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| GARMIN 010-00522-00 Streetpilot C550 GPS Receiver | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $399.99
Buy New: $149.00
You Save: $250.99 (63%)
New (31) Used (1) Refurbished (5)
Avg. Customer Rating:  333 reviews
Sales Rank: 169
Format: Cd
Platform: Windows
Color: Li-Io
Media: Electronics
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 320 x 240
Display Size: 3.5
Includes MP3 Player: 1
Size: Garmin Part #010-00522-00
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:
 Intuitive, easy to use May 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Very well designed instrument. Bought one for my 80 year old mom, and one for my 75 year old father in law, both near Luddites. They gratefully use it with ease in metropolitan areas and it has given them more confidence to tackle trips. I'm a high-tech pilot and have reviewed many units, and this touch-screen GPS with no buttons is so elegantly simple it belies its sophisticated capabilities. The MP3 is yuppie poser nonsense that only distracts from navigation, but the bluetooth phone is a nice techie touch.
 Pretty Slick! May 3, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this GPS for a company work truck and have so far been pretty impressed by it. It boots up very quickly, is extremely accurate, fast, and quite intuitive.
I generally judge a product's ease of use by being able to use it out of the box without the book. This passes the test! After 5 minutes of playing with it you understand how to get what you need, and it's even easy enough to do as you're driving.
It is loaded with all kinds of great info and has nearly every hotel and place to eat I've asked for. It even finds places that I were almost sure wouldn't be in the unit!
Occasionally, during navigation, it will try to take you on the round-about way or on a path that is obviously not right, but most of the time it's spot-on. I do wish it had the smarts to know when you have given up on its suggested routes; sometimes it will keep telling you to turn around even though you've clearly found a better route on your own.
The unit does have just about every road imaginable in it's database. In fact, I was on an unpaved around in the middle on nowhere and it displayed the name and even the turns in the road were correct.
In the past two months the unit has worked flawlessly. The traffic alert feature is awesome, but I don't know if I will renew the subscription when it expires.
The only features I wish it had were: an odometer (it has a trip meter but on long trips it's nice to reset that often) and lat/long display.
I don't think you can go wrong with this GPS. It's really a fantastic tool for travel!
Great GPS better than Magellan May 3, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this after trying a comparable Magellan which basically sucked. I really like this GPS and it works well. I am not in love with the attachment system, it probably could be re-engineered as I used the included dash disk and it basically fell off after a few weeks. I had to epoxy it to the dash to get it to stay on, but it now attaches fine to the disk.
If you are in California, it is illegal to attach this to the window, so you have to have it in/on the dash.
Do not buy a Magellan. Their tech support is in India and terrible. The units have many quality problems. I bought the one at Costco and returned it after a week. Buy a garmin, you will be glad you did.
Great Product; Great Features. April 20, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
There are so many GPS units out there that choosing the right one was difficult. I was looking for specific features: Portability, FM Traffic/Road Conditions, Bluetooth cell phone link and easy programming. I had the opportunity to try a similar unit that was provided by a rental car company. As I was driving down the highway, it alerted me that a better route was available. I chose to take the alternate recommended route. I later learned that there was huge accident on the freeway that would have delayed me at least one hour if I stayed on my original course. I was also amazed as a approached a construction area, and the device warned me in advance. Remarkable!! This is right out of Buck Rogers.
We own a car with an expensive, built-in $1,800 GPS. It is impossible to program and about 70% of the time, it does not find the right street. It is practically a waste.
The Garmin c550 is perfect for those to need a dependable device that can be easily taken from one car to another.
Worth its weight ... April 17, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I had a Magellen for about 2.5 years, but when it stopped navigating properly, the folks at Magellan said I'd have to drop $275 to fix the processor. Considering I paid $1100 for it, I thought that was a lousy option. So I bought the c550 and am very happy with it. It is very accurate-even more so than my father's in-car unit he has in his Nissan Morano. My father and I recently went on a 180 mile trip (twice in a week) into rural Maryland, once while using my c550 and once in his vehicle. The c550 was able to get us to our destination as well as to some destinatins during side-trips without a hitch. The Nissan's unit, however, had difficulty not only getting us to our destination, but also in re-calculating routes when we changed course.
Another nice feature is the points-of-interests that are preloaded. My Magellan had this, but the interface on the Garmin is much nicer and informative. And, with the built-in Bluetooth, you can make a call right from the Garmin. For instance, on a recent trip to Pittsburgh, my wife and I were looking for an Indian restaurant. I checked in the Garmin under cuisines and located several, all with distance displayed. I chose one then had the Garmin call to see if they were open as we were arriving into town late. They were and it worked out perfectly. We were also able to locate hotel accomodations as we were there unprepared. It saved for a lot of 411 info calls and anxiety for trying to find a place to stay in while in an unfamiliar area.
The traffic feature is nice, but limited to big highways. While driving to Pittsburgh, it was fairly accurate in locating slow traffic. It was correct in one accident that we came upon as well as slow traffic due to construction. The unit comes with a free 6 month trial for the traffic feature, but will cost $60 a year thereafter. I'm not convinced this is a need as of yet.
The bluetooth feature is very nice. It displays the caller's info. It will also link to your phone's address book allowing you to search from the Garmin for a contact. The calls come through clear on both ends. This feature is worth the difference in price IMHO.
As you can see, I am very pleased with my Garmin to say the least. At the time, I thought the Magellan was the bomb, but I now know that I was definitely missing out.
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