Garmin NÜVI 250 W > Reviews

Advantages: Touch-screen, USB, Card-slot, Mapsource compatability
Disadvantages: Bad maps, immediate next turn direction, no variable POI proximity,

...and it's alert sounding. This Garmin seems to sound the alert at it's own preset distance warning which you can't change from the menu system. It also seems to take a while to find the satellites. We went to our local park on saturday which is about a mile from home and we were practically on the car-park before it locked on. The worst part though was how innacurate the maps seem to be. On one trip, It didn't have a roundabout on its map which ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap compared to other brands, small, easy to operate
Disadvantages: no mains charger supplied

...and I stumbled upon the Garmin at a good price in Carphone warehouse one day. The first thing that struck me was at how easy the Garmin was to use - testament to this being an instruction book containing only a few pages which you don't expect when buying gadgets these days! Having owned and used the product considerably over the last 4 weeks I am very impressed, and to me is just as good as a tomtom and am sure it will get me around Europe no ... Read review

Advantages: cheap
Disadvantages: poor customer service

...-tom tom better. some garmin maps are wrong. no updated maps available when I purchased it in december but checked now in feb and updates are there, -but they want £60! because I am a few days over the 60 day limit.! Its supposed to be free for 60 days. The upgrade became available during my "free" period but Garmin didnt notify me despite me signing up on their website the day I biought it and them having my serial number and email address. -shoddy ... Read review

Advantages: very accurate, reliable, a must when lost, fast reaction
Disadvantages: small screen

...first my father buy this Garmin NÜVI 250 W from USA, and i just thought it just another wasting money junk. Well I know that Garmin is well known for its Satellite Navigation system and it do show it a big company by sponsoring the FULHAM FC. I at first not really believe that it can show accurate road, mean, i thought it only show general road available. At after a few day, my father ask me to go to Malaysia Capital, Kuala Lumpur, which is about ... Read review