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10 stars
Great intuitive GPS; fast; sharp display
by 4Travel on April 23, 2009
Pros: Excellent voice recognition; fast processor; clear screen, locks on to satellites very quickly, the unit separates with the press of a button from its mount
Cons: The 855 has no off switch
Summary: The 855 is an excellent GPS unit. The processor is fast. It plotted to route from eastern Pennsylvania to my home in Califonria in a few seconds. When I drive ...
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Summary: The 855 is an excellent GPS unit. The processor is fast. It plotted to route from eastern Pennsylvania to my home in Califonria in a few seconds. When I drive a route an puposely go off course, the 855 has a new course plotted in a few seconds.
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8 out of 8 users found this user opinion helpful.
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6 stars
A much less useful nuvi than previous models
by DonBArnold on June 1, 2009
Pros: Speach recognition is very good and quite helpful. I bought it for that feature.
Cons: It doesn't tell you the street you're approaching, only the street you're driving on.
Summary: Knowing the street i'm approaching is a useful feature that exists in previous models. The lack of that feature in the 855 makes this model much less useful. I ...
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Summary: Knowing the street i'm approaching is a useful feature that exists in previous models. The lack of that feature in the 855 makes this model much less useful. I know what street I'm driving on, I what to know that street i'm apporaching.
The lack of this feature outweighs the speach recognition.
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8 out of 9 users found this user opinion helpful.
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4 stars
weak on applications
by Kmosher6 on May 29, 2009
Pros: Good picture qualitity, easy to use
Cons: The map screen doesn't have mileage to go just time of arrival. When arriving at a turn it had no warning.
Summary: After reviewing the Garmin 855 It left out some very important features I wanted. I had a Megellion 800 for 3 years and was looking for a new product that ...
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Summary: After reviewing the Garmin 855 It left out some very important features I wanted. I had a Megellion 800 for 3 years and was looking for a new product that had good customer support.
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4 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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9 stars
This is an excellent value
by HenryTD on August 18, 2009
Pros: voice commands, large, bright display, simple learning curve
Cons: speaker should have higher maximum volume
Summary: The Garmin 855 is a very nice unit. I've owned Tom Toms and Magellans before, but they never had all of the features I've wanted. This unit has ...
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Summary: The Garmin 855 is a very nice unit. I've owned Tom Toms and Magellans before, but they never had all of the features I've wanted. This unit has it all, it's easy to use, has a nice display that's very easy to understand, it has text to voice, and best of all, it has a very functional voice activation system. The thing actually understands your commands, and doesn't have to be programmed for each user. The system is so effective, that you never have to even look at the unit to input new destinations or instructions. It's biggest shortcoming is that the speakers are not loud enough - I can hear and understand them when I have the radio playing at normal volume, but it would be nicer if they could be a little higher (my Magellan was tops here - you could set it at very high volumes, and the instructions were easy to hear and not distorted). Other than that, this unit, bought at Costco.com for $249 is by far the best unit I've ever owned, and I think it is an excellent value for the money.
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1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.
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2 stars
froze repeatedly, provided wrong directions.
by eyedude on June 29, 2009
Pros: graphics, icons, finding stores etc
Cons: froze up constantly, provided wrong directions (off main route, etc) for route, GPS hardly able to re calculate route after I chose not to follow its poor choice of directions.
Summary: if ti weren't for the above, it would have been an awesome product- nice screen, good graphics, good voice to tell location.
Summary: if ti weren't for the above, it would have been an awesome product- nice screen, good graphics, good voice to tell location.
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10 stars
JUST EXCELLENT
by oilmanowen on April 16, 2009
Pros: I LOVE THE GUIDED LANE FEATURE, WHICH TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHICH LANE YOU HAVE TO BE IN TO MAKE YOUR EXIT OR ENTER YOUR PROPER HIGHYWAY, NO OTHER GPS TO MY KNOWELDGE HAS THIS WONDERFUL FOOL PROOF FEATURE
Cons: Z I P .............
Summary: AS ALWAYS GARMIN IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE COMPETITION
Summary: AS ALWAYS GARMIN IS HEAD AND SHOULDERS ABOVE THE COMPETITION
2 out of 5 users found this user opinion helpful.
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