Garmin nüvi 670 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
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Customer Review: Upgrade
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm probably considered the "soccer mom" referenced in a previous review. I bought the Garmin Nuvi 670, as an upgrade to our current TOMTOM 910. It's much easier to carry & attach to the windshield compared to the TOMTOM 910 - my Garmin Nuvi bluetooth was a one time connection (TOMTOM wants to reset often), and back to my original comment of being a soccer Mom, it's worth it's weight in gold when I don't have to rely on a 10 year old to give me directions to their house after practice!
On the other hand, I frequently travel, state to state and occasionally international - I find when I get into a rental car, in an unfamiliar city, my portable navigation system is my best friend. It certainly doesn't hurt to do some "personal due diligence" prior to any trip - map out your locations, google & research addresses - and program them in prior to your trip (if they're not already listed in POI's) I would never plan my entire trip based solely on POI's programmed into my navigational system.
The nuvi offers extras that have definitely come in handy - to say the least, having a currency exchange calculator built in to the unit has often been helpful (although it needs to be manually updated). I haven't tested the language dictionary/conversion - but what a neat feature if you need it. Calculator - good to have too.
I'm just beginning to use the Nuvi to it's full potential, but have been very pleased w/ trips to Vancouver BC, Victoria, along w/ a great deal of the west coast to AZ... the real test will be in London this fall. Don't let the cost deter you, it's definitely worth it.
Customer Review: nuvi 670
Summary: 4 Stars
The nuvi 670 is my third Garmin GPS. The first one was Street Pilot II, very hard to use. The second one was C330, very easy to use. I also have built-in GPS in two of my cars too. The new Garmins are all very easy to use. I bought the 670 for traveling in north America and Europe. Also bought the bean bag, what a waste! Within the first two miles I tried, it just flew off the dash board in a straight acceleration at a traffic light. I am sticking with the suction cup.
A couple interesting things: A street near where I live was built about three years ago and it wasn't in the nuvi still. I tried to look up some hotels and attractions in Venice, Italy and Geneva, Switzerland but the nuvi didn't even list the two citis (read on). I e-mailed Garmin tech support and was told I have to be near the cities to be able to find the POIs. What a bunch of BS. It worked when I searched POIs in Zurich, why not Geneva and Venice? Later I found out by myself that, if the spelling of an European city in its native language is not the same as its English spelling, the nuvi may not list it after you enter the city name in its English spelling. You need to enter the native spelling. For example, I entered "Geneva", it listed a bunch of Genevas in the U.S., but not THE Geneva in Switzerland, same thing with Venice. I found out the Geneva is Geneve and Venice is Venezia in native language. Once I typed Geneve and Venezia, it worked!
I guess you need to play with it a bit to learn the tricks but all in all it's a nice device.
Customer Review: Love It!
Summary: 4 Stars
Got this one specifically because I was going on a trip to Europe and didn't want to deal with downloading or buying a memory card with additional maps. Worked great in Ireland an well as California. Menus are intuitive, though some features (like volume control) can take a number of touchscreen button pushes to access. Nice being able to slide a SD card with MP3 files in and listen through the unit's speaker, headphones, or car's radio via FM transmission (FM works well in some areas, not others).
Having built-in traffic is GREAT! And it gives a freeway map showing yellow and red lines where the traffic is slowed,once gave a "traffic slowing" verbal warning about one mile before I hit a sea of red lights, and gives a written description of local traffic tie-ups (from what exit to what exit, etc.). Only caveat is the traffic warnings are not always completely reliable (probably takes awhile for the source of info to get updated).
POI feature has been wonderful. Want to know where the closest Starbucks is? It'll tell you. Want to find local restaurants? A list will appear. Very handy and pretty darn accurate (well, except for the time it led us to what "used" to be a gas station....).
Main reason for 4 rather than 5 stars is the bluetooth isn't so great. Works OK but I've been told my voice isn't so clear on the other end.
So buy this as a good, solid GPS for the price and consider the extras like playing music, bluetooth, etc. a bonus.
Customer Review: Just Buy this One!!!
Summary: 4 Stars
I am a very frugal person and do a ton of research before making a purchase. I looked at many, many reviews for all different models. But everywhere I looked Garmin was on top of the list (including Consumer reports, which rated the Nuvi 770 as #1, and the 670 as #2 out of all GPS devices). I definitely wanted the European maps included in whichever model we purchased. But based on so much negative feedback left for the 770 model locking up and such, we decided to go with the 670 because it seemed that all the bugs were worked out of this model and the new one still had some tweaking to do.
I was a little disappointed in the lack of a physical manual (just came with a CD of information). I am a printed manual type guy. But outside of that we were up and playing with the options almost immediately. Really you only need the manual to update the maps. The interface is so easy to use, you don't need instructions. Updating the map took FOREVER! But I guess it would be the same regardless of the model.
The day after we got the device we tested by driving to Canada. It worked great. Now it wasn't 100% fool proof. But it was 98% right on the money. With the GPS unit and plus a little common sense, I trust this device to take us anywhere.
In Conclusion: If you are looking for a GPS for use in North America and Europe (we haven't tested the European maps yet but can't wait to), then buy this model. It works great.
Customer Review: Garmin's Tech support sucks, overpriced outdated maps
Summary: 1 Stars
this 670 had a deffective battery, which was discovered the second time we used it. No support over the weekend, so 4 days of the trip required maps only, purchased at a filling station, WORTHLESS. Then a 2 hour hold and 30 minutes with the tech to get a Return Authorization. I must pay to return a new DOA $500 GPS, and await a repair or replacement. Secondly I purchased this unit because of the pre-loaded European Maps, HOWEVER the loaded maps are outdated but new ones will be sent to me AT NO CHARGE in 4 to 6 weeks. Third the window mount is pitiful, will not hold and the unit constantly fall off, luckily into my wife's hands. One day it will hit something and then the screen will break and that is the end. Fourth cannot change destination while using. You must exit GPS add address and then re-boot. Krazy and very bad!!!Garmin must be just too good at selling, because there is absolutely no company in today's fast paced World that will survive with this lack of speedy resolution to a NEW & DOA product failure. Garmin charges for everything. The city guides installed are minimal and you must purchase detailed ones AT ADDITIONAL COST. The GPS chip costs about $1 the 670 had 2 GB of internal memory $5 so what are the outdated maps and minimal city guides really worth. I have used a co-pilot with mu Sony laptop for years great European maps detailed city etc. Garmin is now my very expensive and worthless dash decoration.