Garmin nüvi 270 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
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Customer Review: very useful in Ireland
Summary: 4 Stars
I bought the Nuvi a few weeks ago for use in Ireland. It was much cheaper to buy a portable GPS than rent a car with one installed. Overall it worked very well. I did run into a few problems with recently installed roundabouts which weren't in the maps but nothing major. Satellite reception was excellent I never had a problem uplinking. On one occasion it did want me to go down some type of sheep path which I declined to do. Make sure you pick fastest trip and not shortest route or you could end up on some really bad roads. For the price I think it is a great purchase. It works fine in the US as well. I'm going to try it as a hand held for walking in Lisbon in a few weeks. I'm not sure it will work as well for that purpose. I have used some other GPS systems and this one is the best I've tried. I would recommend it for anyone looking for both US and European mapping.
JKL, Newport RI
Customer Review: Nuvi 270
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this nuvi mainly because my wife is from Germany and I always have a terrible time navigating around these towns. I didn't want a unit that I would only use for a few weeks a year when we are in Europe so I sought out something with a database in the USA as well.
This is a simple unit. It doesn't upload traffic or current construction delays. It doesn't play music. It doesn't bluetooth. It doesn't play videos. It doesn't wash your socks. It just navigates and it does it very well.
We travelled all over Germany, over to a small town in Poland, back to northern Germany, over to Norway (and all over the country), and then back to Germany. It found everything without a hitch. It even found these obscure little dirt roads in the wilds of Norway. Took us directly to airport terminals and ferry terminals. I am hugely impressed by this little unit. Nothing but good to say so far...
Customer Review: Nuvi 270 Doesn't Deliver in Small Town Italy
Summary: 1 Stars
Garmin nüvi 270 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with US, Canada & European Maps
Took the Nuvi 270 to small towns in Italy. In the mountains it frequently couldn't find the satellite for a long while. Then when we either went around mountains or drove in streets in the old villages it would give directions and then say "recalculating" and "make a U turn" and then send us another direction or back to the original direction. In taking the autostrada to Amalfi it took us off of the main road that we were on and put us on a parallel road that took longer and made no sense to change. Addresses were hard to program in. We couldn't find a way to just program the gps to take us to a city center. Did find that larger cities seemed to do better, but didn't really trust it after all of the mistakes.
Customer Review: Mediocre GPS
Summary: 2 Stars
I purchased this unit when my Tom Tom One 3rd Edition died and was immediately disappointed. For twice the price of my dead unit I found an item that was incomplete, harder to use, and didn't have features that I considered extremely useful.
I call it incomplete because to register the unit you need a USB cable that is not provided--after much frustration I discovered that the USB cable sent with the Tom Tom worked with the Nuvi.
Two extremely useful Tom Tom features that are not on this Garmin are the map-correcting feature and the 'demo' feature. The demo feature allows you to 'test drive' the route at high speed with actually moving--the unit does the turn by turn as you watch. The map-correcting feature allows people to add/change/delete map items (like Gas Stations) on the map and upload them so others can download them for free without waiting for a new map to be published.
Customer Review: Great for Price!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great little device for the price. If you're not looking for something cutting edge with Bluetooth and you just want something that will help you get around the country (US or Europe), then this is a good buy. You get a free update of your maps with first installation which is super, because the value is about $70 to upgrade. It's very little, but has a large enough viewing screen that is comfortable to look at.
I would recommend using it while you drive around on your normal route to work or to a restaurant, just to get a feel for it. Switch up the "fastest route" and "shortest distance" to see where it takes you. By all means if it tells you to go into the bad part of town DON'T DO IT, but just keep in mind that will tell you what the shortest distance is even if it's through a questionable area. So you have to use some brain power! Garmin is a very solid product.