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 Not for the uninitiated September 7, 2010
JZBklyn (New York City)
This is my first GPS as recommended by a friend, though I have used others in rentals and borrowed. I took it on a long trip where I was driving alone and I found it to be very frustrating at times. While in Durango Colorado it wouldn't find a road that was clearly there. I had to go on Google maps and get there that way. Some of it is not as intuitive as others. It takes me a few different tries to remember how to change states so I can put in a new location in a new state. And I haven't had any trouble with others I have used. And it didn't tell me to make a turn until it was about .3 miles from the turn and I could use a little more of a heads up when I am somewhere unfamiliar. But perhaps I need to use it more and read the manual - which is does not come with and I have yet to find the one for this specific model on their web site. I would have bought a simpler, cheaper one.
 Love it!! Well Worth the price September 7, 2010
Amy Kirk
I absolutely love this navi system. I have been using it for almost 2 months and it is simple to use and does pretty well on the navigation. Sometimes, when you know the direction you are going, you might be able to find a slightly faster route, but usually not by much. I love the traffic feature, it is accurate and simple to understand. I have not used the bluetooth portion yet, not had a reason/chance to do any updates, so cannot comment on that. I like the feature which lets you save your own google map onto the system. From all of the navi's I have used and seen, this is the best one yet.
 Generally happy September 7, 2010
Thomas Scott (Fort Collins, CO United States)
I got this after using a Garmin in Europe. Oddly, it was cheaper to buy another unit than upgrade the Nuvi I bought in France to have US maps. The product works like most GPS devices, it will get you where you want to go along a sensible route. If you know the area you might be able to find a better route but then again why would you us the GPS if you already know how to get there? My only complaint is the touch screen is not very sensitive or accurate and is a bit slow to respond. You might have to back space and re-type part of a word if you are not careful. I don't view this as a major fault, just an awareness.
Garmin Nuvi 265WT Review September 7, 2010
Mystrow
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
First, this is a good product to have...sure beats not having to print up a map any time you need to travel to an unknown destination.
Menus:
The menus can be deeply embedded...I can see why it warns you not to adjust while driving. There should be way to select your menu item, then be able to jump right back to the map. You shouldn't have to reverse navigate your menu choices to get back to the map.
Favorites:
There's no option (that I've seen yet) that allows you to sort your favorites menu. HOME appears at the top of the menu, & that's good, since you'll be traveling to that location more than any other. However, if you enter a favorite via the "Coordinates" menu, all Coordinates Favorites jump to the top of the menu, pushing all your other Favorites to the bottom. There should be a way to sort your favorites by each user's in order of preference.
Where To:
This is the most annoying part of this system. Once the Nuvi picks a route, it won't stop trying to implement that that route, or any sub-route along that route. It would be nice to be able to drag an alternate route, like Google Earth. If not that, at least have a sub-routine that monitors a route that you take, then offers it as alternate route to the Nuvi's recommendation.
Map Upgrades:
Garmin only gives you the map that's loaded in the system. It would be nice to offer at least one free map upgrade for the following year.
Garmin Nuvi GPS 265WT September 7, 2010
Michael
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I like the fact that it gives street names. The upside: It got me to a couple of important appointments so I didn't have to stress over written directions from the internet. The downside: on a few occasions (I've only used it 5 times), this GPS chooses routes that take a lot longer than they should. In cases where I knew the way to go, I tried the recommended route & it turned out to be a bad idea.
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