with kids, underneath three levels of highway bridges, down where scary things happen in movies. I turned on the nuvi and told it I wanted to go home, and it very neatly put me on the nearest highway, then took me out of the spaghetti junction area, turned me around, and put me on the correct highway going the correct direction. What a relief! A few minutes later, the dashboard light behind my speedometer burned out, and I was able to rely on the nuvi to tell me how fast I was going.
This unit has been very helpful to me professionally, since I make housecalls and need to wind through residential areas in a town where doglegs and dead-ends are common. The nuvi tells me which side of the street to be looking on, and even though many addresses are a hundred feet off on the satellite maps, it still does the job.
This is not a substitute for having a good road atlas in the trunk, because of the inherent inaccuracy of the satellite maps, but it is a great help and I recommend it highly.
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