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47 out of 64 people found this review helpful
0.5 stars
"NOT worth the money!!!!"
Pros: Small size, bluetooth, FM traffic alerts, FM transmitter, large screen size, battery powered
Cons: No remote, FM transmitter is unusable for me with antennae in front on my 2006 Tacoma, limited Bluetooth, built in speaker strained at full volume
Summary: I wanted to make this GPS work so bad. I have been using Garmin for a long time now and was between the 2820 and the Uvi 660. Due to the size and the built ins I went for the Nuvi 660. Sams Club was having a sale on them and I could not resist.
So I bring home my new 660 and charge it up. I then try to turn it on and it locks up. So I call Garmin, which has the best customer service, and they told me to take it back and get an exchange. This stuff happens so I went back and got a new one.
This one started up thank goodness but I was unable to find a FM channel to use so I can have handsfree over the radio. Even then I was OK, the 2820 can't go through the radio either so there is no reason to get that one instead. I use my cell phone a lot so I was looking forward to the handsfree feature. The problem is that the speaker is a little weak and I had complaints from people I was talking to about noise and them hearing themselves talk. Then I found out that you can't use a bluetooth earpiece with this system but you can on the 2820.
Since I drive a lot I use my GPS more than most people. When you frive that often you find that there are certain roads or areas that you NEVER want to drive on and avoid forever. The 2820 and the 2720 allow you to make cutom avoidances so the GPS always makes your route around that area. For example, I live in Houston, and if I wanted to go to North Houston the GPA will take me through the center of Downtown Houston to get there. If you do that you will wan to drive your vehicle off a bridge after sitting through that nightmare of a route. I would rather take one of the loops that goes around instead. With my 2720 it would avoid that area and just route me around it without me having to detour every time.
The other thing is the lack of remote. The remotes come in so handy when driving. If you haven't used a remote you don't know what you are missing. Volume control is easier and bluetooth functions are easier.
Another feature lacking is the categories under "favorites" This way you can have diferent categories for finding fanorites easier, like: restaurants, work, personal, vacation, etc
For this price of unit it should have better if not as good of options as the same priced 2820. I do like the battery powered function and how small the unit is but those pluses don't make up for all the minuses!!!!
I returned mine yesterday and now have a 2820 on order. The 660 is sexy but it is more of an entry level unit at a upper end price level.
- 4 replies to this review
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The 660 is my 5th garmin, going back to the GPSII. I own a Streetpilot 2820 and purchased the 660 for it's smaller form-factor. Sadly I have to agree with this reviewers comments (no bluetooth headset, no favorite categories). Other disappointments: no QWERTY keyboard, no 'turn near' popup screen, main nav screen does NOT show your current speed when a route is selected. Any single one of these would be reasonable, but added up they give the impression that Garmin doesn't know what the typical user needs for helpful GPS functionality; frustrating.
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Never had a problem with the blue tooth. Use it all the time. Also as far as the speaker, I use my car speakers,plug in the 660 to my accessory where i used to plug in my iPod. Of course, I don't have as much music in the 660 as I do in the iPod but I can always switch the plug if I know i don't have to listen to the GPS for a while.
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Wouldn't it be cheaper to upgrade your cell phone to one with voice command and buy a $25 bluetooth device??? Most carriers offer upgrades at no cost or little cost to the customer in exchange for an updated user agreement.....You can arguably do this for about $75 icluding the bluetooth earpiece....And you can't find an unused FM signal?
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I already responded to one poor review.
He is right, I wished I could custom route.
I just touch the screen for a via and it immediately reroutes, takes about a second or two. Would that move the rating to 4?
I always use the blue tooth, tons of calls, not one complaint, and that is while driving a 3/4 truck rattling around town.
Where to buy
Garmin Nuvi 660:
$259.00 - $419.00
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