Garmin nüvi 670 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

This is the first gps that I own. I went to the US and to drive around I used de Garmin Nuvi 660 and liked it a lot. So I had to get one for myself for back home in Europe. Needless to say I am very pleased with this product. I had to buy de Nuvi 670 instead of de 660 because its the one that already comes with maps preloaded for all of Europe.
I was kind of doubtfull on how precise these maps would be back in Spain. So as soon as I could, I went for a spin to tryout the new GPS. I was completly astounded as I saw that it had all the major roads with all the names correctly situated and not only that, it also had al the little back roads with names and all. I was very impressed with the quality of the maps. It was definitly a good buy. I definitly recomend it to anyone who plans on making a trip to Europe. You can drive around all Europe map free just with the help of your nuvi 670 and it also alerts you were there's a possibility of a radar. Simply Great. I use it all the time now.

We found the Garmin 670 to be extremely user friendly and fun to use. It it right on so far and we've had it now for a month. We'd purchased a Magellan prior to this purchase and took it back because it seemed awkward and difficult to use. The Garmin is easy to view, understand, and finding other places of interest is a snap. We highly recommend this product, especially the Garmin nüvi 670 4.3-inch widescreen along with the portable mount sold on Amazon. We haven't yet had the chance to use the bluetooth feature ... it's coming tho' ... ;-)

For a GPS unit the Nuvi 670 provides a great screen, clear voice guidance, and excellent routing. If you plan on using the Nuvi for hands free bluetooth, it is a neccessity to have a AUX input on your car stereo to plug the Nuvi into. While the built in speaker has good volume it does not work well at freeway speeds with the additional road noise. The headphone output on the Nuvi allows you to plug into a AUX stereo input to give you good sound through your car stereo. The FM transmitter is useless... way too much static. The MP3 player is a nice feature and I use it all the time when I get tired of listening to the radio commercials.

it is a good Navi device,
and it has north us and Euro maps,
which i believe is a v good travel kit.

Bought this item to replace my old GPS device, a TomTom One V1 which was several years old with outdated maps, and somehow managed to get it's screen calibration messed up, with no way to recalibrate the device.

The Garmin Nuvi 670 feels like a solid device and is well constructed, though after using it for a few weeks, it really does feel inferior to the TomTom in many ways.

Cons:

- No battery meter, and no warning when it's low. The device just shuts off, which is very annoying when driving.

- Power plugs into mount instead of device. Combined with the point above, where the device just shuts off, this is a big inconvenience.

- No option to enter address by zip code. You have to go through the whole country, city, state process every time.

- Software feels less advanced than the TomTom, with fewer customization options.

For example, one nice thing on the TomTom was the option to customize which information was displayed on the main screen (speed, estimated time left, etc). Although the Garmin has a nice big screen, there's no way to adjust the information displayed, and getting additional information requires tapping on the screen, and then tapping back to return to the map.

I'm strongly considering selling this and switching back to one of the newer TomTom devices instead.