Garmin StreetPilot c530 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Review
September 29th, 2009
Garmin StreetPilot c530 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator Review from Jonathan M Carr BatFang. Buy this GPS c530 today!!! I wish Amazon had 10 stars!!!, This Garmin GPS c530 is an incredible value for the money. It really is ready to go “right out of the box”.
My wife surprised me with it as an early Christmas present. We went to pick up our Garmin at the UPS center, went back to the car, took it out of the box and plugged it in – in a few seconds, the screen showed our exact location and we were ready to go!!!
We both liked it right away and couldn’t believe how fast and accurate it was!!! Instead of going home, we actually decided to go shopping just so we could play with the GPS some more, so we entered the address of the Safeway we usually go to and it directed us right to the parking lot.
It’s so accurate; I almost took it into the supermarket to see if it could lead me to the dairy section. =8-D
We then set the “Home” option by typing in our address. I only typed in the street number and the first three letters of our street name and it found it and asked if this was the correct street address. We answered “Yes” and the GPS saved it into memory. Then we set it for “home” and it began giving us directions even when we were still in the parking lot.
I wanted to “test” this GPS to see how well it could handle “wrong turns”. So on the way home we purposely made a wrong turn and the c530 knew almost immediately that we went off course. The voice prompt said “Rerouting” and immediately gave us an alternate way home using the street we were on.
It was actually a pleasure driving to work this morning and having the gps
In checking the “businesses” on this GPS, we clicked on “restaurants”, and then chose “Asian” as the type of food we were looking for, and the Garmin found this very small noodle place right across the street from where we live. We were very impressed that it found this small, local restaurant in our neighborhood.
I’ve seen quite a few GPS units both in stores and in other cars, and I can say that the c530 is by far the most accurate and easy to use. The voice directions are clear and given in plenty of time to make the turns. The estimated arrival times are accurate within one minute.
Another reviewer here wrote that he didn’t like the fact that the c530 voice prompt didn’t say the actual street names when giving directions. Actually, my wife pointed out that it’s better that it doesn’t give street names with the voice alerts; only the turn directions. The reason is that sometimes there will be two turns right after one another and by the time the voice command tells you about the first turn, it comes right back on and tells you about the second turn. If the voice command said street names you could be on a certain street for no more than a second or two and it would be confusing if the voice told you what street you were on and then in the next two seconds told you to turn onto a ramp or another street. The command says “turn right, then turn left” and it’s a lot clearer this way.
Amazon has just lowered the price on this item and I can tell you it’s worth every penny. Just think of how much you will save on ink and paper printing maps out from your computer all the time, not to mention no more frustration from getting lost and being late for an important meeting.
You have GOT to get this thing … it’s really incredible!!! Excellent product!!!
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