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| Mio C520 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Mio
Category: CE
List Price: $399.95
Buy New: $209.65
You Save: $190.30 (48%)
New (10) from $209.65
Avg. Customer Rating:  128 reviews
Sales Rank: 2486
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Tracks: Unknown
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 3.1 x 0.8
MPN: 526216470101
Model: 526216470101
UPC: 841881002437
EAN: 0841881002437
ASIN: B000MWNJPE
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Adequate Product January 18, 2008
I ordered this product just before Christmas and overall it is a good enough GPS. There are a couple of quirks in terms of how it navigates off the beaten track and it frequently recalculates. Mio does not offer map updates at the moment. It tends to take the long route when you eliminate highway routes. The battery power leaves a lot to be desired as it will not work very long without it being plugged into a power source. It is sleek machine with a lot of features. For a first GPS, I am fairly pleased with it, especially for the price.
 MIO-a good brand January 18, 2008
I purchased the MIO with the hope that a better price would produce an equal product for Navigation systems. The MIO has not let me down. I would recommend the MIO for any person who likes gadgets. The category of the MIO is as a GPS Navigator, and it accomplishes this goal comparably with other Navigation brands, plus some other neat features.
Good GPS for the price... January 14, 2008
this is good one in the form of recalculation with any other GPS.....but lack of some map updates.....
 Bad company, bad shipping, no refund January 13, 2008
0 out of 12 found this review helpful
Got an email saying the product was out of stock and I would receive credit, so I order another one, then the product came they charged me agani, I sent the product back for credit, then they returned to me, then I returned again, that was weeks ago and I am still waiting for a credit, CAR TOYS SUCKS! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM!
Save yourself a headache... Buy a Garmin! January 12, 2008
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
Let me start by saying that I love the "idea" of this item. Tons of features including bluetooth and MP3 playability built in to a really advanced GPS navigator. Tons of mapping and routing options. Split screen control and more information displayed at a given time than any other brand of GPS. Great concept, but the Mio C520 is an absolute failure in execution.
Sorry, Mio lovers (is there such a thing), but it's the plain and simple truth. I did my homework after sampling a couple different automotive GPS units by TomTom and Magellan. I figured, okay, I'm ready for MY GPS. A GPS to satisfy the horribly obsessed "gadget-geek" that I am. I spent days pouring over internet reviews and customer testimonials. Then, armed with all the knowledge necessary, I navigated myself down to the local electronics superstore to see and touch the various models in person.
Then I went back to the computer and poured over hours and hours worth of additional info on my select list of top potential GPS candidates. Finally, after more than a few trips back to the local store to fondle the GPS's, I settled on the Mio C520. Heck, who wouldn't? On paper this thing looks like the end all be all of GPS navigation tools.
I took it home, carefully unpacked all of the contents in the box (nice, stylish packaging btw), placed the unit in its cradle, suction-cupped to my windshield, fired it up and started navigating! Then I got slapped in the face with reality. You know the saying, if it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is? Well that saying applies to the Mio C520.
First off, I do love the display on this product. The map is the coolest looking of any unit out there. You can really customize it too. But now let's talk about practicality. No matter how delicate a touch you have you, will ALWAYS (and I do mean ALWAYS) be hitting the wrong touchscreen items on this unit, unless you use a stylus. Who the heck is going to use a stylus in their vehicle? I mean, what are you going to do, keep it in a custom made sheath attached to the GPS mount? Please.
Now to actual navigation. After all, that's what its primary function is. I can let a lot of stuff slide if a product does what it's supposed to do, and does it well. But the Mio doesn't. It could barely find its way out of its box. After that it spent most of the time not quite sure where it was. Maybe I'm not being fair here. Satellite acquisition and route calculation were pretty darn fast. The problem was much of the information was wrong.
Outdated maps are kind of a necessary evil associated with GPS. But the Mio's maps were not only tragically outdated, but also glaringly wrong. There are freeway on and off ramps in my area that are decades old but were simply not "drawn" on the Mio's maps so basically they don't exist. Many times this means at least an additional 10 miles of driving.
Several of the POI's I checked in my area had completely wrong addresses. Not just wrong street numbers, wrong streets. The calculated routes this thing came up with were hilarious. It's a good thing I have a sense of humor because it was truly funny. I guess if you were not familiar with the area, you COULD eventually make it to where you were going (provided you knew the correct address) with the Mio. You would be certain to waste a lot of unnecessary time and fuel in the process though.
Now to the absolute biggest gripe I have about this product. This is the only GPS product I've ever used that has a really significant "lag" problem. What I mean by this is that it's telling you now, where you were about 2 to 3 seconds ago. You might say, 2 seconds isn't long. Well it is when you're going 70MPH. It's a couple hundred feet! Enough to potentially miss an exit. If you don't think that's a big deal, try thinking about the 300 plus bucks you shelled out for the thing, every time you hear it say "turn right on --- street", after you've already made the turn and driven half way down the next block! You think I'm joking? Go buy one and see.
I don't want to turn this in to a "I hate Mio" rant. Obviously there are a lot of people who like this product. I'm not sure why, but they have given it some pretty decent reviews. The problems I had were not the result of a "lemon" though. It's just simple poor engineering. The thing is just too dang frustrating to use.
I can be pretty stubborn. Once I make my mind up there's no changing it sometimes. So it was painful admitting I was wrong about the Mio. In the end, this product is just the result of overly ambitious engineering meeting lackluster quality control and execution. I returned it the day after I bought it.
I now have a Garmin Nuvi 260. And let me tell you, WOW! It is a marvelous thing when you see a GPS work the way the Garmin does. I go for drives now just to play with it and watch it work. It is impressive. And you simply cannot beat Garmin when it comes to product support and customer service. Save yourself a ton of time and headache and just do what you already know you should do. Buy a Garmin, there's a reason why they are THE name in GPS navigation!
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