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Electronics Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech

Domain Name Com's - Electronics : Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Bluetooth and Text-to-Speech

- Refurbished model a great deal
Purchased refurbished from DigitechDeals--I was very impressed with the quality of the product. Arrived quickly. Looks new. Came with last year's maps but was able to download new 2009 maps for free automatically. My only complaint is that I bought this particular model for the text-to-speech capability, and there is only one voice option for "American English." Other than that, I am very pleased. It seems to direct me in logical ways--no unnecessary U-turns, etc.

Rating:

- A good Companion
This Garmin Nuvi is really a very helpful tool.There is lot more than just navigation.Found it accurate.
I highly recomend this product with such a low price.

Rating:

- Great GPS unit; clever mount has poor quality
I got the 360 based on experience with my wife's 660. I was going away on a stateside assignment in the military and quickly got tired of not knowing where I was going in the new state.

The 360 is basically the 660 but without widescreen or the traffic receiver, the latter of which you have to pay a subscription for and is only useful if you commute on major roadways. The 360 screen is the same height as the 660 screen, just narrower. I really don't find there to be any big advantage with the extra width and I kind of like that the unit is smaller when carrying it or shoving it in the glovebox. For the record my wife prefers the widescreen, but that's all she's ever used.

Enough glowing words have been written about both units that I won't heap on more, but I have to say that the Nuvi mounting system leaves a lot to be desired.

On my wife's 660 the mount broke at the cup part of the cup/ball attachment point within a few short weeks. In its defense, my wife is not terribly mechanically inclined and for a while thought that you had to detach the unit at this mechanism. (Actually there is a quite ingenious little tab you can see in the picture of the unit where your thumb pushes in the tab on the bottom while your other four fingers sit on the top and the unit slides right out of the mount, easy as pie.) Still, I don't think the ball joint should have broken so easily.

We chalked it up to her misunderstanding, but now I've had the 360 for barely a month and the mount (pretty much identical to the 660 mount as far as I can tell) broke in a spot where it definitely should not have. You can see in the picture that the suction cup and mounting arm articulate around a silver metal tab on either side of the suction cup. The part of the suction cup that the metal tab rides in cracked on both sides simultaneously from no more than average swiveling of the unit up and down to achieve the proper viewing angle as I installed it each time getting into the car.

Now I am researching buying a new mount. Disturbingly, I am finding numerous postings saying that the suction cup (of the replacement mounts, at least) has a bad tendency to weld to the glass in hot sun, never to come off without destroying the suction cup beyond any future use and leaving a good amount of rubber stuck to the window that requires extensive razor scraping to remove.

Not sure what I am going to do; go with a Garmin replacement suction mount, a Garmin beanbag mount, or an aftermarket version.

To recap, I am very happy with the 360 (and my wife's 660 for that matter) but I am very UNhappy with the mounts on either one.

Rating:

- Garmin GPS 360 - Perfect GPS For Anyone!
I received my Garmin 360 GPS today. I had ordered it on Thursday so it turns out a four day wait on shipping, including the weekend. I am always amazed by Amazon's speeding shipping logistics.

On to the GPS unit....

This product is perfect for my price range (at the time, it was $214, initially selling for $1000 MSRP in 2006). The GPS has everything I am looking for as far as an addition to my vehicle.

Pros:
1) Blue tooth support with my Blackberry 8330
2) Ability to connect the GPS with one single auxiliary cord to my auxiliary input in my car
3) Lots of customizable settings so that it works for me
4) Upgradeable maps
5) Point of interest additions (Garmin, along with a nice google search can produce several sites and uploads for free)
6) Aesthetically pleasing
7) Text to speech (states the street name, not just the distance)

Cons:
1) I had to buy the auxiliary cable separately, but I had no problem doing so

I was deciding back and forth between the 3.5" or the 4.3". Let me tell you that this unit is so perfect with 3.5" that it is not worth the extra $100 or so. It really incorporates a good viewing and I can zoom in or out to my liking. I was able to tweak the settings without the use of the manual, as it is extremely user friendly. The manual that comes with the unit is very summarized, however it comes with a CD that has the full manual with every option for your reading enjoyment.

I recommend this GPS to anyone that is looking for a cost effective, yet top of the line GPS. Honestly, I don't have any reason to buy a GPS for more than this price.

Rating:

- Great gadget...would like written manual
My Garmin Nuvi works very well -- when I don't make stupid mistakes. I feel I would KNOW what to do if I had a well-written manual in the glove compartment (as a writer, I would be happy to take this assignment on!). The small "cheat sheet" is not detailed enough and the online information is not useful when you're speeding down a highway with a massive construction project under way.

My only objection to the unit is that in a metropolitan area, you have to be VERY careful to input the correct subub. A generic "Atlanta, Chicago or NY" will not work. However, I understand the same is true for all GPS devices.

I like the size and weight and convenience of my Garmin. It is large enough to easily view and small enough for my purse. The precise voice gives me instructions when I am approaching an upcoming turn.

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