Garmin Nuvi 255W 4.3-inch Touchscreen Satellite Navigation System Review
Garmin Nuvi 255W Widescreen Satellite Navigation System with Full EU Mapping is easy to use. Having driven through London with this, it makes a potentially stressful journey quite easy. It has very clear on-screen mapping which gives you extra support for navigating around huge junctions. The voice is pleasant, and gives turn-by-turn directions. You can choose fastest route, direct route etc and it has a detour option to take you around any bad traffic or road works. It comes with screen mount, car charger (which also acts as the Arial for the traffic alerts), but as yet I’m not impressed with the traffic feature as it didn’t pick up on a bad motorway hold up. However this feature is only as good as the information provided to it, so I guess this is not down to Garmin. It comes with a month of free speed camera alerts.
The display has a daytime and night time view and will change automatically depending on the light, or you can set it to stay on your prefered view. The Garmin Nüvi 255W comes preloaded with City Navigator® NT map data for Europe. Simply touch the colour screen, key in your destination and nüvi takes you there with turn-by-turn spoken directions, 2-D or 3-D mapping and smooth map redraw rates, a pedestrian mode and a few other things like a currency convertor, places of interest, nearest places to eat, nearest petrol stations and shops.
If you are looking for loads of extras, like MP3 player, speech to text etc then this doesn’t have them so go for another model.
Garmin Nuvi 255W Features:
- Street-level mapping for UK&ROI, Eastern and Western Europe (42 countries) with 60-Day nüMaps™ Guarantee
- Built-in Cyclops™ speed camera database (includes fixed camera locations and mobile hot-spots)
- EcoRoute™ optional download – for fuel-efficient navigation to save fuel and money
- Speed limit indicator – unit displays speed limits for most major roads
- 4.3 inch wide display, sleek design that easily fits easily in pocket.
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