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| Garmin nüvi 5000 Travel Assistant | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $599.99
Buy New: $367.95
You Save: $232.04 (39%)
New (77) Used (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 3012
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 800x480
Display Size: 5.2
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 3.7 x 0.8
MPN: Nuvi 5000
Model: Nuvi 5000
UPC: 053759071432
EAN: 0753759071431
ASIN: B0011UIXLG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
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 Garmin has lost a customer March 29, 2008
57 out of 70 found this review helpful
I have used a Garmin GPS 60c for years and decided it was time to get something easier to see and work with. This sounded ideal as I drive a Freightliner Truck towing my Travel Trailer. But the truck noise made using the FM connection mandatory. (There goes my books on tape). But the worst is the poor navigation. It could not find my mothers address (it did, but it showed her address as the middle of the Atlantic Ocean between Africa and South America and my Mom lives on Cape Cod) and other common places (such as Goodyear Tire Centers, Flying J's, Rest Areas other than ones on major interstates and Camping World) I called Garmin. I just bought this and they wanted me to BUY more maps. Navteq supplies their maps and the maps for MS Streets and Trips (which almost always finds addresses), so it is a Garmin problem. I just bought the Dash Express for about half the price. Lifetime free automatic updates, LIVE traffic and routing, LIVE internet search and user made favorites as well as many awesome features. I'll review it after I actually use it. Sorry, Garmin, get modern and more customer friendly....the world of technology is quickly out-distancing you!
Nuvi 5000 Poor Performance March 26, 2008
36 out of 42 found this review helpful
I am a long time owner of the Garmin StreetPilot 2720 and bought the NUVI 5000 for the larger screen. The larger screen is great but, it's performance is poor. A lot of the time routing is just bad, routing me in circles. Sometimes it tries to route me via an old destination. The POI function, even with the "On current route" feature shows POIs behind me and far off route.
I am a Garmin fan but, I regret this purchase.
Update: After more problems, mostly lockups and failure to draw screen (map display), Garmin replaced the unit. Unfortunately, the problems with poor routing continued. I have had one lock up with the new unit. Also, false alerts about safety camers started to appear.
We are in the middle of a 5,000 mile trip out west and this unit is unreliable and disappointing.
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 Garmin nuvi 5000 looks gorgeous March 8, 2008
46 out of 58 found this review helpful
The 5.2 Inch screen is much easier to read than most GPS units I have seen. Fits easily into my wife's purse, so she doesn't even need a carrying case. Voice is pleasant, and not intrusive. Re-calculations are almost instantaneous.
First thing I did was to update to version 2.80 of the software. Seems like it only took 1, maybe 2 minutes, for the unit to update when plugged back in the car.
Granted at $799 the 5000 is pricey compared to most, but did I mention that the 5.2" will spoil you?
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