Garmin nüvi 360 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Text-To-Speech

This satellite navigator is exactly what I wanted. It's anti reflective screen is excellent in the Florida sun. Also it is small enough, weighs very little and is slim enough to slip into my pocket to take into work. A good buy. The only thing is I wish I could have afforded to buy the larger screen one!

I purchased my Nuvi 360 six weeks ago and I have to say without a doubt it's one of the most useful purchases I have ever made. I absolutely hate driving in a car but since I purchased the Nuvi 360 I have found I can't wait to drive somewhere....anywhere! The accuracy of the Nuvi has been close to perfect. The directions have been perfect. I travel every week and one of the many reasons I love this product is I can easily pack the Nuvi in my luggage and then attach it in the rental car at the city I am going to. This is a huge advantage to buying a new car with a navigation system preinstalled as you are forced to leave the preinstalled unit in the car. Also, updating a preinstalled system is not as simple as the Nuvi. If you do purchase a Nuvi, I highly suggest connecting the Nuvi to the sound system in your car as the speaker is small in the Nuvi and while I had no problem hearing the voice prompts through the small speaker, the MP3 sounds very weak unless it is going through a more powerful sound system. Also, the voice prompts sound a lot better through your radio/sound system. If you have a newer car you should have an auxiliary plug/outlet somewhere on your radio and all you need to do is go to Radio Shack and buy the cable that one end plugs into the auxiliary outlet of your sound system and the other end plugs into the outlet on the Nuvi. One other praise I will give the Nuvi is it actually is very secure when attached to your windshield with the included suction device. I have never had much luck with suction devices as far as really attaching a unit to my windshield and staying in place for more than 2 minutes. With my Nuvi it stays firmly in place until I remove it. I did purchase an after market device that is made for the Nuvi that fits into one of my cup holders on a stand and makes the Nuvi alittle more accessible when I am driving. One thing I wish Garmin had included with the Nuvi was an attachment to hold the Nuvi on my belt at times when I am carrying it while traveling or when I want to use the Nuvi when walking in a large city. This is a great product and well worth the money. You won't regret buying it....I promise!

Experiential viewpoint towards the Nuvi 360...
Driving from Phila to Chicago with a few stops in between was easily managed using only the Nuvi. We drove the entire round trip without a map and without website print outs. I have never drove in Chicago before this trip. If you have ever attempted driving in Chicago, you know it is not easy for non natives: it's like driving on a 1970's circa disorderly circled, multilane Mexican road. We were navigating through 16 lanes of a crisscrossed high/byway system with many of those lanes randomly under construction. You also have to contend with the typical aggressive city drivers: very few give an inch, you have to take it. Doing this with the Nuvi was like having an astute local expert in the front seat guiding every move. Each of those moves was done with uncanny precision and perfection. We used the detour feature several times to get around a few long road blocks. Our constant comments were, "I love this device", "I can't believe that", "Cool", "Wow", etc... I personally hope it takes the rest of America a few decades to catch on so the detour feature retains its value ;-)

The windshield mount
Many people have complained about the windshield mount slips. We did not have any problems with the mount.

What I don't know about the Nuvi 360.
How long will it last. How accurate is it in smaller towns (There was 1 consistent misguide to a hotel in Michigan).

Would I buy this device again?
If I lost it today, I would immediately buy a new one. Until the Acura navigation comes down in price, I will always own a Garmin navigational unit. I now rely 100% on this device when driving in unknown territory: Thank you Garmin!


Just came from my first out of town visit with the Garmin Nuvi 360 in tow. There is nothing else to say but great product. There were a couple of ambigious directions but still got to where we were going. "Recalculating".

The interface is so intuitive you only need the manual for some of the special features such as upgrading software or such. But getting from point A to B is as easy as opening the box and turning it on.

Also I tested the Bluetooth feature and it worked flawlessly after a couple of attempts to set it up. Overall, I really kind not find anything bad with this product. I do believe you have to have the common sense that it will not be absolutely perfect so you will not panic when the directions use some creativity. However, for the most part the Nuvi 360 can't be beat.

PS: get this with your Nuvi. It is exactly what you are looking for. Garmin Portable Friction Mount for Nuvi, StreetPilot I Series & C530, C550 (010-10908-00)

It boots up quick, it's very accurate on positioning. I really like this device. I don't know if the points of interests will ever catch up to the ever changing world we live in. If they do that better, then this device will be perfect. I,m thinking if they had adaptive logic and uplink capabilities...........

I am very satisfied with my 360. I used to use an IPAQ with the GPS module. This is by far more superior. My only complaint is that the Bluetooth speakerphone isnt that great. Not real good speaker, and others complain about the quality of my voice.

Anyhow, this is a great purchase, and Amazon had the best price anywhere.

You won't be disappointed with this.



Beautiful little gadget . Works out of the box .
Was a gift and they loved it . Very user friendly interface , does take a while to get used to someone explaining directions to you , but once you get used to it , it;s a breeze .
Used it for a road trip to a camping site , worked beautifully .

Bluetooth connection wa easy too , automatically synced up the phonebook .The phonecalls show up very clearly on the screen , you can answer or ignore . I wish they had a choice of ringtones , the one they have is pretty boring .

UPDATE - HAVE BEEN USING THIS FOR CLOSE TO A MONTH NOW , NO ISSUES , LINKS UP NICE TO THE SATELLITES , DIRECTIONS ARE VERY ACCURATE , PAIRS UP WITH MY BLACKBERRY WITH NO ISSUES , RECOMMENDED POINTS OF INTERST'S ( POI) COME IN VERY HANDY .....NICE LITTLE FEATURE TO HAVE . ITS A COMPACT WORRY FREE GPS .....DEFINATELY RECOMMENDED

As they say , nothing is perfect , this comes pretty close

I had got a supposedly tidy discount from Costco on the 660 but still sent it back within a day or two. And happily got the Mio C220 instead. Here's why:

a) The Mio has configurable menu options: you can set all the colors for one. You can set the smart zoom settings. You can set the device to report in Cockpit mode either the remaining distance or the ETA, or the time elapsed or distance elapsed. You name it. The 660 has no such thing --- you HAVE to tap the screen at a designated spot to get anything other than ETA.

b) Any POI database is only as good as its categorization. For example, under Dining, the Mio has a separate category for "Indian" (thanks!)and it is up to date. The new Harman Kardons also have "Indian". Whereas the supposedly state of the art Nuvi 660 has Indian restaurants listed either under "International" or even "Italian". And it also still shows a major Bay Area restaurant which we all know closed down over 3 years ago. This is not the backwaters of Alaska, it is California proper. Garmin POI field personnel should stop spending their time at Starbucks I think.

c) The Reroute is much faster on the Mio and it has no awful antenna sticking out either to help it along. Yech!

d) Even the sound quality of the Mio C220 is far better (more treble, pleasant to listen to). The 660 has the waspy sound of a $[...] Shortwave radio of a bygone era. Sorry. This puppy has to go back to the pound (or dollar in this case). Clearly, I am saving a ton of dough too in the bargain.

I am giving it only one star because the other 4 stars were only for brand name/hype. Trust me, don't waste your money.

5 Stars for the gps device itself. It's a great little gadget.

3 Stars overall due to downsizing by Garmin of the user interface.


Pros:

Has SIRF III (1st generation?) so GPS reception is fairly solid even
when under moderate tree cover. Actually I've maintained GPS
functionality even when the signal bars were down into the red.

Seems really accurate as far as GPS location, etc... And I'm not
using the WAAS feature.

Very compact and very portable (wallet size).

You can see your saved favorites (usually just the icons) on the map at
all times regardless of zoom level (at least when free roaming). I am referring
to saved favorites, not custom POI's.


Cons:

Have noticed that the Nuvi 360 has problems aquiring the satellites when
the car is already moving (but only occasionally).

Routing, quite honestly, is awful. My pet monkey (if I had one)
could pick a better route than this device. I just moved to
Los Angeles, and I have a better idea (in most cases) about how
to get to where I'm going than the GPS does - once the Nuvi shows
me where my destination is at.

No user options to set route preference between Freeway, major
road, and minor road. Just shortest route or fastest route, avoid
toll roads, unpaved, etc...

Beware the built in location database. When I first arrived in LA,
the Nuvi helped me look up and go to a few places when I needed
to... then it routed me to a Best Buy that doesn't exist (It turns out
the real Best Buy's aren't even in the Nuvi's database. I did not
know this at the time.).


Major Con (almost a deal breaker):

I personally hate the automatic zoom feature.

When allowing the Garmin to route you to a destination, it
zooms in to a certain preset map resolution when driving,
regardless of where you personally set the map resolution
just a minute before. The Garmin basically won't let you
set your own zoom level. It will just keep overriding it and resetting
the zoom level to it's own built in preference for speed and road type.
Note: This only occurs when routing to a destination. The autozoom
function is disabled if using the GPS as a free roaming device - as I now do.

*And Garmin has eliminated the menu function that allowed you to
turn the autozoom feature off entirely.*


But despite the three stars, I still kept it and am using it.

At least it works and the map is accurate. It really helped out when
we had the fire in Griffith Park and Los Feliz Blvd was shut down. I
would have gotten lost without this little gadget telling me exactly
where I was on the map.

And besides, this series of GPS's are the only ones you can slip
into your pocket and take with you like a wallet.

3 Stars because I can't/won't use it for routing to my destination and
there are no user options to significantly improve the routing capability
so that I can/will use it.

I am very pleased with the item. I left Clearwater Fl and went to Redwood New York and found the NUVI to be a great item. I knew a different route from I 90 to US 17 to Rt 66 to I 81 and when I left the route that the NUVI wanted me to take it readily identified my changes and adapten to the new route. I highly recommed it to everyone, in fact have had 2 more people to purchase one.

Great navigation tool- we flew to Minnesota to drive a vehicle back to Maine. The Nuvi helped route us thru some difficult traffic such as in Chicago which had some major construction going on...Love it!

Even though the maps are obsolete (at least 3 years behind what is happening now) and sometimes you have to make a decision on the spot (roads do change in 3 years), it's an useful instrument (most of the streets are still the same). Especially if you are travelling alone or through areas that you don't know... it's a must have.

I must say that my garmin nuvi 360 is so much more than I expected. It is so accurate and it get's me where I need to go all the time. Thanks for
making that product.

C Joseph.

