Garmin nuvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
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Customer Review: WORKING GREAT AFTER 2+ YRS!
Summary: 5 Stars
I have owned this GPS for 2+ years and have taken it on trips to Alaska, Hawaii, VA, FL, Maine (all over the USA). It has continued to work very well. I have not updated the software/maps since purchase but have still never gotten lost. Customer Review: Works Well at First but BEWARE...
Summary: 1 Stars
At first, I thought this was a great product. For the huge discount price offered by Amazon, I was certain that I had made a good purchase. All of that changed about a week ago - the touchscreen suddenly stopped working. It hasn't been dropped or damaged in any way. It was never left out in the sun - always stored in it's case locked away in the vehicle or in the house, yet it has simply stopped working. The soft-reset does nothing to resolve this problem and Garmin refuses to repair or refurbish the unit (without a substantial fee involved) because the warranty period has ended (less than a month ago I might add). Apparently, this problem is very common, yet still no support from Garmin. My advice... stay away from touch-screens if you're looking for a dependable unit. Customer Review: NUVI 660 Quality
Summary: 1 Stars
NUVI 660 Stopped working within less than a year. NUVI 660 NA LCD Touch Sensor is not working. I spent more than 450 USD on Amazon.com. Its like a month on savings got wiped away within less than a year.
I would not recommend Garmin Products because of their Bad Quality. They might have lot of Products. But Quality is Important. They are no where close to SONY in terms of Quality.
Customer Review: Absolutely love the GPS but the mount sucks
Summary: 3 Stars
I bought the Garmin Nuvi660 a little over a year ago. The GPS is great however I've had issues with the mount since early on. It's hard to stick it up on the glass and even if I manage to do it the whole thing comes falling down after a few minutes. I wish Garmin would make the accessories as good as the main product.
Rajni Sharma
Customer Review: Good GPS, but wish that Google made these instead of Garmin
Summary: 4 Stars
I liked a lot about this GPS, and I disliked a lot. Mostly, it took me about a month to finally get used to the controls and operating system. During that month, I was really bugged at the programming of the GPS. It seemed like they tried to completely reinvent the wheel over and over again.
It's a nice GPS, and I used it as much as a walking GPS as a car GPS. It's nice to slide into my pocket, and good to use in the car. I travelled a lot since I bought this, and it's been really cool to mark all of the cool places I've been in the world on this GPS.
There are tons of little things that bug me about this.
*There appears to be no way to get my save points out of the GPS and on to my computer
*Garmin takes a while to get road changes into their computer. It seems their maps are about six to twelve months behind Google Maps.
*I turned the voice off, and forgot how to get it back on. I'm sure I could figure it out, but it would probably take me about an hour to just complete this task.
*If you're going to use this as a walking GPS, you also need to buy a pocket compass. It's not too bad, because they're cheap.
*And many more.
Other random thoughts:
*Almost everyone has one of these, so learning the arcane and weird operating system is probably a good investment. I showed a taxi driver how to use his, to help us find a bar by the airport in a city in California
*I tried the stuff to mount this in my car, but opted for just letting it sit in the passenger seat instead.
*I tried the traffic thing, and it was pretty cool. Once it told me to take an exit off the freeway and get back on the freeway, because traffic was at a standstill. That saved me about five minutes and was really cool. Nifty as it was, there's no way I'd pay any more money for it though.
*I used this a lot out of the country, and it's got a very basic map of the world. I wish it wasn't so cost prohibitive to get additional worldwide maps.
As a warning, make sure you re-download the maps after your first year purchase anniversary. Mark your calendar for 11 months out. I waited 13 months, and now they want to charge me a bundle, where if I would have downloaded only a month earlier, it would have been free.
My next unit will probably be a TomTom, such as TomTom GO 720 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator.