Low Price Garmin nüvi 855 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Speech Recognition

We really like having this garmin and found that it was very user friendly and easy to figure out (which was a good thing as the instructions were very limited). Everything seemed pretty intuitive. As with any navigational system, there are limitations in that it doesn't always give the best route. It is great to have the points of interest as we are able to find out what restaurants are coming up on our route and how far they are, etc. The same is true for gas stations or other points of interest.

It is nice to have the voice recognition on this and one of the reasons why we purchased this model rather than a lower model.

Also, it is fun to download other voices and icons from the garmin website. They have holiday themed ones (sled for christmas with elf voice) as well as other regular ones so you don't have to get bored with the same one all of the time.

It is also useful to know that you can buy a lifetime map update for about $100 that gives you free maps for the life of the product. If you plan on updating the unit for 2 years, it pays for itself. Depending on your amount of travel you might not find this beneficial. My sister didn't update hers at all for the first 2 years. For me, I tend to prefer to make sure i get the most up to date maps.

A surprising feature that i loved that didn't anticipate is the speed limit notifications next to your current speed. I have been frustrated traveling many times and not knowing what the speed limit it. This was accurate about 98% of the time and when it was off it erred on the side of saying the speed limit was slower than it was (i'm guessing the limit had been changed recently as it only happened in one town). I would rather mistakenly drive slower than faster as i don't want a speeding ticket.

Another great thing that i love is the estimated arrival time that changes based on your speed, stops, etc.

I would highly recommend this unit or other units that also have voice recognition. voice recognition helps tremendously if you are the only one in the car because you don't have to look at the screen and navigate from one thing to the next. when more than 1 person is in the car, it is useful to have the 2nd person operate the garmin as opposed to the voice recognition (in my opinion).Get more detail about Garmin nüvi 855 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator with Speech Recognition.