6 responses to “Garmin nüvi 2595LMT 5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps and Traffic”

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  Timothy Theis January 1st, 2012 at 07:59

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  My 3rd Garmin – New Features and how they worked, November 25, 2011

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  This review is from: Garmin nüvi 2595LMT 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps and Traffic (Electronics)

  This is my 3rd Garmin GPS. I have become accustomed to their user interface and performance, so I can’t compare to other makes. I wanted to talk about the new features that attracted me to this unit and how I evaluated their usefulness on my first 3 hour road trip to a location I know by heart.

  Feature 1 – 5 inch screen. I am older and am having to use reading glasses to see the GPS mounted to the dash. My earlier unit was a 4 inch. I considered a 7 inch Magellan, but when I found out you couldn’t install custom POIs on the Magellan, it ruled that one out for me. We go camping frequently and I have all the state parks as custom POIs. I also have truck stops I like to use. The 5 inch display was definately an improvement for me.

  Feature 2 – Automated voice recognition. I definately don’t like being distracted by touching the screen to see how far the next roadside rest is (see custom POIs above). So I thought telling the GPS what I wanted made a lot of sense. When it comes to “commands” this feature works OK, but I have discovered I have to turn the radio volume down or talk VERY LOUDLY. The latter disturbs my wife However, when you want to provide an address to locate, the unit performed badly. I couldn’t get it to correctly locate any of 3 addresses correctly… i.e. “4810 Whitewood Court” ended up with something very strange.

  Feature 3 – Turn lanes. Knowing which lane you need to be in to correctly exit the highway and be ready for the next turn. There are two distinctly different features on this unit for knowing the turn lanes. One is “Viewing Junctions” which displays a picture of the upcoming junction, complete with signage. This takes up about the right half of the screen. The other turn lane feature is a small area in the upper left corner that shows , by using arrows, the number of lanes. The lane(s) you are to be in are bright white, while the others are grey. I found the arrows to be VERY useful and quick to absorb at a glance. I found the “Viewing Junctions” not very useful, as you had to look over a much larger area of the screen to absorb the information in a glance. I found I had to glance at the “Viewing Junctions” image several times before I understood which lane it wanted me to be in. For me at least, the “Viewing Junction” feature was of no use to me.

  Feature 4 – Traffic. On my trip there were no traffic problems, so I didn’t get to experience any rerouting due to traffic conditions. This feature appears to only work when you are in or around larger cities. Between cities, pressing the traffic button indicated that there was no or weak signal.

  Feature 5 – Posted speed limits – As you are navigating a small sign appears on the display showing the posted limit and your actual speed. If your actual speed exceeds the posted limit, it turns red. Nice little feature to keep honest people honest.

  Other Notes:
  I found the estimated time of arrival to be more accurate than my previous GPSs. Perhaps because it knows the posted limits as they change along the route??? The menu system is different from my prior GPSs.

  There is an icon composed of 3 horizontal white bars that, when pressed, bring up other options. Sometimes this icon is in the lower right of the display, sometimes it is located elsewhere depending on where you are in the menus. Since this was a little different than prior units, I am having to get adjusted to this.

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  Jeffrey R. Young "Silver Fox" January 1st, 2012 at 08:28

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  A valuable upgrade from Garmin, November 9, 2011

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  Jeffrey R. Young “Silver Fox” (Columbus, OH USA) –
  
    
  
    

  This review is from: Garmin nüvi 2555LMT 5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps and Traffic (Electronics)

  Most of the reviews here are for the 2595, not the 2555 that I purchased. I didn’t need voice activation or bluetooth so the 2555 is just fine for me.

  I have to disagree with the reviewer that says it is slow to find where you are. I am a long-time Garmin user and I think it is light years faster than my old Nuvi model. Although some of the new features are a little difficult to get used to I still think this unit deserves the highest marks. The larger screen alone makes it worth an upgrade from an older unit.

  It’s also great to have lifetime maps and traffic upgrades. Again, that gives this model high marks. My favorite feature on the 2555 is the categorization of places you would like to go. For example, on my old unit I used to have search for and then type in “REST A” to find the next rest area on my route. With the 2555 “Rest Area” is a category and therefore only a couple of button presses away.

  In summary, I am a happy consumer who is enjoying the new features that Garmin has added to it’s new 2012 line of GPSs. Well worth the upgrade!

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  ktmailserv January 1st, 2012 at 08:58

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  An average navigation device; has its quirks and needs improvement, October 4, 2011

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  This review is from: Garmin nüvi 2595LMT 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with Lifetime Maps and Traffic (Electronics)

  See updates to original review below:
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  First off, I have been a long time Garmin user. Had a old Streetpilot GPS that served me well for a long time. I am familiar with Garmin’s user interface. Things have changed with this new nuvi but not so much that the UI feels alien.

