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Garmin Nuvi 250 Satellite Navigation System With European Mapping | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
Buy New: £81.50
New (15) Used (2) from £79.99
Rating:  68 reviews
Sales Rank: 32
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 4 x 8
MPN: 010-00621-02
Model: 010-00621-02
UPC: 753759065553
EAN: 0753759065553
ASIN: B000OV16MQ
Release Date: April 9, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews: Read 63 more reviews...
 Excellent SAT NAV October 12, 2008
James Black (Cheshire, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently used this SAT NAV on holiday in the United States. It was truely excellent and far exceeded my expectations. Occasionally it can confuse itself at junctions but the lines of text tell you where to go. I bought an sd card separately for 45, containing the US maps and simply plugged it into the SD card slot. I would recommend this as an alternative to more expensive systems.
Excellent value for Money October 11, 2008
Flight1792 (Stirling, Scotland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this primarily to avoid the stress of getting lost on holiday. We were going to Italy and having had some experience of a Garmin Sat Nav in the UK we decided to go for this.
It is very neat and easy to carry around - it was a real help particularly at night when driving home from Florence - road signs in Italy are quite often minimal and the Nuvi's guidance helped keep the mistakes to a minimum. I did still make wrong turns but the Nuvi quickly alerted me to this and helped me correct things quickly.
When starting off it sometimes took a few minutes to find out where it was and on one occasion at night we were directed down a series of very minor roads that eventually got us to our destination but the road was so narrow we couldn't have turned back even if we wanted to!
Overall I thought the Garmin was excellent value and really simple to use.
Amazing gadget but mapping in Spain not entirely satisfactory October 4, 2008
J. A. G. Lennox (Kirkcaldy, Scotland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I did not wish to spend too much as I would not need it much in the UK, however, I needed all the help I could for my annual hols. on the Costa del Sol and this has European mapping.
The first indication that it would not be plain sailing was at home when I could not locate the destinations for inserting into the favourites for future use using the area codes and the street names. Once we were there we found the screen more accurate than the verbal commands and other than quite a lot of blunders sending us off down the wrong way, it was helpful in finding our way about and saved us a few red faces. i.e. better than a map.
Garmin Nuvi 250 - easy to use and value for money October 1, 2008
G. Walker (Glasgow, Scotland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm new to the sat nav game and had read loads of reviews before I settled on the Nuvi 250. Just moved to Glasgow and don't know the city at all! I'm well able to read a map and still do use a map, but its a great addition and elimiates the need to stop constantly and check!
Decided on the garmin and I'm really pleased with my purchase. Its so easy to use, just enter the postcode and you're off! It guided me round Glasgow no problems and the speed camera alert is brilliant on the motorway! In areas with mobile speed cameras it beeps when you're over the speed limit and gives plenty warning ahead of the fixed cameras.
You get plenty of warning when making turns/roundabouts and it gives you an estimated time of arrival which changes constantly if you stop/get stuck in traffic. OK so I missed a turn in Edinburgh which was very close to the next street, but it does tell you how far the turn is in 0. of a mile, then metres when you're closer to the junction and you soon get used to judging which turn you should take when the streets are very close together. It also recalculates really quickly, on a turn off to the petrol station it picked up immediately that I had gone off the route and when I did take the wrong turn it recalculated straight away and soon had me on the right track.
OK so it doesn't come with a mains charger, but most of them in this price/spec range dont and I bought mine plus an additional car charger for 3 pounds. The windscreen mount is really sturdy and very easy to get on/off.
Overall am delighted with the nuvi, it suits my needs perfectly and is extremely simple to use. For someone who just needs some help round the city and a reminder to slow down on the motorway it's perfect!
 Maps need updating... October 1, 2008
Mr. S. Screen (Glos)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the first sat nav i have purchased and i cant help feeling i've made the wrong choice. Used the Garmin on two trips, one to North Devon and one to Cornwall, and both times the unit has got me there but not after telling me that i'm driving either across fields or through rivers. One can only assume that the maps are seriously out of date, and although the unit eventually re-calculates a new route it makes you feel you cant 100% trust the information coming out of it(hence the need to start reading road signs). Also the POI's seem to be more favourable to certain supermarket chains, again this could be down to out of date maps. However it does recognise there is a tesco garage in my home town but not a tesco store standing right next to it which can be somewhat confusing!
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