Garmin Drive 60 Usa Lmt Gps Navigator System With Lifetime Maps And Traffic, Driver Alerts, Direct A
Garmin Drive 60 USA LMT GPS Navigator System with Lifetime Maps and Traffic, Driver Alerts, Direct Access, and Foursquare data
- DRIVER ALERTS - Receive alerts for upcoming sharp curves, speed changes, school zones, a fatigue warning, nearby red light and speed cameras and more
- EASY TO USE - Dedicated GPS navigators display current street, current speed, speed limit and arrival time.if not acquiring satellite signals then Verify the GPS simulator is turned off or Remain stationary for several minute
- GARMIN REAL DIRECTIONS - Guides like a friend, using recognizable landmarks, buildings and traffic lights. Battery life up to 1 hour. Dedicated GPS navigator with 6.0-inch dual-orientation display
- FOURSQUARE - Preloaded data from Foursquare adds millions of new and popular stores, restaurants and more
- DIRECT ACCESS - Simplifies navigating to select complex destinations, such as malls and airports
Brand : Garmin
Category : Electronics,GPS, Finders & Accessories,Sports & Handheld GPS,Handheld GPS Units
Rating : 4.3
Price : US $249.99
Review Count : 558
Garmin Drive 60 USA LMT GPS Navigator System with Lifetime Maps and Traffic, Driver Alerts, Direct Access, and Foursquare data
- I don\'t always travel; but when I do, my phone loses signal. Which brings me here; to review the purchase of the GPS.First off, it\'s a GPS. It has one job to do, and I would say it did the job well, in almost 3k miles for it\'s maiden voyage. It didn\'t steer me wrong, didn\'t drive me into any lakes or tell me to turn left off of a bridge. It took me around some blocks, when I could have just went a direct shot, but that\'s minor.I was torn between the 5\" 6\" or 7\" display. I went with the 6\" display, because the 7\" was too big of a price difference. Whether or not the size of the screen is useful over the smaller version, I\'ll never know. Seems there\'s a lot of unused space on the screen.I\'ve borrowed Garmin GPS\'s in the past, this is the first one I\'ve used with live traffic updates. I drove 16 hours one way, with no traffic, so I wasn\'t sure what to expect. Got to the city of my destination, and this thing has me driving back roads, when the highway is a straight shot to the destination. I thought it was defective! I did a U-Turn and got back on the highway, only to find myself parked on the highway in traffic. Later, I assumed it was steering me around the traffic? Who knows, there was no warning. But from then on, it would tell me when the traffic would start, and how long it would take. It was accurate most of the time, I was impressed. I also found myself relying on it for the current speed limit, or red light cameras, it was pretty handy!The only bad thing I have to say about it, is it wouldn\'t come on one time. I left it mounted to the windshield most of the time while on the trip for 10 days. I went to turn it on, it didn\'t power on at all. Unplugged it, switched outlets in the car, nothing. I assumed it was built to be in the vehicle, it should be able to stand the heat of a vehicle, right? I thought it was a done deal. I\'m not sure why or how, but after about 15 minutes of being dead, I held the power button in, and it finally came back on. Could be a coincidence or is that how it\'s actually \"restarted\", like a phone or computer? It was fine, other than that.If I could have it my way, I would make the \"in route GPS\" screen customizable. I found myself switching between the ETA and time remaining for the trip, but you can\'t have both. Nearly the whole right side of the screen isn\'t used most of the time, there should be an option for more than one time setting. But, that\'s just me; very minor. Maybe it\'s possible, I didn\'t read the instructions.One thing I found pretty amusing while I was riding 16 hours, with nothing much to do: it pops up every so often with \"Need a break?\" and lists 3 closest stops, usually within 10 or so miles. Why was a rest area listed on there with 107 miles away? If I need a break, I surely don\'t want to wait almost two hours. lol It\'s the little things. :)In hindsight, I would buy it again, or recommend it to my closest people.This concludes my official review of this Garmin Drive 60. I hope you found this review helpful in some way!
- I purchased Garmin Drive 60LMT to replace my Nuvi 2689 LMT which I dropped and broke the glass screen and using it for comparison. I am writing this review after using it for three months. I chose this model after speaking with customer service at Garmin who told me this was one of the replacements for the Nuvi 2689. The other units require a link to your phone to use features suach as traffic. Did not make sense to me that you need your phone to work a GPS unit. Could then just use my phone with a traffic app. Since I use the GPS for my job that requires me to make mulitple stops at different residential locations each day it is easier to use a dedicated GPS system. For me there are more cons then pros for Drive 60 LMT.Pros. Screen is large and bright. I have no problem viewing screen with polarized sunglasses on which other reviews mentioned. Easy to add multiple destinations for my daily trip. Traffic works good . Has good information on 4 square Price was reasonable.Cons. No matter how I set route preferences this unit can take you off a main road to a secondary road and bring you back on the main road( Nuvi 2689 did not do this). Since I work in the same areas every week I know to avoid this and unit will quickly recalulate the route. When I travel long distance I always check th eroute to avoid this in areas I am not use to traveling in.Alternate routes. Unit will only give you an alternate route if ther is heavy traffic on current route. There is a click and drag feature that you can use to change your route before you start but difficult to use.It does a good job locating streets in residential areas, however when on a street it will often bring you to wrong location of a house number sometimes on the wrong end of a street. Since I work in areas where many houses have no mailboxes or house numbers this is a problem for me. On a mile long street I can be up to a half mile away. Did not have this problem with my Nuvi 2689.Have not figured out yet how to turn alerts off for animal crossings, train tracks, or curves ahead. I can turn off the beep for these but not the alert.Can not adjust the fatigue alert. Sometimes it pops up after two hours of driving. I am hoping down the road Garmin can address some of this through updates. I am considering sending my Nuvi 2689 back to Garmin to have screen replaced.
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