Featuring built-in base maps, voice prompts and Bluetooth compatibility, this GPS receiver will ensure you arrive at your destinations on time.
New Navigation to New Places
Rating
Written By voodoslnkr
Date Written Apr 10 2008
Summary
Because of recent increase in travel to parts unknown, I decided it was time get a GPS for the car. I went with the Garmin Nuvi 660 and I think, for the first time in a while, I have bought a medium ticket item without any buyer’s remorse. When I was...
Strength
Screen size, brightness, ease-of-use
Weakness
Price
Bottom Line
A great GPS for on and off road and easy to read without detracting from your driving safety.
The Factory Navigation Rival. Oddly Enough, It's Portable.
Rating
Written By stavesacre21
Date Written Jan 02 2008
Summary
After having had my Nuvi 350 for only a matter of a month, I was finding myself more and more drawn towards the ever-growing aurora of the newest and more innovative Garmin out there…the 660. Little subtle differences had caught my attention, such as...
Strength
Clarity, Screen Size, Portability, FM transmitter, Integrated Traffic Receiver, Bluetooth Capable, Spoken Streets, Great Design
Weakness
Price, Battery Life, May Obstruct Visual Field, Minor Map Inconsistencies
Bottom Line
Rivaling not only the portable market, the 660 also gives most factory car navigation systems a run for their money. Pricey for a portable, but cheap in comparison!
Why this unit? I travel professionally, mostly within the U.S., occasionally to Canada, and very occasionally overseas. I need to know where I am, where I"m going, and how to get there. I want to listen to music of my choice, and I need to keep...
Strength
An almost complete unit for the road warrior. Small, elegant, and feature packed.
Weakness
Bluetooth handsfree is useless on all but a few phones. It's expensive.
Bottom Line
If the Bluetooth worked easily with any phone, it would be nearly perfect. Without it, it loses a star.
A powerful tool for the road warrior.
Someone broke into my car and stole my Nuvi350. Since I loved the Nuvi so much, I replaced it with another, but this time with the 660 for its bigger screen. WHY NAVIGATION If you still aren't convinced about nav systems, here's my brief schpiel. I...
Strength
Best screen/interface, optimized for driving/pedestrian usage, high "usability"
Weakness
Expensive, theft prone, no power user features
Bottom Line
Nuvi series are the most usable (optimized) driving/pedestrian nav systems, 660 has wonderful big screen.
It does what is says, it gets you from A to B in style. Initial signal acquisition sometimes can take 5-10min other times it pretty quick 1-3min (not sure what its dependent on). Once it acquires the signal direction routing is fast, and if you miss a...
Strength
Large bright display, text to voice, bluetooth, portable (built in battery), slim outside case
Weakness
Hands free is lousy, expensive, traffic updates are useless, not MAC friendly
The 660 we bought worked really great - until we turned on the ignition switch in our 2007 Volvo. Then the signal strength went to crap and the unit reported "Lost Satellite Reception". Turns out the Volvo console puts out enough electrical interference...
Strength
All the good stuff that Garmin is famous for
Weakness
Noise sensitive, might need auxiliary antenna ($30)
This is a great improvement from my last GPS. I won't even compare to it since that was an old gps. I love this GPS. So great to have traffic updates and bluetooth for my phone. Great for finding POIs, but not completely up to date even though I have the...
Strength
Big easy to read screen; good text to speech.
Weakness
Temporary bluetooth problems; radio transmitter is weak.
