The Nüvi 255WT from Garmin is your personal travel assistant for life on the go. The Nüvi 255WT leads the way with a large 4.3? wide screen and a full set of maps for 33 different European countries, getting you to your destination on time and safely. The Nüvi 255WT comes preloaded with a host of points of interest, allowing you to travel in the best of conditions and stop off during your journey for a spot of sightseeing. You?ll be able to plan trips to landmarks and attractions easily before you set off, and, at your leisure, look up the contact details for your vehicle rescue service and directions to the closest hospital, police or petrol station. Its longlife battery lasts nearly 4 hours before you have to recharge it through your cigar lighter port, meaning you ll never be left in the lurch if you get lost. The Nuvi 255 WT?s other built-in travel tools include a JPEG picture viewer, a world travel clock with time zones, a currency and measurement converter, a ...

#Also get a USB (mini) cable! It s a must . (2008-12-14) I won t be long - enough reviews are available here, so let me just add a couple of things: you ll definitely need a USB (mini) cable with your Garmin Sat Nav, because1) with a USB (mini) cable, you CAN recharge your Garmin Sat Nav with your PC/Mac, which is not clearly mentioned in the user s manual. Remember, your Sat Nav doesn t come with this cable or an AC adapter (you need to buy them separately!), so you can t recharge the battery until you connect it with the vehicle power cable. 2) with this cable, you can also download...

#Poor mapping, useless traffic updates (2008-12-12) Very unimpressive considering how long this GPS technology has been around, I would have expected a lot more. The unit is basic for the price, although the mapping does include the whole of Europe, apparently. . . I updated the mapping software to 2009 and have, to date, found major trunk route improvements which are open already (pre-November 2008) but are not on the updated 2009 maps, this could be very tricky if you didn t know the roads. Postcode searches seem to be okay, but where the postcode is unavailable or unrecognised (...

#Highly Recommended - Easy to use and brilliant navigation (2008-12-11) I have just purchased the Garmin Nuvi 255WT Satellite nagigation System with built in Traffic. I am really pleased with it, its clear, easy to follow, and looks great. . I was worried about which one to buy. . i was blinded by technology and just did not know which one to choose. . this is my first Sat Nav, and I have no friends who could recommend any specific one to me, so i just had to go with it. I looked at all the reviews on here and thought that this one looked the best, I also took the free delivery opti...

#Better than a Tom Tom but behind Navman in every respect (2008-12-10) Bought one of these to replace my 6-year old Navman ICN 510. The 255 WT has not moved the art forward one bit. The software is clunky and the routes defy logic and are either via a motorway at all costs ( on the fastest option) or on the back roads from hell on the shortest option. No way of selecting a balance as per the Navman. Also it gives you street names for the next road but no road No so can confuse things if you are following street signs in London Tried a Tom Tom XL - it was tno better so both ...

#Fantastic Satnav Garmin Nuvi 255WT - Just Buy One (2008-11-27) This is a great satnav. I had to drive to several seperate locations from Kent to East London to South East London to North London and back to Kent in a day. I would have got totally lost and stressed trying to rely on maps or printed directions. This unit was brilliant and was spot on and simple to use. Registered and updated to 2009 maps worked O. K but took a long time, circa 5 hours all together. Had a small problem after the map updates as the unit thought I was in Central London for some reason. However, just wen...