I bought the nuvi 360 after I briefly used a friend's portable Tom Tom. I had been previously using the "portable" magellan with the gigantic crane arm/suction mount that didn't work without being plugged in. The magellan was a good navigator, but I wanted something portable, compact. This device is great just as a navigator, but the best feature and what makes it worth the price is the hands free bluetooth feature. Works great with my phone, can dial from the screen, shows the caller ID (number only) on screen, will automatically dial numbers from any POI in the device...This nuvi is very lightweight and the built in mp3 player with the navigator on makes it great to carry on exercise walks, runs or bike rides as it will give you your position, average speed, direction, time of travel (including standstill time), max speed ALL while playing your favorite mp3s which you can play right off of any size SD card (you can use the built in speaker, or headphones...the stereo sounds great on headphones). The small suction mount makes it easy to move from car to car. Awesome, buy it, you won't regret it.

The product comed preloaded with the US/Canada/Puerto Rico database. I use it daily just to dicover how little i know the town where I live and things that I did not even know existed. It'size is perfect to even carry it on your pocket or briefcase. I only have good things to say about this little wonder. The only limitation I found was that the additional memory card for a different country (spain) lacks the database to perform as well as in the US, and perhaps that a screen which is 1 inch larger may make it easier to see the info.

This came recommended by a freind - and it measured up to my expectations. The Bluetooth is really cool. Love the ease of use of the touch screen. The windshield mount isn't perfected yet.

I love my Nuvi - it is so groovy.

I owned a top of the line Garmin handheld GPS. It was great, but the screen was small and the user interface was cumbersome.

Nuvi's are personal travel assistants. They are aimed at pedestrian or auto travelers. The 360 has the same great radio as the highend handhelds and the same great maps. But it has a touchscreen and is easy to read. It does MP3s and pictures swell. It has lots of other fun features.

Why pick a 360 over a 660? Size. The 360 fits in my shirt pocket. I carry when I am walking around a strange city. The 660 is bigger, which in a car would be nice. However I use my 360 in the car just fine.

One "feature" is that the receiver shuts off when the antenna is folded down, to save power. However I often like it to leave it on when I am walking or jogging, to keep track of my travel speed walking. So I attached small binder clip over the antenna to keep it open just a little when it is in my pocket.

Also, I use inexpensive plastic screen protectors to protect the screen. (Available through Amazon.) I have used PDAs for over 10 years and these REALLY help to keep the screen from getting damaged.

I can believe it ,i always feel safe when i drive on road,highway and everywhere that i want to come,look like have real people beside me to guide to the rightplace that i want.thank you 360 garmin.
paul pham.

This is my first GPS and I love having a GPS. It's like when I first got my E-Z Pass: I wonder why I didn't get one sooner!

This is so easy to use, I have only read the manual to make sure I didn't forget anything when I hooked it up to my car. I was able to tell it to take me somewhere after powering it up for the first time and I was up and navigating. I did spend time later to find out more features and customizing it just by pressing things on the screen.

There are a whole lot of things I like about the nuvi. Since other reviewers have already talked about them (and you can find out even more about the features on Garmin's site), I'll just list my favorites: text-to-speech (TTS) saying street names, colored 3D view (water is blue, parks are green, etc), points of interest (POI) with address and phone numbers as well as direction and distance from current location, real-time driving statistics (avg MPH, ETA, time stopped, etc), one press operation for the next direction and it automatically goes back to the map, way point insertion via map.

I did wonder whether the bluetooth functionality was worth it since my phone already has a speaker phone function. But I am really glad I got the 360 instead of the 350. If nothing else, it's like having a heads-up caller ID. It also directly accesses my address book on my Blackberry 7105t. So I can receive and make calls without taking my phone out of its holster (which is sometimes a hassle with the seatbelt buckle/jacket/coat in the way). I have my nuvi connected to my stereo via a cassette adapter so I can clearly hear the caller. For privacy, the 360 allows you to send the call back to your phone but it requires three presses on the screen which is a bit inconvenient.

Now for the things I don't like so much:

* Many times, the person on the other side of the call has trouble hearing me. I've ordered the external microphone which will hopefully take care of this.

* The MP3 player works well, but my MP3 files are much louder than the navigation audio. This pretty much makes the MP3 player useless to me while navigating since I would either have to listen to the music much louder than I want or struggle to hear the navigation audio. I've sent Garmin a request to make this adjustable.

* The data is outdated even if "new". I guess this is not specific to Garmin and is the nature of the beast, but I've gotten wrong directions and been taken to places (POI) that no longer exist because the data is basically two years old. Even though they update once a year ($75 each update), by the time a consumer gets it, the data is already closer to two years old. For example, the newest data was released on April 2006 but it wasn't shipped until September 2006. And just because it was released on April 2006, I don't think it means everything was up to date at that time. But that's just conjecture on my part. What I do know is, it lists stores/restaurants in my area that I know were no longer in business way before April 2006. I think some of them even closed in 2005 but they are still listed in my nuvi.

* It's not perfect. It didn't know about a concrete barrier so it kept telling me to go through it. It was trying to get me to go through a private road once. Sometimes the route isn't the best.


Summary:
Even with its flaws, I am glad I bought the 360 as it has given me a greater sense of adventure and security that I will not get totally lost. Instead of spending minutes looking on the web for directions where to go, I just make sure I have the address before I walk to the car. In a 10-day period recently, I drove to a wedding in NJ, to a vacation in NC (Outer Banks) and back to a wedding locally in VA. The nuvi got me to all three places without getting lost once, while some of my friends got lost to some of those places (but they didn't have any GPS).

Product is very intuitive. Three minor issues:
. GPS is a bit confuse when first starting it in non-moving vehicle, you need a sense of whether you need to go west, north or east/west
. I have not yet found a way to find a POI when driving if I want that POI to be in abut 30 miles, next to an exit and I do not know the name of the next city coming up
. In rural areas,the GPS probably estimates the location of a specific street number and can be incorrect

Overall however, it is really great and we use it all the time. It has been very helpful in major metro areas and I would strongly recommend it to anybody looking for a GPS

Use this all the time with cell phone for hands-free talk. Works great! Used to own a Sony GPS but this is far superior. When one misses a turn, (I did it with both just to see what would happen) this one never skips a beat, just refigures the route and tells the next place one can turn to get to ones destination. It will continue refiguring as long as one misses the turns. One can choose either a male or female voice. A nice feature. I like the ease of putting in the destination address. FAR superior to the Sony in that department! I am in love with this product! Since I have absolutely no sense of direction, this has been a Godsend!

$440 is definitely a lot of money, but Garmin Nuvi 360 is worth it. It is an awesome GPS navigator. Not only it will tell you directions, but it has tons of other features. Navigation itself is pretty good. I bought it few weeks ago, but already drove almost 900 miles with it, and never had any problems. It is pretty accurate and extremely easy to use.

What makes it even better is MP3 player, the so8und quality is very good, much better of what I expected. Also picture viewer is a very neat thing. Another very nice feature is of course bluetooth. When I am driving I almost always listening to music, and I never can hear my phone ringing, but with Nuvi it shows on the screen if someone is calling me, very nice.

Bottom line is, it is a lot of money, but if you can afford it, it is a must have, especially if you are as bad with directions as I am.

This product is awesome. Worth the money, the product is very intuitive. I havent tried the bluetooth aspect of it because my car is bluetooth.

The garmin gps is very easy to use and has a lot of features more than I thought. Looking for a gas station, bank, restaurant or any other places you want to go is just a matter of programming your gps and it is very easy to do so.I really recommend this to anybody.

I have owned the Garmin Nuvi 360 for about one month now and I am still amazed at the performance of this little gem. I am impressed with the amount of information that can be packed in such a small package. It has worked flawlessly. The speed in which it acquires the satalite signal is impressive. The map which is included in the software is more than adequate, however the price of additional maps if needed for other countries is excessive.

This is one of the greatest investments I have made in a while. I recently moved from Mississippi to Pennsylvania and this GPS has made getting used to the town very simple. It will find restaurants, grocery stores, gas stations, bars, and so much more. Forget getting lost. As soon as you make a wrong turn (which can only result from you not paying attention) the GPS automatically recalculates your route. If you are in heavy traffic, just hit detour on the screen and it will find a different route for you. This thing is amazing and I highly recommend it for its ease of use and usefulness.

I normally use Street Atlas on a laptop for GPS directions when traveling.
However my daughter has a Mac and can't use Street Atlas so I purchased this product. Before she used it, I experimented with it. I found that it had fewer options to plan a trip than Street Atlas does and I found it more difficult to find alternate routes. It seems to allow only one via.
When she went to use it, we were not able to get it attached by the suction cup either to the windshield or to the dashboard mount.
We are going to Europe and I look forward to trying the language translation ability and the directions in Italy but have not yet purchased them.
She found it helpful on her trip although it did route her into a parking lot.
I gave it three stars but it's on the high end of three.


Easy to use right out-of-the-box! Good battery life and great size. I've used it locally and long distances and it has always gotten me there, although sometimes it doesn't take the shortest route. If I was asked what needs to be improved on the 360 it would be to update the POI's...It has some places that are no longer open and doesn't have newer establishments. #2 - the bluetooth is not worth the extra $50. The voice quality and volume are low.

IMOHO...Get the 350...you'll have a great little GPS unit and save $50!

I am not prone to writing reviews nor do I pretend to be an electronics aficionado but this device deserves the highest rating on all levels. It is simplistic to use without even reading the manual. The response time if you go off course is almost immediate, with a quick reroute. I cannot discuss POI's and whether every restaurant or gas station etc.in the US is in the device; I will leave that to those individuals who require the concierge functions of this device to comment on such, but be that as it may, if you need a device to get you where you want to go this is the device. I have owned two other portable GPS devices 1 was a PDA that was supposed to function as a GPS, it was so complicated to use that by the time it would take to program in your destination you would have arrived there. The 2nd device was an Iway350, it was easier to program than the PDA but had many failings, first it took an inordinately long time to locate the satellites, I live in South Florida so there is no interference from tall buildings as one might have in NYC. Second areas (towns and streets)that have been well established, for many years, are not in its data base. Off course response time can take minutes to recalculate, the machine locks up frequently; I even had to send the Iway350 back to be unlocked and reprogrammed with the newest version of their software which was to no avail. As these devices are not inexpensive one should learn from the experience of others, this is truly a phenomenal device at a reasonable cost.


Only problem I have is with suction cup - it doesn't hold this unit for long.


