Garmin AC Charger and International Adapter Set
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Customer Review: Be Careful Which Version You Get
Summary: 1 Stars
I ordered this along with my Garmin nuvi 765t and it never worked.
Thankfully, Amazon did it's usual superb job of replacing it with just a few mouse clicks.
When the replacement arrived it was of a much simpler design and worked just fine.
Detail:
The original version I got had a slot in the back of the plug-in unit into which various plugs could be inserted to adapt it for the appropriate country/voltage/etc. My guess is that the connection between the adapter and the unit were not good and so it just didn't work.
The replacement unit which I received was made with the North American prongs already built in and no adapter was necessary for use here. The unit was packaged with adapters for UK and European use if needed. The just plug onto the NA prongs.
If you order this, see if you can determine which type will be sent to you or if you get the older-style version try to exchange it.
Customer Review: Excellent charger and acessories for your Garmin, but.....
Summary: 5 Stars
Not much to review here. Charger works as it should. Charges a fully depleted battery on my Garmin 255W in little time. But there is one thing I wanted to add in case anyone else did the same thing I did:
The battery life on my unit is horrendous. I went on a 3-hour trip and for the last half-hour I had to rely on the GPS in my head, and my head isn't reliable; that's why I bought a GPS. To the point, I bought the Garmin A/C Power Cable so that I wouldn't have the dangling cigarette lighter cord in the way. I almost knocked the unit off the dash a few times while, for instance, reaching for the volume on the car stereo. So I figured buy this, charge the unit at home before I leave and no more dangling wires in the car. Now, unfortunately, I'm back to using the cigarette lighter adapter that came with the unit.
Customer Review: Plug it in, charges GPS. What else?
Summary: 4 Stars
Not sure what to say about this AC charger, as it is just a charger after all. However...
It has a cord about 5 feet long that is not removable from the charger. You plug one end into your Garmin GPS, and the charger into a wall outlet.
If you are travelling in Europe (not likely for me) and you want to charge your Garmin GPS (I would not take my Nuvi 200 to Europe anyway as it has no European maps) you can use one of the supplied plug adaptors to fit various-style outlets around the world.
I have only used the original DC car charger over the last few months, but as my car only has one socket that may be used for charging camera batteries on a driving trip, I figured the GPS may be on battery-power most of the day, requiring charging at night.
Happy trails.
Customer Review: bummer purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
The device works as it should and the design is now with permanent US prongs + 2 prong adapters (at least what I've received).
Why 4 stars? While I can blame myself for not reading into the pdf Nuvi manual, there is very few people who would actually need this thing. Nuvi charges in your car when connected for driving and charges through USB cable when connected to your computer (like for file transfers or map updates etc.) Then you may already have a universal power adapter (wall or car lighter) with a USB output (in such a case you could just use the USB cable and charge). So all in all, it's more of an additional revenue for Garmin than a necessity for any one of us. And as one should expect, THIS is NOT mentioned. Well, why would they?
Customer Review: Garmin Nuvi in Europe
Summary: 3 Stars
We bought this for a trip to Europe and it worked fine on major highways at first. Then it started to scramble, we finally decided to reset everything and then it worked better.
In villages and cities, it did not work that well. Got us in the general vicinity, but took us down wrong way streets, and tried to get us to drive down pedestrian only avenues. When we didn't follow directions, it scrambled again.
Works better in US, but we already had that covered. This was specifically for Europe and it was not reliable. Plan to try it in Canada next week, because we know our way around there already. Just want to see if it works better than it did in France, Italy and Switzerland.