Garmin Nuvi 250 Satellite Navigation System With European Mapping

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Customer Reviews:

• 
  2008-06-15
  By G. Mackey,
  As a total newcomer to sat nav, I bought the Nuvi 250 on the strength of some good reviews on Amazon, plus the fact it was quite inexpensive.
  I tried it out on some familiar routes & had some interesting results: apparently the next street doesn't exist, & neither do a lot of mini roundabouts! It took me to work by a totally different route to my normal one, but it got me there in good time.
  
  The instructions are very clear & usually timely, although you need to keep an eye on the display for those times when it tells you to turn at the last second. That can be very interesting when in heavy traffic!
  
  In reality, I think the 250 is a really good entry-level unit & I would trust it most of the time. I guess the 255 that superscedes it will be better, but I can do things with the £40 the 250 saved me.
  
  To get things into perspective, both my wife & myself are probably the worst navigators in the country & could get lost in our own back yard, so anything remotely accurate would be a major improvement.
  
  I think the Nuvi 250 is well worth the money for anyone wanting a good, basic unit.
  
  
  
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  2008-06-20
  By Mr. Martin Morris, North Devon, UK
  If you just want a satnav device that plots a good route this must be difficult to beat. Works straight out of the box, is absolutely simple to use and very easy to find your way around the functions. Experience to date so far shows it to be very accurate and finds the best routes. Has successfully enabled me to navigate some very remote areas in Cumbria and works well in my home county of Devon. No bells and whistles, delightfully simple. If you only want something to plot your route, tell how long it will take and costs under £100 for UK and European maps this is for you.
  
  
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  2008-06-22
  By Heather Edwards, Surrey England
  Recieved in the time stated
  Was able to take it out of the box and use it straight away.
  Doesn't take you on the quickest routes but will re- calculate if you go in a different direction to the one that it tells you.
  I will never get lost again
  
  
  
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  2008-07-03
  By Mrs. Elizabeth A. Shepherd, Bucks UK
  This is my first satnav - it was a birthday present and just what I wanted, although I didn't know at the time! It's fantastic, very user friendly, intuitive, fast, with large print, bright colours, clear sound, a blue car which matches mine and the route is marked in PINK! It changes to nighttime colours automatically, recalculates routes quickly and I'm confident I won't get lost in Milton Keynes ever again. It's hard to believe there's anything out there that would suit me better.
  
  
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  2008-07-06
  By Dutch Martin, UK, Lincolnshire
  Pros: Great price. Very compact and 'pocketable' compared to the Tom Tom range. Accurate permanent (and temporary zone) Europe wide speed camera. Accurate,fast touch screen. Good battery life up to around four hours.
  
  Cons: Takes an age to lock on when first switching on after prolonged periods of non use. Having to 'accept' the Garmin disclaimer is a pain before every trip. The ball joint window mount is completely useless with the female part collapsing inside and dropping the Garmin onto the dash a few times.. paid for extended warranty recommended on these! Have used unit in Holland, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and round to Northern Russia (St Petersburg) Sardinia, Germany, France and Belgium with few problems apart from mountainous regions of Sardinia and north of Amsterdam where it just kept repeating the word "recalculating" like some kind of demented Dalek just about to explode.
  
  Tip: Remember to switch to car from walking mode if used previously walking around a city etc otherwise you'll be driving along the most narrowest and un-navigable tracks/streets/alleys it can find for you !!