Have had the 360 about 6 months now. Just love it. No problems. Works exactly as advertised. Easy to use. Screen has very bright colors maps. Talks to you, "In 200 ft turn right on Maple St.", etc. Got photos stored on it. Now downloading audio books and listening to them as I drive. Also bring it in my house and listen. Battery, car hook up, or house electric. Best product I have bought in awhile.

MAPS OUTDATED, HARD TO PROGRAM MULITIPLE destinations in to route. It looks for first turn instead of alternate faster routes. I like the size and carrying case. The voice is terrible. I tend to look at a map and plan route rather than relying on this. I am a realtor.

I love my Garmin Nuvi 360- I just wish I would have had it months ago! It's wonderful. I enjoy every minute of it, the touch screen is easy, setup is easy, everything it so easy. I really didn't even have to read the manual that much, but my boyfriend made me. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

I HAD A GARMIN BEFORE BUT THIS ONE KICK A--. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL WANT TO GET MP3 MUSCI, BLUETOOTH, AND SO MUCH MORE GET IT YOU WILL LOVE IT, AND OH YEA YOU WILL NEVER GET LOST AGAIN.. THE BEST !!!

I just used Nuvi 360 for 2 weeks in Germany. It put me in front of every address with no problems what so ever. I have to give it the highest rating.
George

I like everything about the Nuvi360 so far, except the map. And It just happened to be the most important thing and the reason for these devices. I was in Dallas last week, and it could not find a Papasitos restuarant that has been there for the last 10 years. Routing is also weird. Intead of suggesting one turn, it tries to take me through a subdivision with bunch of turns.

As a prevous user of other GPSes, I found the map disappointing. So I am still trying to decide if I will keep it.

Other than that, everything else is wonderful. Screen is clear and sharp, comes with a nice set of tools. Bluetooth function works perfectly and took no time to set up with my Blackberry. Nav software is super easy to use, adding your own POI is simple.

I will update this once I know more about the unit.

5/30/07:

Well, the GPS's going back to Amazon today. I must have a bad one because it seems to take longer to sync with the sattelites. Yesterday it would not sync until 10 minutes into the ride.

After a few weeks of use, my opinon is the same. The device is great, probably among the best, but the map is very disappointing. It could not find the Lexus dealer. I used to have a cheaper GPS that used TeleAtlas map and the map was much better. Don't believe it when people said TeleAtlas is developed by a Europpean company. NavTeq map, which Garmin used, is not as complete. That explains the weird routing on the Garmin.

Anyway, it's too bad. I really like the Nuvi 360. But there is no point if I am not satisfied with the map.

Our first gps was the Garmin Nuvi 660. We added a Nuvi 360 for a second car, although the devices easily move from car to car, because we often use the two cars separately for days at a time.

Now, we've purchased a second 360 for another car.

The Nuvi series is functional, intuitive, responsive, and versatile. Supremely portable, useful devices that deliver what they advertise. Quite apart from the excellent navigation functions, we've enjoyed the MP3/Audible Books/bluetooth features a lot more than we ever expected to.

And Amazon's prices are usually comparable to or superior to the online discounters (be sure to account for shipping!)

I like it overall. I think it's beats the socks off of its competitors out there. So, I won't go into too much positive details on this. Instead, I'll just mention some negative things so that the future buyer knows what's up. First, the speakers on this model is tiny. So the voice instructions come out quite distorted during highway speeds because you have to raise the volume up. (mine is on the 1 notch down from max setting) And forget about driving with your windows down. Second, the windshield mount is excellent. Dash mount is good if you are installing it on a level surface. Nowadays, however, not many things on the car are "level". So the windshield option may be the only way. Testing out the bluetooth phone feature, which works relatively well, I found that the microphone on the unit isn't very sensitive in picking up voice. So the person listening to your voice has a hard time.
I have no other faults for this thing. It's worth every dime. I would go with thing over the more expensive model. The other features likse FM transmitter and traffic info. really don't work very well, IMO.

The basic nagivator features on the Nuvi are quick and easy. I bought mine for vacation travel as well, and it performed beautifully in Italy with the additional maps I purchased. We also used it to walk to the various sights in Rome, but be careful if you're on foot - Nuvi assumes you're in a car, so it avoids taking you down one-way streets. This can make for a longer route sometimes. I also bought the additional Language Pack but wasn't so thrilled with it's awkward and frustrating lack of words and phrases. We managed better with a phrase book.

This product is terrific. Other than a few crazy ivans it's pulled on occassion, it's accurate, easy to use, fast and easily readable.

I had factory installed nav system on my last car, and the Garmin Nuvi is by far a better system with more options, and it's portability can't be beat.

The Garmin Nuvi has been the coolest gadget I have bought online.
It has been a wonderful driving experience with Garmin Nuvi 360 model and
the bluetooth feature has only enhanced its utility value.
I will strongly recommend ppl to buy this GPS.



Very easy to use!

Compact & easy to use.
No issues so far.


This is a wonderful product. I use it all the time and it works great. It's something I should've gotten a long time ago. Everything about it is so easy to use and plenty of neat features.

Great navigation, don't really use much of the other features. The bluetooth is convenient, but since I don't use this everyday, it's not so practical. I one complaint I have is that the sound is not loud enough. If the radio is on, it is sometimes difficult to hear when a turn is coming up.
All is all though, I've been very happy with it.


I purchased this for my daughter, who is a college student. She loves it.

Immediately after the purchase, we took a trip to the San Francisco area.
It worked well every where except downtown SF. The reviews I read said that this model worked well in Manhattan. So, I expected it to work in SF. It could not locate some major streets. In fairness, I should say that I tested it in only one area of the downtown.

The voice directions are very clear and easy to follow. The screen is bright and visible in bright day light. The blue tooth connection for the cell phone worked well.

I wish it came with a belt clip.
I was afraid of dropping it while walking through downtown.

If I needed another one, I will buy this again.

GPS device unbelievable! I couldn't ask for a more responsive and accurate device. 'time to destination' 95% accurate (could account for red lights a bit better though), trip recalculation takes seconds (if you've ever used VZ Navigator you know how long this can take). The only downside has been the suction mount has had trouble staying on when consistently moving from one (rental) car to another. Other than that, 5 bold stars

WARRANTY SERVICE REQUIRED
List of problems:
Online update failed. Still will not update.
Saved coordinates at Oxford Valley Mall in PA and proceeded to NY. When returning via the saved coordinates, I was taken 80 miles away from the coordinates. This cost me 3 hours and 160 miles total return trip.
One time, on another long road trip, it behaved as if I had avoid highways selected. I didn't know any better so I kept following the directions. Eventually I realized something was wrong as no avoidances were set and I was clearly taking the 'scenic route'. I had to do a restore and then directions adjusted. This cost me several hours in time as well. I would have been better off using a map and my instincts rather than relying on electronic equipment that does not function as advertised.
I am extremely disatisfied with the performance of this product and require a replacement or repair.
Also, the window mount easily broke on one side while being adjusted. Now, the nav would just hang limp, so I have to hold it in my lap. Overall, this has been a very frustrating experience and for the money I paid for it, I expect much, much more than a glorified 2.5" map that gives bad directions.


Everything one could want in getting you where ever you want or need to go!

Garmin Nuvi 360 Pocket Vehicle GPS Navigator and Personal Travel Assistant

This product is just great! Works when you need it. Since its portable you can get directions even when walking around. It did make mistakes when I was driving around in Austin, TX. But worked like a charm in other places. The bluetooth worked with my phone and is just sweet! If you have music running the Nuvi360 pauses it when a call comes through or if it has to announce the directions. If you are using your phone via bluetooth the volume reduces and the directions are announced. This product is well designed and just rocks.

i bought the nuvi to use on a trip to Arizona. the nuvi directed me to every place i wanted to go without an error. it was especially useful in Tucson which is pretty spread out. i know find i use it quite a bit at home to find better directions than what i know and to find new places. this makes mapquest obsolite.

This Nuvi360 is just Ok, not so great I have thought. Slow recalculatings and it has sometimes directed to a wrong way or totally wrong direction. Need to be reset in order to get back normal mode.


Garmin sets the standard for GPS systems. The Garmin nuvi 360 is my 6th Garmin---four of them were for aviation---one for camping---this one for road travel. The 360 is simple to operate and very compact. I highly recommend the Garmin 360. By the way, Garmin really backs there GPS's.

I have to admit that I hesitated when it was time to click on the "purchase item" button, not being sure of the cost/benefit outcome........ THIS PRODUCT HAS FAR EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS, and I would purchase it again, in a heartbeat

I bought this product as a birthday present for my husband. He loves it. Graphics are clear, routes are on target and he can play MP3 on it. Routes are clearly labelled. I use it to share digital pictures when on vacation. I shopped around online and in stores and found this price to be the best even with 2 day shipping costs included.

Easy to use, but somewhat erratic. I recently used it to go to an address that I've been to many times before, and know how to get to, and it showed me another route that shaved about 5 miles off the 75 mile trip. But for the return home, the initial route ploted by the GPS was the longer route; which I ignored and backtracked the shorter way. If you want to use the Nuvi to listen to books, I would suggest you get the more expensive model that works with your car stereo as the speaker in this model is fine for getting directions, but that's about it.

This is an excellent product. Very easy to use and set up is a breeze. It would have been nice if the company provided a grill mount along with the dashboard mount. The non changeable battery is also a drawback. I was quite surprised by the suggestion in the instruction manual that once the battery has expired its useful lifespan, it needs to be disposed off properly. Which means that the unit has to disposed of since the battery is non-removable. Kind of expensive if you ask me, to have to change the device rather than the battery. I wonder why the engineers who developed this incredible device could not think of a removable lithium ion battery just like in cell phones.

Great portable GPS unit.
Excellent coverage - I have traveled in remote areas of West Virginia and this unit has not steered me wrong once. Detour functioned well the one time I used it in South Florida to get around a major traffic backup on I 95 near Ft Lauderdale.
Very good functionality - user friendly and intuitive controls. Garmin needs to fully develop and integrate real route planning (multiple stops) into its units though. Points of interest are generally good but really highlight the chain stores not the mom and pops and local businesses. Phone numbers would be a nice addition as well.
Battery life is really good.


my husband bought a gps and he is really happy about it he likes it very much , it is very easy to used ,it is so easy , i recomand this to everybody becouse , you could never get lost unless you dont hear the voice ,and now that i remember you could put a women voice or a man voice ,you could download music from the computer ,it is cool it is super cool you all should have this.

