I bought my Garmin Nuvi 265W for use in the fire service. I have a Garmin hand held GPS which is excellent so Garmin was my first choice for purchasing a GPS. Nevertheless my first experience with a vehicle GPS was with a Tom Tom which I liked. I figured that Garmins GPS would be superior to the Tom Tom. What I discovered was that the Garmin had a difficult time finding itself, It would make you go through a series of prompts to get you going, The unit from start up asks you every time where you want to go rather than "waking up" and telling you where you are. It also does not give you many choices if you misspell words ( yeah I know go to school) but for my use trying to spell out of a dead sleep at 2am is really challenging. The good news for people who are wanting to purchase this product is that this unit 's graphics are excellent, once initialized it is very accurate and fast and stays locked on the map. You can see all kinds of geographic features like lakes and tributaries. It even marked out a small man made pond in a new housing development in my town. The suction cup attachment works much better that the Tom Tom version( which really bites). If super speed (in initial start up)is not a need this Garmin is for you. If you need to get to your destination now and I mean right now this unit is not for you. Get more detail about Garmin nüvi 265W/265WT 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Integrated Traffic Receiver (Factory Refurbished).
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