Customer Reviews:

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A5ON74LSTFB89 2008-10-31
 
Review Summary: Garmin Nuvi 200 Widescreen Satellite Navigation System With UK Mapping - Really Worth it to buy
 
Review Content: Garmin Nuvi 200 Widescreen Satellite Navigation System With UK & Ireland Mapping - £100.29.

Really worth it to buy,easy to go any where,user friendly,Good map routing with SPF(Shortest path First),2D-3D touch screen

My first impressions were very positive. It looks very simple, and is easy to use. I was happy to see that you could change the mapping options, from the perspective view, to a view from above, where the map moves under the car, and another view from above where the car moves on the map (which is aligned north), which is my own setting.

Second to this the voice commands are clear, and the display is excellent, even in extremely bright weather. The night mode inverts the map, so that it doesn't glare, and this turns on automatically.

But at the Round about some times it speaks slowly some times,after 3 seconds it gives responce,some times i fill but all togather i give 95%,excellent performance,just need to improve on round about arrow map ,should indicate perfactly on screen with map arrow including turning point to exactly which lane arrow shoud indicate,but over all very good,if u dont have just buy it now & become tension free forever....Really worth it , my experience.....
4Star,****/5*.
 
 
 

0 out of 0 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A22GC5RBMHGO7H 2008-10-23
 
Review Summary: Error in the small print
 
Review Content: Bought this product and am delighted with it. Took me 5 minutes to set up and very easy to use. Also bought a nuvi 2xx 7 3xx vehicle adapter/recharge cable as it stated in 'Customers who bought this item also bought' this item. However, it was not necessary as the product came with one. It does not state this under what is supplied with the product. There is an error - it specifies a 'vehicle power cable' twice. I am irritated that I do now have two and it is not worth the cost of returning one.
 
 
 

1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A3S8VDKG1FWT5A 2008-10-17
 
Review Summary: get one !!!
 
Review Content: I have recently got a new job as a sales rep in an area that im not familiar with at all. so i was advised to buy a sat nav, after a lot of research i oppted for the Garmi nuvi 200w and im so glad i did. there has been no messing arround, i opend the box put it straight in my car and off i went , no down loading maps of the net like you have to with most sat navs. the screen is large and really clear,its so easy to follow, loud instructions given you plenty of time to know when your next turning is, its got saftey camera alerts that has been a must for me driving in an area that im not familiar with. im so pleased with it and for £100 its been money well spent.
 
 
 

0 out of 0 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A2ADUDI83H5M6P 2008-10-17
 
Review Summary: Simple, cheap, great value
 
Review Content: This is my first ever sat nav and just shows how far they've come in the last couple of years. I have been trying it out on known routes and has only sent me on one strange detour, so I think thats fine. Good clear map good clear audio instructions and recalculates very fast ( I think). The only thing that has thrown it so far is the commuter traffic in Birmingham which it doesn't seem to recognise as a major pain! It seems as though the traffic data doesn't feed back as I updated to the latest software and it took me a route to work that would be great at midnight but at 7.30 am is a nightmare, turning a 30 minute journey into a 50 minute one! The update was a bit fiddley as you need to register on the website and then download some software from the garmin site to your computer, once done though it was easy enough to update and you can download all sorts of stuff (maps seem a bit expensive though).
All in all I'm very happy and I know my quickest way to work anyway, so won't need it for that.
 
 
 

3 out of 3 people found the following review helpful
Customer Id: A3TAP0CYUJI55R 2008-09-11
 
Review Summary: Everything I expected - Glad I stayed with Garmin
 
Review Content: I purchased a Garmin i3 a few years ago, as it was the cheapest (and smallest) satnav then on the market. It has served me well, with all the features I wanted. Yes, it sometimes took a while to find satellites and I couldn't upload silly voices to it, but otherwise it always worked, rarely took me to a wrong destination and responded well not only to being dropped regularly (it was a weird pod shape), but also to the regularly updated speed camera database available from pocketgpsworld for £19.00 a year.
Anyway, it was time to update, so I spent hours comparing prices and reading reviews for Garmin v TomTom before making up my mind. Well, I'm pleased I stuck with Garmin. This is a solid product which does exactly what it says on the tin. It's also loaded with a comprehensive list of POI's, arrived from Amazon with 2008 (Yes 2008!) mapping installed, and, contrary to what others say, finds satellites almost instantly.
The widesceen is also useful as you can see where you need to go on comlicated junctions with multiple turns or roundabouts. So, if you only drive your car in the uk, and want a cheap, reliable and user friendly satnav, this is hard to beat for the money.