As a mom of two speech/debate teens, we frequently travel and are in need of help finding our way. I find it much easier to enter my destination address and receive step-by-step turns than try to read a map while driving. My favorite feature is the selection for local addresses categorized by shopping, attractions, hospitals, intersections, etc. While in Naperville, IL this past week, I was able to find a garden center, department store, grocery store, hotel and Starbucks by using the local "where to" feature. Another feature I enjoy and frequently use is the "recent selections" button. Here I can select an address I've been to before and get there without having to retype the address again from the beginning point. For frequently travelled addresses there is a save feature. There are many other wonderful features about the Nuvi, some of which I haven't used yet. I only have three complaints: (1) you must engage the radar if you want the Nuvi to take you somewhere via satellite. IOW, there is no automatic radar system; (2) the keyboard is not QWERTY enhanced (but I believe later models are); (3) only a few times the system will crash and I have to reset it. The recovery is quick, but still an aggravation especially if I'm at a critical turn. I believe this crash has something to do with the bluetooth software loaded in the system (as the error message indicates). Overall, I'm happy with the Nuvi and would upgrade to another Nuvi later if needed.

The Nuvi 360 was another milepost on my journey to find a GPS unit with all the features I want. In the end I took it back, because it gives too few options, expecially when editing the routes it creates.

The 360 was a very zippy unit, grabbing satellite aquisition fairly fast and calculated routes quickly. The redraw on the map while scrolling is pretty slow, however. In all, I was pretty happy with the response of the unit.

The problem comes after you've created your route. You might be one of those people who are more than content to just take the route the GPS unit gives you, and be happy with it.

However, I live in a big city, and lack the FM traffic feature. So, when I make a route, there are definitely roads I like to avoid, that have construction, would be just too busy at that time of day, ect, ect. With other GPS units I have used, it's a simple matter to bring up the street itinerary and exclude portions that will slow you down. You cannot do this with the Nuvi, however. Yes, you can exclude highways or only use highways or whatnot. But this isn't enough for me, I need the ability to exclude certain portions. The route calculation for this unit is pretty good, but not perfect enough to have me always not wanting to edit where it wants to take me. You can recalculate the route, but generally it only gives two or so different ways to go, and I'm still wishing I could make changes.

So if you're like me and wish to occasionally get deep and dirty with route editing, don't get a Nuvi. The other thing was the small screen in comparison with the 4" plus screened units that are being released these days for less money. Looking at the Nuvi compared to these units is like trying to read directions from a postage stamp. Also, the sound is very low, even at top volume setting.

Me, I'm still wandering the GPS market.

The unit I purchased would lock up the screen. Garmin did not provide any solution. Thanks to Amazon, they were very professional and offered a replacement of the product. They were very prompt in shipping the replacement even before they received the defective unit back. Thanks to Amazon.com

A recent long car trip proved the worth of my new GPS unit. It easily navigated us through and around major cities and back roads between them. I would say the maps and information in the Garmin are not as up to date as one would like. we found several roads and intersections that had been rebuilt and revised since the Garmin maps were created. Several restaurants were some years out of date and were closed or changed names. The unit worked perfectly, was pretty easy to use and understand and the out of date maps were seldom if ever a big problem. All in all, a good buy.

I got this product 2 months back. When I search for FedEx n Paja johns it never showed me the address. FedEx it shows branch 500 miles from here.. Can get a better GPS with same features for lesser price. I spent $530 on this peice, its a waste

We truly enjoy going places now more than ever. The size of this GPS is great, it slips into my purse or my husbands shirt pocket. It might be only us, but the only trouble we have had so far is being able to put in a RT # to travel, or the shortest route...other gps do have this option,
I do like the fact that you can get all kinds of info about a city while traveling, we just did the east coast, from maine to florida. great investment.


My nuvi has changed my life on 2 counts. I can actually navigate myself on road trips and it has offered me new confidence to my previously electronically challenged state.
This little device is so easy to program and I no longer get lost in a parking lot.
I will soon have the opportunity to allow it to navigate me (with a map upgrade) through multiple stops on a upcoming business trip to Australia.
You cannot go wrong!

The Nuvi tells you the street names which really makes a difference.
The touch-screen makes it easier to use than other models with buttons.
I have recently used a Magellan in a rented car and I was really happy that I had spent more to get my Nuvi.

The only negative point of the Nuvi is that the screen scratches easily.


There's not much I can add to the other glowing reviews. There's just a couple of things I wanted to mention that I thought would be helpful. 1. For those concerned about mounting the Nuvi 360 with the windshield mount....I purchased from Amazon a friction mount that is designed specifically for the Nuvi series. It is easy to use, very stable, and needs no extra kits or anything. It mounts directly to the Nuvi and makes the Nuvi even more portable--easy to move not only to other cars, but also to easily take off the dash and hide out of sight. Garmin Portable Friction Mount for Nuvi and StreetPilot C Series (010-10908-00) 2. The bluetooth connection has worked amazingly well for me. I hear everything very clearly and more importantly, those on the other end also can hear me very well. They have had no complaints about the quality of sound at all. I'm using a Motorola Razor and it paired easily and the download of the phone book is such a time-saver! It was worth the extra $50 for the bluetooth feature over the Nuvi 350. 3. Oh, and it navigates really well, too!

This GPS is quite useful. There are some surprising uses, like finding food when visiting friends or a bank while traveling. If you are rough on things be careful with the connector that holds the car charger to the back (it will break if you don't release it before trying to remove the GPS). Note the price on these has dropped rapidly, and if you need traffic the once with MSN service might be a better value (when the price comes down).

We just got our Nuvi and so far , so good. It is small and compact, good speaker. The screen picture is great. It was a toss up between this is and the 350 - the only differenct being bluetooth. Since we happen to have one of the phones compatible we got the 360 - not much price difference between the two either. If you don't have a compatible bluetooth phone go with the 350 to save a few bucks. We looked at a lot of GPS systems and really disliked the ones that were bulky , the Nuvi is sleek and small, very nice product.

I purchased this Nuvi 360 from Amazon after extensive research and comparison to comparable products, specifically the Tom Tom 910 at the forefront of my research. Unfortunately, my first Nuvi 360 arrived DOA from Amazon but they were very quick to issue a replacement and took the non-working device with absolutely no hassle! This GPS device has been pretty darn accurate with only a minor level of inaccuracy at a particularly tricky intersection. I would say that it is probably 98%-99% accurate with finding and directing from my experience but the recalculation is very quick and will correct promptly if a mistake is made. Portability, form, function and ease of use are all synonymous with the Gamin Nuvi 360. In addition, Gamin support has been excellent with any questions I have had with the various optional maps available. I am even using this product with a Mac and it has performed outstandingly considering Gamin has been slow to the table with a designated Mac interface for the Mapsource software.
Intel based Macintosh +Parallels VM Software +Garmin Nuvi = Trouble free Navigation mapping. I purchased this to support our standard automobile maps used during North American road trips but was elated to discover that this will also be a plus while traveling abroad overseas when used with the optional European Maps. Don't walk but run and get one of these devices, as it is a tremendous navigational tool!!

A frustrating product. The hard stuff - Sat acquisition, POI database - it does very well. It fails on the simple stuff: getting $1 plastic parts to work. There is no way to mount it; Windshield mounts are illegal in Calif and regardless this mount does not stick, is hard to get the 360 to attach to, and is rumored to not stand up to sun very well. I bought the friction "sand bag" adapter and the 360 does not even fit. I am very disappointed.

P.S. a UI flaw - if you wonder why you are not hearing street names, use/google English (TTS)

I'm one of the earliest baby boomers and not so familiar with all the modern electronics so when I decided to take a chance and rely solely on the written reviews and ordered the nuvi 360 I was hoping it was all that they said. I am not at all dissapointed!!! It works wonderfully. But the best part is that you don't have to be a genius to operate it. It's simple and so easy "a caveman can do it." The holder that attaches to the windshield is strong and secure, the screen is large enough and bright, and the volumes is more than adequate for the normal ear.
I turned it on, let it do it's thing, typed in an address for a new customer way out in the boonies of New Hampshire, got into my car in Massachusetts, and it told me exactly what to do from my driveway on, and I arrived on schedule with no incident. My Verizon phone works fine through the bluetooth option, (except for the address book being transferred...no big deal), but the speaker phone is loud and clear etc. This is one modern gadget I can live with and even enjoy!!

We got the Nuvi after being hopelessly lost leaving Newport, RI on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I have been a long time user of the NeverLost whenever I rent from Hertz. So far, I found the Nuvi just as intuitive but I missed the option to select quickest route vs. most frequent used highway, etc.



Everything that i expected in a GPS was found in the Nuvi 360. I wasn't sure if i wanted the bluetooth functionality, but decided to go ahead and splurge the few extra dollars. That turned out to be a good decision since its very handy. Though the GPS takes about 2 to 3 minutes in acquiring the satellites, i've never lost the signal. Sometimes when i'm on the road above the Holland tunnel, it thinks i'm in the tunnel. But then i just ignore it's directions, and then it recalculates & comes up with the right directions. Otherwise, the directions it gives are very accurate and has taken me safely through unknown territories :) For those who are thinking about getting a GPS for the first time, i would recommend this one as it's one of the best ones out there in this price range.
Pros:
Accurate tracking (most of the time)
Good voice clarity & volume
Bright & easy to see screen, even in sunlight
Hands free dialing
MP3, Photo viewer, Language Translations, etc (though i don't use these)

Cons:
Takes a few minutes to acquire satellites (don't know how it compares to other brands in this aspect)
Makes mistakes sometimes (like how i described above)

But overall, it's a great buy & would strongly recommend to anyone...

Although the Garmin Nuvi 360 doesn't always go where I think it should, it gets me there. And if I stray off the path it wants to send me on, it recalculates quickly, almost as if it knows where I want to go.

I bought the friction mount Garmin Portable Friction Mount for Garmin GPS Units (010-10306-00) which I like better than having it stuck on the windshield or rather permanently on the dashboard.

Oh yes, you can pair it with your bluetooth-enabled phone and make and receive calls. Very cool.

Most of the reviews for the model 350 have already said what I have to say, so there's not much to add. You do get a free Audible book (two "small" ones or one big one) which you can listen to if while you travel. You are required to sign up for a trial Audible membership, but after you've downloaded your book, you can cancel on-line. (I bought Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything which I had already read, but want to re-visit). A Short History of Nearly Everything

In sum, the Nuvi 360 is one of the coolest "toys" I've ever owned. Just don't let it distract you too much. You won't be able to take your eyes off it, even though it speaks very well on its own. (P.S. My wife and I agree that "Jack" is an easier voice to understand than "Jill".


