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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $329.99
Buy New: $199.90
You Save: $130.09 (39%)
New (51) Refurbished (9) from $161.99
Rating:  2551 reviews
Sales Rank: 8
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 3.9 x 0.9 x 2.9
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MPN: 010-00455-00
Model: 010-00455-00
UPC: 846330000132
EAN: 0753759061913
ASIN: B000BKJZ9Q
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 garmin nuvi 350 3.5inch September 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love this thing! A great travel buddy. The only thing is sometimes a takes a while to acquire satellite, up to 2 - 3 minutes.
 The best September 4, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is possibly the best investment I have ever made. It has prevented me from gettin lost a few times now. I highly recommend it!
What happens when it breaks? September 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I used this GPS for a bit over a year, around 15 months during which time I drove around 23,000 miles. During that time I thought it was one of the best purchases I had made. However, recently it randomly decided to stop logging onto the satellites. I am outdoors, using it in areas I have regularly used it and previously had no problems, I have not moved hundreds of miles since the last login but it still won't get a good connection. When it does it quickly goes away and says it has lost the satellite reception (usually within 5 minutes and considering it'll take hours to connect that's just unsatisfactory). I tried talking to Garmin and while they did give me generic "try this" none of it helped and they wanted me to shell out a couple hundred dollars for them to look at it even though it has only been in use for a little over a year. I am better off just buying a new gps system than repairing it! As such I am now looking for another brand as I'm unhappy with Garmin support. That being said here's what I thought of it while it worked:
Cons:
-If you put in multiple destinations it will not sort them by what would be the most logical order to stop at them, however you put them in, that's the order you are taken to them in (not uncommon among most gps's)
-When searching for restaurants or stores it'll regularly bring up locations that aren't there, 10 minutes later you'll drive by one on a different side of town that it doesn't know exists (somewhat expected but this happened much more regularly than I expected)
-Garmin support: I really felt as though they were trying to rip me off and just get money from me without knowing what was causing the problem or how they were even going to fix it
-Map updates: while it may be somewhat standard in the industry to charge customers for regular map updates I think companies like Navigon that charge one fee for 3 entire years of updates are serving customers more justly
-Inputting addresses: CR 528 can't be input the way it would be written on a letter, if it's not exact the 350 doesn't know what you're talking about
-Time estimation for destination arrival is usually aggressive, I'd prefer it to be more conservative so when I'm on an eight hour drive I know from the start I'm going to get there in 8 hours and not 7.
Pros:
-It will get you where you're going
-Before it initially broke, the time it took to get a satellite connection was relatively short
-Customizable icons and voices (although you can't record your own or someone else's to use)
-Several different route choices: fastest, shortest ect
-Ability to program it to avoid U-turns, toll roads, and ferry's (most gps's these days all have the last two characteristics)
-Routing is typically good and sensible although there are several spots in the US where it gets a little goofy
All in all, for the price it's at now it's probably worth it, I spent around $300 but don't be surprised if Garmin doesn't care about you or the product when it breaks. Hopefully yours won't break as soon or unexpectedly. Personally, I'm done using Garmin products.
GARMIN NUVI 350 September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very familiar with this item as I have a NUVI 360 for work. NUVI 350 is basically same but no Bluetooth. That's OK. Got it to go w/ my wife's new car. Simple, reliable, easy to use. Still rated top budget GPS on CONSUMERSEARCH.
Amazon price of $199 was the best deal I could find.
A Welcome Companion September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
My wife and I bought the Nuvi 350 -- our first GPS -- right before we took a 500-mile vacation trip. It was surprisingly easy to use. We just typed in our destination address, and it guided us there. The best part was that any time we stopped or missed a turn, it "recalculated" and directed us back to our main route. It was also very helpful in telling us which lane to be in for the next turn. It would have been more helpful in a couple of instances had we downloaded and installed the most recent software from the Garmin website -- before our trip.
At first, having a strange female voice in the car, telling us where to go, was a bit disconcerting. But we grew so fond of it that we named our nuvi "Louise." For the price, this is a great product.
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