  + Voice Navigation feature is good and exceeded my (low) expectations. There are some caveats though.
  a) Not all of the features/settings of the phone are controllable by voice. so, while the feature itself works well, it feels limited in its usefulness.
  b) although voice recognition seems to work well in quiet conditions, I did find myself repeating my voice commands while using the device in a slightly noisy environment (such as driving on a highway with road noise filling the cabin space).
  + Touch interface is fine. Just not as responsive (sensitive?) as an iphone. I think this Garmin device has a resistive touchscreen as opposed to a capacitive touchscreen — which could explain the responsiveness.
  + the route calculation and location search seems faster.
  + The lifetime map and traffic updates, bluetooth is a plus.
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  (10/29/11) Updates/Addition to original review:
  I am going to knock off a star from the rating as there are various little annoyances with the device.

  + Do not like the search feature; it isn’t as easy, simple and intuitive as the old streetpilot was. when you search for something, it usually restricts itself to the town you are in. That intelligence is well and good if it works well but it doesn’t. It is unable to find the Point-of-interest (POI) if it’s in a nearby town (Most often your searches would fall in this category). you have to go through a couple more clicks and inputs before you can find your POI.
  + Brightness changes on switching from car power to battery only power. The brightness setting doesn’t change but the actual brightness does. So, you would have to go to the brightness setting to increase the brightness of the screen when you switch.
  + Do not like the touchscreen responsiveness or precision. Often find myself mistyping even when being deliberate and careful in pressing a letter.
  + Voice guidance needs to improve. With the “voice guidance with street names” setting, the device says something like “Turn right on freedom drive”. That isn’t as helpful as saying “Turn right on freedom drive in 500 feet”. So, I am having to look at the distance on the unit.
  + Graphical User Interface (GUI) needs to improve. For instance, saving a place to favorites takes many clicks (unlike the old streetpilot unit). Likewise, finding a place of interest takes more clicks than before. Why so many clicks and screens?!!

  Overall, I would say Caveat Emptor on buying the device. I bought it and am going to continue to use it as I haven’t found any other latest GPS devices which are a cut above this one.

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  Sunshine January 1st, 2012 at 09:50

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  Concerned about possible use of harmful chemicals, May 11, 2009

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  This review is from: Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks (Toy)

  My son received this toy as a gift for his 6-month birthday. At the time, I remember hearing about how some plastic toys (often made in China) contain harmful chemicals that are known to cause cancer and feeling concerned that this toy might be one of them. I didn’t do anything for awhile, seeing how my son enjoyed playing with the toy and thinking (stupidly) that if this toy were truly harmful, it wouldn’t be sold in the U.S.

  One day, I came across this toy on Amazon and noticed the warning to CA residents under “Product Details.” I couldn’t believe it when I read this toy is made with harmful chemicals known to “cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm.” I bet a lot of people who are giving this toy 5 stars are not aware of the warning.

  UPDATE TO REVIEW ON 10-28-09: Amazon has removed the warning about the harmful chemicals, and in response to an inquiry I sent them told me “Product information from the item detail is added or deleted upon manufacturers information.” Amazon suggested I contacted FP, which I did, and the FP rep said he couldn’t find anything in their records indicating the toy’s manufacturing had been changed. The toy’s production has not been altered since 2007. He suggested that perhaps the warning wasn’t accurate, and that’s why it was removed. That may be, but it seems like a pretty big mistake for Amazon to make on multiple FP toys. I see now that none of the FP toys that previously had this warning have it now.

  As for my son’s reaction to the toy, he liked to bang the pieces together and put them in his mouth, but he never bothered to try to sort the shapes since the top doesn’t stay in place, as others have mentioned. My son always removed the top and took out all of the pieces, no matter how many times I showed him how to sort the shapes with the top in place. Talk about poor design! I should have given it 1 star for the “educational” rating in hindsight, but I figured that theoretically it could be of some value if a child didn’t remove the top. Also, Amazon wouldn’t let me go back and change my ratings.

  I just got another shape sorter for him from Amazon (the Tolo Rolling Shape Sorter), and within minutes he tried to put the shapes in the slots because he couldn’t remove either the top or the bottom of the unit. Now that’s an educational toy!

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  T. Aulbach January 1st, 2012 at 10:17

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  I can see her wheels turning…, November 22, 2007

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  This review is from: Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks (Toy)

  As my 14 month daughter works on getting the right shape in the right hole. It’s true that sometimes she just gets frustrated and picks up the lid and throws the shapes in the bucket instead of sorting them, but when I play with her talk to her and ask her where each shape goes she really focuses and we get them together. She looks so proud of herself when she gets them right, too! But even when she is playing by herself and taking the lid off, it’s still a very fun toy for her to put them all in, take them out, and do it all over again!

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  C. Murphey January 1st, 2012 at 11:10

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  Not that great of a sorter…, July 25, 2007

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  This review is from: Fisher-Price Brilliant Basics Baby’s First Blocks (Toy)

  This is a basic, durable, inexpensive toy. However what I don’t care for is the fact that the lid doesn’t snap on. I’m sure this is that way so babies can take it off, but I prefer the sorter that the child has to put the shapes through the holes. My baby figured out that it was easier to take the lid off! I like the Smartronics cookie jar sorter much better.

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