Wanted to buy the nuvi-350 but got hooked on to this for the bluetooth functionality. Great help for handsfree talking on the phone.works out of the box. Apart from the intial slow load times of satellites sometimes,I have not had any other issue with this GPS.Strongly recommend

I bought this in anticipation of a trip to North Carolina, a state I was not at all familiar with. The setup was amazingly simple, i.e. you just turn it on, choose a language, let it locate the satellites, and put in your destination. It calculates the rest. A great product, I just wish it were waterproof so that I could use it on the motorcycle.

This was far the costliest buy I did on Amazon. Product was delivered on time and in mint condition. I am new to the US and I am glad I bought the Garmin 360. Very easy to get started, I could figure it all in 15 mins and comes pre-installed with maps. So really no configuring to do other than synchronize the blue tooth with your phone. Another advantage is the size, small enough to carry in your pocket.

All in all a good buy, worth the money.


Very handy indeed. I have been using this navigator since a month now and I can't imagine travelling anywhere without this on me. Only problem I can find is some of the Voice Assistance (tts) appears to break up or sounds kinda shaky. Otherwise 5 stars.

THIS PRODUCT IS JUST FINE . IT WORKS VERY WELL AND GETS YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO GO. HOWEVER, IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT YOU CAN NOT SEE THE MAP ON THE SCREEN. IF IT WAS NOT FOR THE VOCAL PROMPTS AND TEXT FOR SPEACH IT WOULD BE USELESS IN BRIGHT LIGHT.

I BOUGHT IT FOR MY WIFE AND SHE LIKE IT. WITH OUT NUVI 360 SHE WON'T MOVE ANYWHERE. THERE IS SMALL COMPLAIN ABOUT BLUETOOTH, FOR YOU IT'S VERY GOOD, BUT FOR THOSE WHO IS CALLING A LOT OF NOISE AND ECHO.

I am very pleased with the purchase and operation of the Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS. My business involves locating and travelling to homes within several nearby cities and towns and the Garmin has been infallible. I was somewhat skeptical of the use of a touch screen but am a believer now. This GPS unit is much easier to use than the factory built in GPS in my Jeep Grand Grand Cherokee. One of the main reasons I purchased this unit was the Bluetooth function for use with my cell phone. Pairing was quick and easy and works very well. The only minor area for improvement is the speaker volume which sometimes makes it a little difficult to hear a caller or the verbal directions. I use this GPS in my truck and Jeep Wrangler which both have significant road noise. I suspect the volume would not be a concern when using the unit in a car which has much less road noise. I would highly recommend consideration of this GPS unit if you are in the market for a moderately priced portable GPS.

It works well most of the places but it often makes mistaks when I was in remote area.

I bought my unit one week ago and i did not read the instruction manual yet and I could use all the advertised features and more.... very small easy install in the car it already loaded with many restuarants and shops (I'm living in Kuwait).

I liked it



I bought this so I could stop renting the NeverLost system from Hertz, and have found it to be absolutely excellent. Easy to use interface, the text-to-speech system generally pronounces street and place names well, and it's easy to find places of interest (like restaurants, hotels, etc) near your current location, along your current route, or near your destination. In addition, it's a small unit (although the screen size is fine), so it's easy to carry if you're walking around an unfamiliar town, rather than driving.

Fully recommended.

I was deciding between this model and the newer widescreen version with built in FM transmitter. This one was less expensive and more portable than the other, I don't miss the extra screen space and I don't think I would use the FM transmitter capabilities. So this product is 5 stars for me.

We purchased this product for our son at his new car auto dealership. It is a superior product and better than any other navigator we have in our cars...including our new Bentley. It is intuative, easy to use and has extensive features. It worked right out the box, is used continually every day and has never failed.

I gave this to my wife as her birthday present, initially she didn't see the need for it, after a few weeks the advantages of having it handly quickly became apparent to her. Now she says is a wonderful gift. The size is perfect for portability, good resolution, voice directions are good, bluetooth is somewhat decent, have not played with the bluetooth too much, however the few instances we used it, we had to speak loud and clear so we could be understood in the other end.

I recieved the Garmin NUVI 360 as a birthday gift and I must say this is one cool toy. As a traveling mechanic, I go from one jobsite to another and trying to find an address using a map is difficult at best! Never having used a navigation system before, I thought they where expensive and troublesome to use, Boy was I wrong. This this is kick A--!! I still make wrong turn, but it corrects automatically, and WOW, I can go anywhere from anywhere.

Now, the good and bad about the Garmin NUVI 360. The good is that the unit is compact, easy to use and is user friendly. The sounds are easy to hear and understand, and can be repeated as often as needed. The customer service dept. was friendly when there was a problem and very easy to deal with.
The area's that need improving are the short battery life when not pluged in. They say 4-8 hours, I say about 3 hours if your lucky- No big deal in my case. Another problem I had was with the poor quailty of the car charger, I broke mine unwrapping it and had to purchase a replacement from a chain store until Garmin could ship out a free replacement (they have been redesigned since then and I was shipped a new design- Much better). Also the cost of additional items from Garmin if you want to move the unit from car to car (work van to vacation car)- the mounting disc and mounting base are pretty expensive. The sound quailty of the bluetooth phone option is not great but it does work. The map could be a little easier to understand but I think that is a mapping problem and not a Garmin problem- It may happen with all the units.

Over all, I could see this as a GREAT gift for anyone, and everyone would be thrilled to get one. I would and have recommended this unit to my friends and family and my uncle purchased one and a friend purchased one. DON'T LEAVE HOME WITH-OUT IT!!

This product works flawlessly. Very easy to use with the touch screen display. We used it on a recent trip to Colorado. We used it to find our lodging, meals and even a movie theatre. Directions are accurate and clear. I am using the Nuvi 360 for work and travel.

I bought this GPS for me, after buying a 350 for my wife! I absolutely love the bluetooth integration--POI dial, phonebook dial, manual dial--it's all there, and very intuitive. This is an extremely handy portable GPS unit that is perfect for finding ANYTHING. Buy one TODAY!!!

I usually get pretty good products from amazon. But this time I am in bad luck. There is obviously something wrong of this product - I can't turn it on after taking it for a test drive after one hour. I thought it was because the battery was low. As I was unwrapping the cable in the car to charge the battery, something fell off. I looked closer, the tip of the cable was broken! I was on a small street of SF, and I had no sense of direction. Boy, it took me long time to figure out how to get out of there without GPS as I could not turn on the thing. I was not happy about that. It was good that amazon refunded the money to me, but I still have to pay a shipping fee of $18.00 which is not refunded.
Lesson learned: always test your product thoroughly within 30 days of purchase.

This is a very sleek model and all the features of this are really useful and functioning very well.

This product accurately shows your location and cross streets as you drive. It's nice that it actually tells you street names in it's instructions rather than how may feet. I have used the included Bluetooth and it it an excelent added safety feature not to be holding your phone when driving.

I bought this product for my daughter for the holidays. She and her family recently moved to Richmond and was having a difficult time manuvering about the city. I researched every brand and every model. This model, the 360, provided me with a substantial monitor, had Blue Tooth accessibility, as well as the ability to subscribe to a Traffic Alert program. My daughter can't thank me enough, and is constantly telling me this is the best present ever. The map has never been wrong, and she loves the restaurant feature. She also likes the fact it is compact and fits nicely in her purse when away from her car. Her friend liked my daughter's Garmin so much she had our boyfriend go out and buy her one. The product is addicting!

After using this GPS product for about 1 month, I would say it's helpfulness is about 95 percent. An illogial choice still occurs 5 percent of the time: the illegal turn, less-than-optimum route, known traffic bottlenecks not avoided, etc.

The pronoucement of turns in advance is one of the most useful features. Off course if you truly don't know where you are going, then you just have to trust the device

Easy to install and remove from windshield mount. I mounted lower left front windshield, which works well.

Just in checking it out I typed in Hospital. It quickly provided names and distances to nearby hospitals. One more click and it provided directions. Also works for places like McDonalds. Very nice when traveling away from home.

The Nuvi 360 is great and has showed me faster routes on my day to day drives. Little bit of an issue with the battery when it is on the brightest setting, but that can be fixed by diming it a little. Other than that it is fantastic and much cheaper to buy on Amazon than at Best Buy or places like that.

It took me months of reviews and research before deciding on this unit. I wanted the Bluetooth otherwise I would have purchased the Nuvi 350. It is a real neat unit and it has been a wonderful time saver. I have lived in my town for the past 15 years and did not know that other routes existed until I hooked up my Nuvi 360. I am finding different (some shorter) routes and back roads circumventing my normal daily main roads. The Nuvi 360 is well designed and well made and it does everything it says it will. Although it is not waterproof it will be attached to my motorcycle for my numerous trips this spring thru the fall. Please check out the Garmin website and register your unit and for fellow motorcycle riders download the motorcycle icons for swithing from the car to your ride. I strongly recommend this unit.

The prices are finally coming down on this amazing device! After trying out a few GPSs, this is the one.

Loads up fast. Great car kit. Maps are preloaded and SD slot is free to use. MP3 player- can listen while navigating. Can sync with computer. Bluetooth is compatible with my cell phone. I couldn't get it to work with TomTom. Touch screen is great. Maps are nice- accurate. Portability is nice. Don't know how long battery power lasts because I haven't taken it out of the car very often. I recommend this one!

After owning the 340c for a year, I was happy to upgrade to a "more complete" auto product, and passed my orig Garmin to another family member.

Everything else you've read about the high quality and user-friendliness of all Garmin products is completely true...and I'd recommend all of them for any GPS purposes. But the "Personal Travel Assistant" unique features are not up to the GPS standard.

I just returned my Nuvi 360 - for two reasons:
1) The speaker is simply not good enough to listen to MP3 or AudibleBook in a car going over 30 MPH. (Toyota Camry LX) Garmin could fix this with any earphone jack - so I could connect to my car stereo. Why didn't they do this in the first place -- I would also want this feature for walking down the street...why force everyone within earshot to have to listen to my music/book?
2) The quality of the screen image is lower with this Garmin than with the less expensive 340c - by a considerable margin. Washed out is how I'd describe it....probably rate it higher had I not been spoiled by the 340c.

As I've said, the Nuvi has lots of capability, just not as usable as I hoped when I "upgraded" -- now, how do I talk my family member into giving back that 340c -- probably won't happen.


