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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
2.0 stars
"Good ifor on road performance. Bad hiking performance."
Pros: The touch screen is easy and generally intuitive. Using it in the driving mode is quite good, if not perfect.
Cons: It is very poor for walking.
Summary: Lood for a better combination unit. It giv... read more
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
1.0 stars
"organizing multiple waypoints cause drops or duplicates"
Pros: can be used for geocaching and hiking. Great contour lines
Cons: Organizing multiple waypoints causes drops and duplicates. If you make changes in waypoints, you might end up with duplicates and others deleted. Garmen can duplicate problem, and has not resolved problem. (2months)
Summary: Garmen is aware of the problem for 2 months a... read more
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4.0 stars
Pros: Contrary to the review above, Garmin has provided Text-to-Speech which gives you street names by way of an update available from their website. I found satellite acquisition to be acceptable and subsequent use showed it to be very accurate.
Cons: Getting the mentioned downloads was not so easy and the instructions a little unclear.
Garmin has a couple of tools for updating that seemed to conflict on my PC. The Communicator Plug-in and the Web Updater didn't seem to play well together.Summary: I am very happy with this unit. It excels at ... read more
Where to buy
Garmin Nuvi 500:
$245.00 - $299.99
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