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| Garmin Streetpilot c550 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $169.00
You Save: $230.99 (58%)
New (63) Refurbished (3)
Avg. Customer Rating:  273 reviews
Sales Rank: 104
Format: Cd
Color: Li-Io
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 6.5 x 6.5
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Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00522-00
Model: 010-00522-00
UPC: 753759054489
EAN: 0753759054489
ASIN: B000EXU4YK
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 unhappy June 12, 2008
0 out of 18 found this review helpful
Be careful when you see the name Optics Planet in the description. Item listed as Trijicon TA31RCM150 Trijicon ACOG Rifle Combat Optic Rifle Scope 4X 32 Red Chevron Matte BAC-M150
List Price: $1,450.00
Price: $34.99
You Save: $1,415.01 (98%)
I have seen deals on these scopes before (I also purchased them) and Optics Planet is not honoring the order, saying it is a case, not the scope and telling me that it is my problem and they will send me an "RMA" if I would like. Just be leary if you see a good deal from this company as it is probally not true. I personally don't feel that falsely advertising a sale is the customers problem. Other companies honor misadvertised prices on their products that were purchased prior to the correction. But you will not find that here. Here is a kicker they have modified the ad and now they want me to leave a review on it with the new price.
 Great GPS with only few problems June 4, 2008
After buying and using the C550, I found the review at rated4stars ([...]) to be very good.
Pros: Very good directions. Easy to use menu. Grabs satellites quickly. Mounts well on windshield.
Weaknesses: Traffic service so far is a bust. GPS gave mistaken directions.
(Edited June 04th by jb) Overall this is an amazing unit. However, I did have to spend quite a bit of time downloading and installing the map update ... but at least it was "free." The screen is great even in bright light, the directions about where to turn on what street etc are given several times along the way so there are no surprises. Directions are helpful.. E.g., "Turn left on Maple Street in 500 feet" followed by "Turn left on Maple Street", etc. or "1316 Everit Rd is 200 feet on right." Of course the map shows the directions and also the distance to the next turn, etc.
Unit did misloacate several major stores and two different malls by about .5 miles or more in the Albany/Schenectady area and suggest an incorrect turn. I traced this problem to Navtek. The same mapping errors exist on google maps and mapquest. Tele Atlas (TomTom) is even worse regarding the same stores/malls. So errors in maps may be a widespread problem. Otherwise the c550 has known where things are very accurately. So far I would not pay anything extra for the FM traffic service (3 mo free). On a 10 mile trip it told me a road was closed in 113 miles. Good grief. Unit is very steady on windshield mount. Unit gives you option of having it turn off with ignition/accessory key or stay on with own battery power. It finds satellites very quickly in my experience. I often don't even notice any lag; it seems ready to go as quickly as I am.
One odd thing is that for sharp turns in the road, the unit says you are making a turn on to the same road. However, once you know the unit does this, I don't find this a problem. In fact, it is a warning that there is a sharp turn ahead, which could be quite helpful at night on back roads.
One way to make sure the unit takes you on the desired route is to put in waypoints, but this unit is limited to adding only 1 waypoint or stop. It is possible to create lots of short trips that add up to one long one with many intermediate "stops", but that is less convenient than entering waypoints before starting a trip.
So far, customer service via email has been slow, and sometimes inaccurate. This unit appears to be the same as the c580, except the 580 has the MSN FM service instead of ClearChannel.
My Palm Treo 680 syncs with Bluetooth quite nicely, after a couple of tries. After that the pairing occurred automatically. I had to "push" the contact list to the c550, as Garmin explains on their site (only once.. it remembers how to get the list). To send a revised or edited contact list you have to unpair the two units and then re-pair them and then "push" the new contact list to the phone.
If I could, I would rate this unit at 4 1/2 stars, but overall it is very, very good.
Great Basic GPS May 22, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased the Garmin C550 about a month ago. It came in very handy on a recent trip to Madison. I wanted something to get places when I travel and for the money this is a nice unit.
The good: portable, afordable, loaded with features including bluetooth and voice turn by turn
The bad: My phone isn't one that the bluetooth works seamlessly with, but I'm hopeful they will add it soon. It thinks my house is on the right, when it's on the left. That's the only thing it has gotten wrong so far.
Overall..great for the average person. I would recommend getting the dash bag mount. The window mount it comes with doesn't hold real well and leaves a ring on the windshield.
Garmin Streetpilot C550 May 21, 2008
Husband is an OTR Trucker and he loves his Garmin! It's been a big help and he says it's been "dead on" for directions. He doesn't have to call me anymore to look locations up at Google Maps or MapQuest :) We tried it on a personal trip we made in the car ... now I want one, too!
Deb
Garmin Charmin May 17, 2008
The versatility and compactness of this unit are excellent. It's user friendly and very easy to use and hard to mess up. I've also experienced very few problems with signal reception.
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