Very easy to use touch screen, accurate directions, clear voice demands that say the name of the streets. I'm very satisfied with my Nuvi 360.

This is my 2nd Garmin Nav system. This is thin enough to put in my jacket when I get off the plane and into a car In moments I have my British girl in the box telling me exactly where to go and it is much easier than the my previous nav. Routes and state hiways have always been an issue, not anymore. I like the various choices I can make to set it the way I prefer.
Plus the blue tooth is GREAT! I bought my daughter the 330 for her birthday after I owned the 27?? Street Pilot buying the Nuvi was the smartest purchase for a road warrior. Window mount could be a bit stronger.

I have been very impressed with the operation of the product. It is exactly what I wanted and has performed to my expectations. So far I have been very pleased with the Garmin GPS and look forward to a long and productive relationship. It has made travleing much easier as I do not have any problems finding the locations that my job requires me to go to in the everyday performance of my duties.

So far with three months use this GPS has done well by me. I travel a lot in Ohio and Michigan for sales and it has found every location I have asked. It's also been handy for finding gas stations and places to eat. The only problem is that I can't hear the caller on the phone when I use the Bluetooth phone link feature and not at all when on the highway. Since I don't use the Bluetooth I could have selected a less expsive GPS but these units are larger in size where the Nuvi 360 is thinner and more compact.

First off, I'm a gadget freak, and I looked exhaustively for the best deal on the Net. I was pleased to find the best deal incl. shipping from Amazon. Second, this little gadget has everything that the much-more expensive Nuvi 660 has, except phone capability. But I already have a phone. The screen is large enough to easily follow while driving, but the entire unit can slip into my jeans pocket. The maps even have little country dirt roads on them and, get this, some roads that haven't even been built yet in my hometown. I take this when cycling and motorcycling as well. It's going to be great for years to come.

THIS IS NOT THE FIRST NAVIGATION SYSTEM I HAVE PURCHASED. THIS IS THE 4TH. TWO WERE PRESENTS, MY LAST UNIT WAS STOLEN. BY FAR THIS IS THE MOST COMPACT. IT WILL ACTUALLY FIT IN YOUR POCKET. THIS UNIT WORKS EFFORTLESSLY, TOUCH SCREEN, VISUAL AS WELL AS AUDIO DIRECTIONS.
IT WILL EVEN TEACH YOU TO SPEAK A FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND IT HAS BLUETOOTH CAPABILITIES. IF IT KEPT MY COFFEE WARM IT WOULD BE PERFECT! WE LOVE IT. 5 STARS ALL THE WAY!

Boy has this opened up a new life for me-one who is directionally challenged.

We purchased this device after my wife had gotten lost while using Yahoo! Maps on a business trip late at night. We have since used the our Nuvi several times (although not as much as most people, since we live in NYC and don't drive much).

Most recently, we used our Nuvi to go on a long weekend to the Hudson Valley. Had we not had a GPS device, we would have had to print a dozen or more maps from Yahoo! - to the Inn, from the Inn to Dinner, back to the Inn, Inn to the winery for a tasting, back to the Inn, and on and on. Instead, all I did was look up a few of our destinations before the trip started, enter them as favorites and off we went! It made the trip and driving absolutely stress free, especially with some tricky turns in one of the towns, and locating a restaurant that was so set back from the street, we never would have found it otherwise.

My wife calls GPS the 'next killer app' and she compares it to TiVo - there isn't a better compliment in my mind.

Many people complain that their GPS device doesn't always give them the best route and I agree. However, NOTHING will ever beat local knowledge. I don't rely on my Nuvi when I am near home (although I do keep it on in case it finds a better route, like it did to the Queens Costco). I need my Nuvi when I don't know where I am or where I am going, and in that case, I don't care if it isn't the most effecient route, as long as it is a correct route. That is something the Nuvi has never let me down on.

I have used this product to travel to destinations in other states and locations within. It has proven to be a very reliable tool. I would strongly recommend it to travelers.

Have always believed Garmin to be the best in GPS tech., this proved it.I'm using it every day in my business (For direction and to remind me where I've be.Only problem is battery time is limited when using in GPS mode.So take along Charger.

I am so far very pleased with Garmin Nuvi 360. This is my first experience with a GPS, so my expectations may be a lttle unrealistic. Mostly it has performed very well. However, I have a few nits to pick. One is that there is no way way for me to make a permanent routing correction. The unit wants me to make a series of turns when I leave my house that, due to a limited line of sight at one point, is far more dangerous than the way I like to go. So, every time I program the GPS at home, I have to listen to it say "recalculating" over and over until I find my way back onto the machine's preferred shortest route. Also, in downtown Atlanta the unit thought I was on side-streets when I was on I-75, and in North Georgia it sent me first up a two-track driveway in the middle of the night, then directed me right through the center of a ramshackle house. (It's a good thing it was so ramshackle, or I'd never have made it past the living room. Presumably it's in such rough shape because all of us Garmin users keep driving through it.)

I also wish the internal batteries were good for 8-10 hours, so that I could use it on long motorbike trips without the hassle of routing power to my handlebars. I also wish that the antenna arrangements were different, so that I could velcro the GPS unit to the bike. Mounting this kind of thing on a bike is a major pain, and on mine more so than most. Garmin could, I beleive, make it easier via better design. I also believe that the adhesive-backed surface mount should have been included for free, along with the suction-cup mount. In not including this accessory, Garmin is being greedy. (You must also buy the adhesive mount in order to use the optional bean-bag "friction" type mount; beware!) This kind of petty greed is not a good way to make long-term friends or build brand loyalty.

I don't own a blue-tooth phone, so haven't played with that aspect yet. It's my next scheduled upgrade.

Mostly, I like my GPS. becasue of my lack of exposure to other makes and models, I may be under-rating it at four stars.

This is my first GPS and I am not disappointed. All the positive comments in the reviews swayed me to purchase this. I can say that they were all true. However, I'm not convinced the bluetooth feature was worth it for me. As another reviewer noted, if you have a bluetooth headset, the value of a bluetooth speaker phone is questionable. I had no problems pairing this unit with my Verizon Blackberry 7130e.

Great gps, the only one I ever wanted, and the only one I will ever buy. easy to use,very understandable, In my book, its the best.

The Nuvi 360 is a great piece of electronic gear. Within minutes of receiving it I installed it in my truck and had it working. My wife and I made a 1200 mile trip the next weekend and the Nuvi didn't miss a beat. Great directions. Great map views. The database is filled with restaurants, hotels, and gas stations which are easy to find using addresses or names.
It is very easy to navigate around in the Nuvi using the touch screen. The only aspect of the Nuvi that I think should be different is it should have a replacable battery just like our cell phones. Of course, this may be a design to force you to buy another unit when the battery goes out.

This is a great navigational device. The directions are right on. The mount works great along with the charger. Voice commands are loud and clear and the screen is very visible. Easy to navigate through the different features. There is one main problem with this unit. The microphone for the bluetooth feature works like crap. Do not buy this unit for this feature. I can hear the people talking to me, but they cannot hear me 60% of the time. This is not a result of bad reception on my phone either, I checked. I would recommend though.

i just recently bought the 360 and love it! easy to use and set up. have no complaints excepts the bluetooth is hard to hear out of the speakers but who cares anyways! overall the nuvi 360 is the way to go!!!

As compact, portable navigation device, it does what it suppose to. But it doesn't alway give fastest route. It wants to take shortest distace via local. I tried to change setting to give me better route, but so far unsuccessful.

I first used a GPS device while visiting my brother in Ohio, since he was working I spent the days driving around by myself... well needless to say I got lost my first day out and needed to call him to get directions back to his place. The next day he loaned me his Garmin GPS PDA unit, and from there on I drove until I got lost. All I needed to do was hit the Home selection and it took me there. Overall the Nuvi 360 is much easier to use, and does not need to be connected to an external speaker unit like the PDA unit did. The voice instructions come through loud and clear, and the screen display is highly visible in all lighting conditions. Although I will rarely use these features, it is nice to be able to listen to MP3's and play Audio Books along with various other little features such as the picture viewer, conversion calculator, World Clock, and more. What I really like about the Nuvi 360 is the Bluetooth which enables me to use my mobile phone hands-free. This is one great little device that really does the job and is worth every penny. And if anyone has doubts about being able to figure out how to use this little gem, have no FEAR! The computer literate will rarely need the manual, and the newbie will only need it for familiarization. If you know how to pair a Bluetooth Device, you got the hardest part down.

I purchased the Garmin Nuvi 360 pocket vehicle navigator for my daughter (age 21). It was/is easy to use and required very little effort to go from "box to in-use!" My daughter plans to work an internship this summer in another city, and this system will be invaluable to her. A perfect gift! Wish I had one!

This product is great. I'm not going to waste your time rehashing what others have already said. The GPS works well and you should buy this product primarily for this reason.

However, many have asked why the need for an MP3 player. I agree that playing the MP3 player through the peakers of the NUVI is a stupid idea. But, If you have the NUVI hooked into your car speakers IT WORKS GREAT.

How do you do that? Well, I went to radio shack and bought a cable that has RCA on one end (RED & WHITE) and a headphone jack on the other. I hooked the RCA plugs into the back of my car stereo and hooked the headphone jack to the NUVI. Now I listen to my directions and MP3's through my car stereo. This is not that hard to do. Go to a car installation place and ask them to do it for you. The cable at Radio Shack is $10.

Alternatively, if you have a tape deck you can buy those tapes with a headphone jack and hook that to the nuvi headphone jack.

Why this is great:
1. The nuvi plays your songs and pauses them for directions. After the directions are given it resumes the song. So, if your listening to your stereo, you will never miss a direction again

2. If you recieve a phone call it pauses the song and when you end the phone call it resumes the song.

Try it out....well worth it :)



HOSA CMR206 Stereo Mini Male to RCA Y-Cable - 6 Feet

This is the cable I used. I connected one end to the AUX port on my car stereo and the other in the headphone jack of the NUVI.

If you have a tape player, you can use this :Philips USA PH-62050 CD/MP3/MD-To-Cassette Adapter.

Revised Feb. 26th, 2006

I should mention that the NUVI comes with 500MB of free space. The mapping software takes up 1.5GB. So, if you plan to use this as an MP3 player, buy an SD card.

I had never owned a GPS unit before, but on a shuttle trip to the airport the driver had a Garmin unit, and I was surprised to find that even from a couple rows back I could still see the screen clearly. So I did a little research and got the Nuvi 360 for two reasons in particular: (1) it reads street names aloud, and (2) the Bluetooth connection to the phone (here in California, it's about to become state law that drivers must use a hands-free device with their cellphones, and I didn't have one).

