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| Garmin StreetPilot c330 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $449.99
Buy New: $118.99
You Save: $331.00 (74%)
New (2) Used (1) Refurbished (5) from $110.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  1049 reviews
Sales Rank: 1194
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 3.2 x 4.4
MPN: c330 Refurbished
Model: c330 Refurbished
UPC: 753759053093
EAN: 0753759053093
ASIN: B000EM2OXA
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent Buy March 18, 2008
I would recommend this product to anyone who would like a GPS. It is easy to use and not large or heavy. It arrives in a plain white Garmin printed box, and other than that, you wouldn't know that it is a refurbished item. Everything inside is covered and looks like it would if you bought it "new." Great price for a great item.
very happy with this prodcut! March 9, 2008
I absolutely love this little navigation unit. I moved to a new city one year ago, and I purchased the item to help me get around this big city. I use this unit almost on a daily basis and it saves me all the time. When we had a big snow storm and parts of the highways here were closed this little unit would modify my course so that I could get home even with all of these unexpected detours. My only MINOR complaint is that it is a bit bigger than other more expensive units. But that is not a really issue when you see how well this product works. I absolutely LOVE mine and would highly recommend it! money well spent!
 New C330 has "V8" maps from June 2006. February 18, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Amazon's listing for the C330 says that "every unit sold will come with the most recent map version". This statement is not true. I just got a brand new C330, which is loaded with City Navigator North America "V8" maps (found by touching Map, then Map Info). Today I visited the Garmin web site, went to the map update page, and entered my device's serial number. The web site told me that an update is available for my unit: "Map Update 2008 City Navigator".
Somewhat perplexed, I called Garmin's customer support line and received the following explanation from Peggy. The V8 map package was issued in June 2006. A newer mapset, version 2008, was issued in June 2007. However, the size of the improved and more detailed database in version 2008 is larger than will fit in the memory of the C330. Therefore, when you install the update, you have to choose whether you want to load the database for United States, or the one for Canada. The Canadian subset includes all of Canada plus the border states (including Massachusetts, not strictly a border state, but useful for Canadians who visit New England).
If you purchase the 2008 Update, you can make the decision about which subset to load into the C330 repeatedly. So it can be updated first with the V2008 maps for the US, and then subsequently loaded with the V2008 maps for a vacation trip to Canada. Of course, if you're not living in a border state, you won't be able to use the Canadianized C330 to navigate to Canada, but once you're there, you're all set.
Should you choose to install the US portion of the database, all of the old (V8) Canadian data is deleted. Similarly, should you install the updated Canadian 2008 maps, the V8 US information is wiped. In my view, this was a poor design decision.
Even though the C330 has an SD slot for expansion, it is not possible to load the US database from the 2008 update into the unit and put the Canadian database into an SD chip (or vice versa).
The Map Update 2008 is $70US and is shipped on a DVD. Whichever subset of the data you choose, a PC or a Mac is required to load the 2008 update into a C330.
If you want your cake and eat it too, you have to buy the complete V2008 Mapsource City Navigator North America NT map product from Garmin ($140US list). The entire North American database will fit on an SD card.
Peggy was unwilling to provide me with a free update to the 2008 maps, even though I just purchased a brand-new unit that was advertised as having "the most recent map version". I have read elsewhere that some purchasers were able to obtain an update to 2008 maps at no charge, but Peggy would not be swayed. Her explanation, which was carefully wordsmithed by Garmin's marketing department, was that the V8 maps are the 'latest that were shipped from the factory' with the C330. Thus, the unit that I purchased, in Garmin's opinion, is the most recent version that was offered for sale.
According to Peggy, the same limitation in map storage and upgrade applies to the StreetPilot C530 version, a more modern unit that was recently discontinued by Garmin.
I am now debating whether to keep the C330 or not. It's a nice product, and seems very easy to use. But I resent being sold a mapping device with map data from 2006, especially when it was explicitly advertised as having the most recent map data "through April 2007". Garmin's policy to then demand an additional $70 to upgrade strikes me as designed more to satisfy shareholders than customers.
 very disappointing February 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Garmin StreetPilot c330 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator
I have had a new Garmin c330 for 6 weeks. I have found many errors and outdated maps in the system. Some restaurants and other businesses that it locates have been out of business for at least 3 years. One recent error directs me to a non-existent street over a concrete retaining wall. There has not been a street at that location in over 50 years. Another problem is that it doesn't even show streets built in the last three years in newer housing developments.
The Garmin web site provides supposedly newer maps :( for a PRICE. The upgraded maps have the same errors and omissions that the original maps have. Garmin doesn't want this piece of junk back, and I can understand why! My next gps will be a Tom-Tom.
 98% reliable February 13, 2008
This GPS system tracks very well, and has only tried a couple of times to send me down a one-way street. You lose signal around tall buildings and heavy wooded areas (like any system does), and re-calculating sometimes seems like an eternity when you're at top speed.
All in All i prefer Garmins C330 over Dum-Dum anyday.
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