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13 out of 16 people found this review helpful
1.5 stars
"How it stacks up against Tom Tom"
Pros: Nice screen, Solid MP3 Player
Cons: Slow screen refresh small 700 MB disk space
Summary: I work as a Sales Engineer and having a fast reliable GPS is critical. I shelled out $900.00 at radio shack for my 660 and I am very dissapointed. So much so that I felt it neccessary to write this. I bought a TOM TOM 910 before this one and had problems with both(see that review).
The Garmine Nuvi 660 has a great screen, easy to set Favorites, great Point Of Interest database and good routing.. Everywhere else it fails to deliver. The useability compared to a TomTom is abyssmal. It's very difficut to control the volume, the FM radio transmitter is very weak and can't fully lock to the car stereo with majot static., in this case a 2007 Chevy Impala or a 2004 Landrover discovery.
When in route to a destination the screen is so slow and only refreshes every two seconds or so and when driving this is bad news. You can easily pass your turn without seeing your current position updated on the screen and the View of the route is much better on the Tom Tom.
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I sold my Tom Tom 910 to buy the Nuvi 660. The Nuvi screen is better in bright sunlight and the mount allows much better angles of view and its great to have a built-in mike that works great with blue tooth (I have a Treo 680) The major difficulty is the routes it sets make no sense. You can't remove just a part of a route it sets for you, for instance You have to eliminate all highways and can't avoid just a portion of a highway. For me the biggest disappointment is the acuracy. My car can be sitting at the corner at the light, and the unit is telling me turn in 200 ft? The Tom Tom did have a good POI database, but did not have a smart way of displaying the information. If you entered McDonald's, it would list all of the McDonald's sorted by distance, but give no information on the address to tell if the location was on my route. This POI information display was my major porblem with the 910, but it was far more accurate than the Nuvi. I don't know what to do at this point. If I take back the Nuvi, do I buy a new 910?
Where to buy
Garmin Nuvi 660:
$179.95 - $319.00
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Amazon.com Marketplace
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