It doesn't take long to learn that probably any GPS unit is going to have certain problems. For example, with LA's horrible freeway traffic I have the Nuvi set to avoid freeways; but certain streets that I consider surface roads are considered highways by the Nuvi (Santa Monica Blvd. is part of Route 66, for example). The better I know the area I'm driving in, the more often I see how the Nuvi isn't terribly smart about finding a really optimal route. But of course that's the sort of situation where I don't really need a GPS unit because I already know my way around; and if I don't know my way around, I don't much care if my route isn't optimal, so long as it gets me there.

What I really love is how simple it is. The screen is easy to read, and the Bluetooth connection works wonderfully--once the cellphone is paired with the Nuvi, they simply find each other without your having to do anything ever again. It's easy to unhook the Nuvi and stash it in the glove compartment or wherever, out of sight; and I connect it even for short trips to familiar destinations, just for the Bluetooth connection. I don't really use it to find points of interest, though I'm happy to find that my local grocery store is in there, and so was Universal when I had to go to a concert.

One night I took a drive and deliberately got myself lost, then told the Nuvi to get me home. It had no trouble at all, and that did it: now I'm a confirmed GPS lover, and am happy to recommend this lovely little device to anyone.

I travel extensively in the car and in many states. At night my vision is not that great. My nuvi is clear, easy to hear and it reads books to me during my long drives. I used to get lost all the time. Now my son wants to take it everywhere because he thinks it is so cool.

Highly recommend this very easy to use and understand GPS unit. Directs you to where ever you may need to go close or far from home, business, hotels, etc....

I'VE OWNED THE NUVI 360 FOR 2 MONTHS AND I TAKE IT EVERYWHERE ITS GREAT AND ACCURATE. IT'S ALSO HELPFUL WHEN YOU NEED TO FIND A GAS STATION, RESTAURANT OR LODGING IN YOUR VICINITY. THE BLUETOOTH ALSO LINKS TO YOUR PHONE AND IT SOUNDS GREAT. I WOULD TOTALLY RECOMMEND THIS PRODUCT.

We had this unit for the past a few months. With our recent moving and house buying trips, it has been a great help. once you are used to it hard to go without.
However we still have our maps in the car, for just in case.
A few times we found that the GPS is off by a few hunderd yard on the street address. It is quite trouble some at night, so we have to get out of the car and double check. Still this is much better than without the GPS. These place are not always out of no where. One in the SF bay area, one in east bay near hayway, couple times arround lake tahoe.
Some of the street name has been changed for at least five years, but the unit still give you the old name. can be confusing while you are driving on the freeway and try to exit. ( there is one major one in San jose has this problem)
The bluetooth does not work with all the phones. Our Sony works just fine, but with the LG phone, it cannot pull up the phone book. Minor issues.
Otherwise we are very happy with the unit.

I have been using the navigator for five weeks so far and I think it worth every penny I paid for it. Here are the pros:

Ease of use: it takes less than 30 seconds to enter a destination, and about 20 more seconds to display the direction and get started. Simple, and easy to follow menue

Accuracy: I had no problem getting wrong direction or outdated routes. It even gave me some short cuts to my house I never knew about it before.

Screen: Very clear detailed screen under any condition. It is better at night but I can see well also under the haze of the sun. Instead of searching for street name sign, you can look at the map on screen instead.

Clear and timely voice command.

Its light weight and small size do not take away any of its powerful functions. It can fits into a shirt pocket.

Cons: The blue tooth function is not reliable. My phone can't detect the device. It could be the phone not the navigator.

Overall, before buying the more expensive navigator for $800 or more, you should seriously consider Nuvi360



This was one of the best products that I have purchased. I had gone with family on a trip to Pittsburgh from Boston. I have to really work hard to find a fault with this piece. With the SD card (that can be used on the available slot), I was able to load 1 GB worth of songs for the whole trip. The blue tooth provided a hands free speaker phone that never dropped the connection and we could use the huge database to find hotels, book tables, save time in all aspects. There was not a single feature that we have not used. I is sleek and fits in my shirt pocket. So I can carry it with me wherever I go and not worry about it being in the car. We tested the different modes of route finding like avoid tolls, avoid highways and each time, we were happy with the result. Overall, I would recommend this product as a must have for any journey to a less familiar place.

I am very pleased with the Garmin Nuvi 360 GPS purchased from Amazon a while back. The price was competitive and the delivery service was outstanding.

Have had this for a couple of weeks now. Am very happy with the performance.
-Very handy, can fit into a coat pocket.
-Easy to use
-Nice bright screen
-The Bluetooth functionality works well and pairs quickly with the phones, my wife and I use.
Minor issues:
-Sometimes it takes a couple of minutes extra to find the sats.
-The map did not show up all the small roads on a recent drive. That drive was thru the mountains so I can live without some minor roads not turning up.

I paid extra for expedited delivery. Product was shipped ground UPS and arrived 8 days later. Money was refunded. Product arrived in excellent condition.

I just received my Nuvi 360. The unit is almost perfect. I was able to use it immediately. I love the fact that it recharges when plugged into a computer usb port, that's one less charger cable I need to carry with me. the charger also works with my Motorolz Razr phone, again one less thing to have to find or carry. All in all excellent, highly recommended.

I just moved to a new city and HATE being lost. So, i bought this Nuvi to help me. I love the screen, easy to view in the day time and night time. The maps are very clear. The womans voice is easy to understand and i do like that the street names are announced not just stated as "the next intersection" as other GPS's do.

I am frustrated though at the reliability of this unit. Being new to the city, i would type in the GAP for instance, the nuvi tells me to drive 10 miles and the address is for an abandoned mall ( over two years abandoned). This has happened to me many times when i use the search function by name. Somehow, the satellites need updating. THere is no way for me to remove this erroneous address nor is there a way for me to add an address.

oftentimes, this unit simply misses locations while using the search. I was looking for the closest health club to my house, i typed in Ballys and the closest the Nuvi said was 7 miles away. When i looked online at Ballys's website, there was a gym two miles from my house which has been open for 5 years. you would think the satellites would be updated.....

So, if you are using this and entering addresses......this gadget is great. If you want to use this to search for businesses....this gadget is not so great. I am told that the garmins have the most data points loaded compared to other units.......i want a little more reliability

Bought the 360 the week it came out and loved it. Took it on a trip to New Zealand last month where it worked great (NZ maps seemed a bit pricey) till it was stolen from a rental car with defective door locks. (I know...it should have been in my pocket).
I was going to replace it with the 660 till I saw the reviews here about the fm modulator. I'll get another 360 instead and am delighted to see that the price is close to half of what it cost to be 'first on my block' when it first came out.

The street maps are very accurate on what roads do it exist. It is also knows which roads are one way so it doesn't send you the wrong way down a one way street. I bought this product because I moved to a new city (Atlanta) and didn't know where anything is. Because Atlanta is rapidly growing it doesn't show many of the new stores that opened within the last year (I think most GPS systems have that problem). It takes awhile to find the satellites when it is foggy and sometimes when starting it it will freeze and not realize you have moved location. It doesn't take into account the Atlanta traffic and the stop lights not being synchronized so in city traffic its estimated time of arrival is way off.

It's maps are easy to use and tell you where bodies of water, parks, etc are so you can know that you are crossing a river (and may have to pay a toll before you do). It also tells you what rolls are toll roads. It also tells you what side of the highway your exit will be on. You can also save your favorite locations which is great if you are heading to your favorite places from another direction. It's great on long trips because you can really accurately figure out the time it will take you to get there.

Thsi is one of those purchases you make that you wonder why you didnt have this several years before.

We just moved to a new city and don't know our way around. This device has made our lives so much easier and has saved so much time. I am terrible with directions and often become a 'frustrated' driver when I lose my way. This thing has made driving so much more pleasurable and I have recommended this to many people now.

The other nice thing about this device is its Bluetooth feature. It makes handsfree talking so simple. The sound and mic quality arent the best but its not that bad at all.

Navagation: this thing is pretty much spot on! Thsi thing has nto led us off track once. This thing always has perfect directions. The spellign guide finds almost any place you are looking for in its directory.


This is definately a wonderful tool, functionally complete with only a few trivial improvements to make it absolutely PERFECT. For reference I will compare it to the TomTom One with Bluetooth, which has almost exactly the same dimensions and feature set. I used the Tomtom One for a week until it failed to distinguish between 3 oblique right turns.

Notable differences include
1. Garmin Nuvi 360 announces streets by NAME, so that when looking at a funny intersection with two oblique right turns (like spokes in a wheel)
a. Garmin says, "turn right on Street X" while
b. Tom Tom sahys,"turn right and then stay right"
This feature makes the Garmin so very much better than the TomTom even though the TomTom seems to be more user friendly with less compromises.
You can stop reading this now and buy the 350/360 ...

2. Garmin has A-Z keypad, but
TomTom let's you toggle between A-Z keyboard OR QWERTY keyboard
(I really wish Garmin had Qwerty)

3. Pocket size?
A. The Garmin has a fold up antenna, but TomTom's is internal.
This means you can put TomTom in your shirt pocket as you walk or hike,
but Garmin will not fit, otherwise they have the same dimensions
B. On the other hand, when Garmin's antenna is closed, GPS is off, perhaps saving battery, letting it still function as a map and a yellow pages. Garmin says their battery life is longer, I can't say yet.

4. TomTom has a screen that shows relative satellite position, signal strength and coverage. How cool, but with that info, now what?

5. Bluetooth (not on 350 but on 360) works fine even on the emasculated Verizon phones. TomTom too Dorothy. You can not use VZ's "say a command" feature.
6. Yellow pages ...well not "Yellow" but "Business Directory".
When stationary Garmin lists the results of your search in order of closes proximity indicated by 1.2 mi NE, 1.9 mi SW, 2.2 mi NW. But these compass indicators turn to relative arrows, up, down, left, and at 45 degree angles. This is another marriage saver. My wife wanted to visit 3 ethnic shopping centers in Los Angeles, a town so very foreign to me. The Garmin found them so quickly and painlessly that my wife's hate of the $550 purchase turned to joy. We have named this Nuvi 360 "Wife #2"... the worst thing it has ever said is "recalculating..." ... it says it the 7th time just a patiently as it did the first time. Don't get a ticket driving aimlessly around your neighborhood trying to confuse it.

