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Brand: GARMIN
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Drive, hike, bike or boat. With the rugged, waterproof, multi-mode nüvi 500, you can do it all. Packed with detailed street and topographic maps, nüvi 500 is ready for adventure both on and off the beaten path. Like the 550, nüvi 500 switches modes to navigate your active lifestyle and provides spoken turn-by-turn directions to your destination.
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Avg. Customer Rating:
 
4.3 stars
(based on 3 reviews)
100% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:
Acquires satellites quickly(3), Easy menus(3), Easy to read(3), Reliable performance(3), Simple controls(3)
Best Uses:
Faster routes(3)
How are you with directions:
Great w/directions(3)
 
Have fun knowing where you are going.
By Anjin-SanVerified Purchaser from Austin, Texas on 12/31/2009
Pros:
Acquires Satellites Quickly, Compact, Easy Menus, Easy To Read, Reliable Performance, Simple Controls
Cons:
No voice for street names
Best Uses:
Faster Routes, Geocaching, Rural Navigation
Describe Yourself:
Enthusiast
How are you with directions:
Great w/Directions
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about GARMIN Nuvi 500 GPS Navigation System:

The more I learn how to use this unit, the more I like it. I am anxiously waiting to use the nuvi on the ocean.

 
Everything it was cracked up to be
By RoadStar RiderVerified Purchaser from Oxford, PA on 10/29/2009
Pros:
Acquires Satellites Quickly, Compact, Easy Menus, Easy To Read, Easy To Set Up, Large Screen, Reliable Performance, Simple Controls
Cons:
Routes from PC, Short Battery Life
Best Uses:
Faster Routes, Geocaching
Describe Yourself:
Enthusiast
How are you with directions:
Great w/Directions
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about GARMIN Nuvi 500 GPS Navigation System:

First I want to quailify that I called Garmin Support and asked questions about the way this unit was to be used and the 500 was the best choice for me.

This is my 3rd GPS. I have one handheld Quest2 and one mounted on my motorcyce (Steetpilot 2730).

The only lacking part of this unit and seems to be the same for all new units from Garmin is that I can not use MapSource to create a route and transfer it to the GPS.

This unit is far and away the best of the 3 units and that should go without saying because it is the newest of the 3. It obtains satelites quickly and recalulates your route extremely fast in case you miss your turn. I am using this unit as both a street routin unit and a handheld for geocaching. Specs say battery life is 8 hours but I find it is more like 6. Still not bad when you can cache in one location and hook it up the to car charge on the way to the next location.

 
Very good product
By DVerified Purchaser from Chicago, IL on 8/13/2009
Pros:
Acquires Satellites Quickly, Easy Menus, Easy To Read, Easy To Set Up, Large Screen, Reliable Performance, Simple Controls
Cons:
Bulky
Best Uses:
Faster Routes, Finding Specific Address, Rural Navigation, Urban Navigation
Describe Yourself:
Casual User
How are you with directions:
Great w/Directions
Bottom Line:
Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about GARMIN Nuvi 500 GPS Navigation System:

Got this unit as a combo device for car and hiking as it came with both street and topo maps. Was disapointed, however, that topo, didn't have trails in major places like Yellowstone so had to buy US Topo 24k National Parks [...]. US Topo 24k didn't seem to recognize the device properly but in the end the maps seemed to load and I now have trail detail for hiking.

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