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| Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator | 
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| Brand: Garmin
Category: CE
List Price: $699.99
Buy New: $299.99
You Save: $400.00 (57%)
New (53) Used (1) Refurbished (5)
Avg. Customer Rating:  1254 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Format: Cd
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4.3
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 6.5 x 6.5
nv:Type: Car Kit
Waypoints: 500 with name and graphic symbol
Trip Computer: Average Speed
Trip Computer: Resettable Odometer
Trip Computer: Timers
Trip Computer: Maximum Speed
Inputs: 12/24 Vdc
Display: Color
Touch Screen: Yes
Voice: Yes
Battery Life: 7 hours
Antenna: Flip-up patch
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 010-00540-00
Model: 010-00540-00
UPC: 053759065110
EAN: 0753759061265
ASIN: B000H49LXQ
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just enjoy our Garmin 660 so much!!! July 17, 2008
My husband and I have become very dependent of our Garmin 660. We use it all the time even to places we know, now. But with places we don't it's great to be able to trust it. Not always right on the mark but close enough not to be an issue. Having great fun with it.
 Internal speaker July 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product was returned due to insufficient volume.
Could not hear the verbal instructions.
 Not good for trip planning - excellent bluetooth speakerphone July 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this unit for my daughter to use while driving around in the city. She loves it but I don't. It is excellent for the purpose of navigating from wherever you are to some destination. The screen is beautifully clear, the directions are excellent, and it is intuitive to use. The Bluetooth speakerphone exceeds my expectations. The sound is perfectly clear and the phonebook from the Motorola Razr V3 is presented perfectly on the screen.
However, some users my be disappointed. This unit has a shortcoming shared with most of the nav systems installed by auto manufacturers. It only allows navigation from point A to point B. There is no way to plan a route on a computer and then download it into the unit. I own several other Garmin products that have this desirable feature. I plan routes for motorcycle tours and it is absolutely necessary that I am able to plan a route on the computer and then load it into my GPS unit and the units of my tour riders. The same capability is important for people who want to plan family vacations. The entire Nuvi line suffers from this deficiency. The StreetPilot and Zumo lines from Garmin allow routes to be downloaded. The simple Garmin 18, which has no user interface whatsoever is a good alternative as well, if you are willing to carry your laptop with you. You can plan routes on the laptop and navigate with the Garmin 18 plugged into the USB port.
The Nuvi 660 is a great unit if it does what you want. Just make sure you know what you want it to do. I know one user who bought it and then found out he cannot download routes ito it. That was an expensive mistake for him.
Excellent GPS July 16, 2008
Garmin nuvi 660 GPS is very good. It tells me the direction very precisly. I would definitly recommend this product to others.
 Good but the touch screen has a lot to be desired July 15, 2008
It's a good unit but the one thing most reviews I've ever read totally miss the boat on is the inferiority of the touchscreen (and to a somewhat lesser extent, the overall quality of the hardware itself). It is very last generation -- like Palm Pilot generation, and I am not joking. It is frequent that I have to press the touchscreen two, three even four times for it to register. I've used competing GPS systems from other manufacturers and they range from better to completely blowing it out of the water in this area. It's a shame that the Garmin 660 went the cheap route with a touchscreen that feels 2 or 3 generations behind. There are some other very small annoyances, but this one is the largest grievance for me. And I know there are a lot of you out there that -- in spite of all the legal warnings -- use the device while driving (I'm guilty as charged). Dealing with this sub-par touchscreen while driving will aggravate you, so be aware of this. Yes, as far as GPS routing and all the software functions/features, it is a GREAT device, but it gets 3.5 stars (can't do 3.5 on the star rating so it shows as a 3) because the hardware doesn't quite line up with the robustness of the software.
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