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I had a Garmin 255W for years and it was time for an upgrade. This DriveSmart 50 is a factory refurbished unit. It came in a new box marked "refurbished", The packaging and the GPS looked as good as brand new. It has been working perfectly. I really enjoy the new features over my old one which still works fine. Garmin makes a good product. Great features and easy to use. You can't beat this deal!
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
It is a basic gps - it seems that every time I replace my Garmin with an update I get less and less features - this one is totally lacking in the features which I like, especially the ability to place a number of info boxes on the screen, such as distance to destination, direction in which I am traveling - the others at least had a compass on the navigation screen which this one is lacking I get my choice of only one info screen, which defaults at time of arrival. now I can touch the bottom of the display and obtain that information and scroll through to find what I want - but then I don't have my route map, so I need to scroll from screen to screen, which is, frankly, dangerous when driving. the only good thing about the device is the voice command, which allows you to voice locate a variety of locations from saved places, give it a complete address, and pull up those places stored in the database - my last one which was the same model was more flexible. It does what you need but it is very limited in its flexibilityRead full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Purchased in lieu of renting a car's GPS for a trip to Costa Rica. It has been performing well for the last year, map updates happen fairly regularly, operation is better than most other brands i've tried (up to triple the price). It lacks a couple of minor features than my 20-year-old Sony (no longer in the GPS business) has, but its traffic alerts, availability of foreign maps and its current maps make it my current winner. It *would* be nice if there was a way to send mapping (especially speed limits) corrects to Garmin's map source. We recently drove on Vancouver Island and Washington's Olympic Peninsula which revealed a number of errors (so keep reading the road signs, folks!). Things it lacks (compared to my 1999 Sony): a built-in Male voice, doesn't say "bear right" if the turn is shallow, a 20-foot earlier "turn NOW" trigger point (but it's far better than TomTom's), an ETA display (without losing some other info).Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Good product … nice clear screen. The destination address schema is a little different than my wife's Garmin LM50 (she has the same model type, just a few years older). I'm sure I'll figure it out and get comfortable with it eventually (this unit is replacing an unreliable TomTom that I've had for a couple of years).
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
Needed to be registered before using. It’s easy to use and reliable. Though the features like texting should be associated with your carrier. But haven’t ask about on my carrier. I can turn on my music without interrupting my gps.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Refurbished
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