I highly recommend that whatever you choose that you ALWAYs take 5-10 minutes no matter what kind of hurry you're in, to park and run through your trip on the map first, understand the major junctions BEFORE turning the key. These things do MAKE MISTAKES, and always will make mistakes because
A. obsolete maps and mispelled street and business names are provided by 3rd parties, ...these require YOU to think.
B. Overcast, overgrown and canopied roads can distort satellite line of sight

When new, it's a good idea to see how it handles a familiar route.
In my case, each day on the familiar route leaving work, both Garmin and TomTom told me to take a non-existant right turn over a near-vertical canyon wall.
This gave me a great feeling of superiority since I knew better, but what would happen to me if this happened when out of town or in Europe in the dark? Therefore do not relinquish your mind to the machine...it's no substitute for human intellect.

Conclusion:
**NUVI** 350/360 is hands down the best ONLY because of the ability to speak the NAMES of each street... with just a few humorous and perplexing mispronunciations... (Wateridge becomes Wait-idge) and compression of words, swallowing some final syllables...it cost $550 on Amazon in Dec 06

TomTom One - nearly equivalent EXCEPT for the text to speech feature above. TomTom's development team showed finer attention to detail with more friendly configuration options. It cost $350 at Staples.
The Garmin (and maybe the Tomtom?) can act as a Removable Hard Drive plugged into your PC's USB port. It plays MP3s, even shows Album art, and has screensaver applications. When the human voice speaks the

Having stepped from the Stone Age with an 8 year old Garmin to a Nuvi360 is certainly an eye opening experience. The 360, with its touch screen for all info access, is easy and fun to use.

It can be easily read with a quick glance in both bright sunlight and cloudy conditions. With sunglasses, screen visibility is somewhat limited. However, this is the only negative feature I have found so far.

The display maps are easy to see and follow and can be quickly adjusted by zooming in or out. The 360 was easy to program for trips (reading the manual makes it even quicker) and easy to follow instructions were provided en route.

It proved invaluable for finding restaurants, stores and fuel stations on a recent 900 mile road trip with about 98% accuracy. A quick food and store were no longer at their site. However, this may only require an update to the unit.

This is a great product.


I purchased this product for my directionally challenged husband. This is absolutlely fantastic and incredibly accurate. My husband who loves gadgets, especially electronic, finds this to be a great tool to use. We have the Garmin Nuvi 360 and cannot believe how accurate it is, even in very rural areas. It works in cities, suburbs and country. I would recommend this product to anyone.

Having lived with the Nuvi 360 for 3 months, I can state that it is quite user friendly and very compact in size. It's ability to pick up GPS signals from indoors (as long as you are near a window) is quite surprising. Also good is its PIN security feature that should deter theft.

Some minor complaints:

No option to re-organize your favorite locations according to alphabetical order. It lists only according to distance from present locale. An easily correctable software problem.

Mediocre link up with a bluetooth cell phone. None of the stored phone numbers are available for hands-free dialing. Hence the value of this feature is significantly compromised. You should save your money and buy the Nuvi 350 instead.

Phone numbers from the POI list have a +1 added to them thereby causing my cell phone to reject it as an international phone call. It's inconvenient and/or hard to delete this extra number. This annoying feature may reflect Garmin's European roots.

With the so many good reviews and so high rate, I bought one during thanksgiving. It first lost signal every few minutes and need to reset the unit. After I upgraded the software, and it works fine just 30% of time. Occasionally, it went crazy and while I drove on a highway, it showed I drove on a nearby side road and consistantly ask me to drive on highlighted route. I reture it to Costco and thanks to their return policy, I didn't lose any thing. Just suspicious, if Garmin ship their defeated product to Costco, because they have the lowest price.
While it works fine, it is pretty nice device and should be very useful. That is why I give it a 3 star.

Very easy to use, fast and accurate! The address database seems up-to-date. It found our house & we are in a very new sub division (not still accessible from google maps!)

The point of interest listing however needs to be updated badly! We could not find 3 out of the 4 businesses that we looked up by category (they had closed down!) and found none of the ones that we looked up by name & know exist!



We decided to get a GPS after being spoiled by borrowing my Mom's $1000 "monster" Garmin on pretty much every road trip we took. Not wanting (or needing for that matter) a model quite at that price level, I started looking at the Nuvi's and the smaller Streetpilots.

Having a unit that spoke street names was a must for us, as I was not always good at judging when to turn in "point two miles". :) This unit does a pretty good job pronouncing streets which leaves your mind free to worry about your driving. The map view is super easy to read also.

One of the neat features: As you see it has an MP3 player built in. We took a chance and tried it with our FM Transmitter (the generic kind that just plugs with a headphone jack) and it worked great! It pauses the music whenever it talks so you can turn the volume up and not miss turns.

My only little beef with the unit are the internal speakers. As nice as it is to have them built in, instead of attached to a power plug like other models, they're on the back side of the unit which faces your windshield. If you're listening to the radio or talking with someone in the car, you've got to have the volume cranked up all the way to hear since it projects away from you. Not real bright on the design end - but it's a small unit, & I guess you suffer a little function for sleekness. Still easy to listen to, don't get me wrong, but would have made much more sense to have speakers on the front or side of the unit.

Over all, you'll LOVE this thing. We do. It's so nice to have a tiny unit like this that just pops right out of the holder (no cords and mess) slides into a little PDA like case and goes with you everywhere!

I received the Garmin Nuvi 360 about a week before a trip to Nashville, TN. Did not get lost once. I was able to locate some great resturants and navigate around the city. At this time, I haven't used some of the other features (MP3, bluetooth, and books) but will get there soon. Easy to use and lots of fun.

So we've been using the alpine car nav prior to purchasing this and wasn't sure it would be as good. My wife get's lost a lot and she loves the nav in our other car, which isn't her daily commuter. To put the native gps nav in her car was going to be 2K+, so I decided to roll the dice on this unit for her Christmas present and all I can say is this thing, hands down, beats our alpine nav! Maps, UI, POI, everything about it.

UI is very intuitive, great features, maps, poi, and set-up are all flawless. My wife configured it all herself in less than an hour. The only concern I had was a guy said it couldn't find his POI in Santa Clara, which is where I'm from. But it found all our favorite places around our place, plus more. I highly recommend this product!

This is a great GPS device. Accurate and easy to use, with a ton of nifty bells and whistles. I do question it's choice of route sometimes, but it always gets me where I'm going. The bluetooth is nice too. You can be traveling down the highway, look for the nearest hotel, call it, check for vacancy, and redirect your route to the hotel in question. All from the Nuvi. My Nuvi....WhoooHooo!

Yes, his name is James and I'll never be lost again.

I have no idea how I survived before James, my Nuvi, came into my life. No more running out of gas because I couldn't find a gas station. No more panicking trying to figure out what direction I was heading. He even estimates when I should arrive.

Sometimes his choices are a bit odd (I never went THAT way before!), but he always gets me there.

I'll never drive alone again.

The product is very good. The maps for streets and directions work well. I would like to see a topo map system for the unit for off road use.

Excellent first impression and consistent performance thereafter. Had this for about a month, but I've already traveled with it and relied on it to get me to meetings in places I have never been. Much better than trying to rent a car with one because you can store locations.

All the features including bluetooth work.

There have been a few new places it couldn't find due to the fact they were not on its database, but that's understandable.

This is possibly the best product I've ever purchased for the money. I work in production agriculture and have to navigate to various ranches and the Garmin Nuvi 360 will actually show me the roads that are not County paved roads. Very fast startup, and accurate. On the downside, it does plan routes that I would not normally take, but it recalulates very quickly. If I ever had to buy another GPS, this would be the one I prefer.




I purchased this unit for my business. It is a great product. The BlueTooth is not as useful when window mounted because it is hard to hear the other person on the phone. Do not use a lot of the extras. The NUVI 350 would have been a better purchase without the Bluetooth. The maps take a while to load and you find yourself waiting to enter your destination, but overall I like the product. I purchased two more NUVI 350 for my other sales people.

I have a Nuvi 360 which I have used along side my sisters c550 and a c340. If you want a sleek compact GPS that easy to travel with, the Nuvi is certainly worthy. I have found it to be quite accurate and easy to use. Like some have mentioned it can occasionally fall off the windshield. The bluetooth feature while cool will leave power callers wanting more though. While it integrates well with the phone and you can dial from it and use the phone book feature on certain phones (or even direct dial from the POI menu), the Nuvi features the least powerful speakers of the three units. At speed, with road noise, etc, it can be kind of hard to hear some calls. The c550 uses the same US software as the Nuvi, but has noticably louder speakers. For bluetooth calling on a GPS the c550 would be my choice here, but I think better options exist in bluetooth speakerphones (ie Parrot Minikit). One other note, when your making a bluetooth call it deactivates the voice directions. These seems logical at first, but if you're calling and using it to navigate simultaneously through an unfamiliar city it's kind of a pain to lose the voice prompts. I can't speak to the mp3 player or audio books since it's not something I'd use. I haven't used the traffic feature either since everything I have read says it isn't terribly consistent (in Europe it's a different story). Overall, the Nuvi is a great little GPS for navigation. It's other features might benefit some, but aren't that great for me. I think the other two, while lacking the cool factor are also excellent.

My wife and I just moved to a new city and this tool was a lifesaver. It is accurate 99% of the time, and truly provides a useful service whether you are travelling, or new to the area. The only reason we gave it a 4 was due to the suction mount popping off the windshield. This has only occured twice, but it is pretty annoying when it does.

it is been great. i like it that it says the names of the streets.
but if i start it while i was in the parking lot (no satelite reception), the GPS freezes and doesn't find the satelite even if I come out of the parking lot. I have to restart the GPS after I get outside the parking lot. that's the only drawback i can think of. but other than that, it is quite pleasant to drive with it.

I am impressed with:
- perfect bluetooth integration to my cell phone (Cingular 8125). It retrieves phone book/last dial number, etc from my phone. amazing!!
- conveniently switch between MP3 player, phone and map
- able to dial the POI phone number from my Nuvi. When retrieved last dialed number, it also displayed the POI name.
What could be better?
- separate volume adjustment for phone, mp3 player
- in some occasion, it suggests improper route. I guess it has to do with the map data perhaps.
- sometimes it takes longer to acquire satellites

Wish there was a built in video viewer. Also the unit gives great directions with no hassle inputing street address. The millions of points of interest is the best feature.
I take this to gym and use it as a mp3 player.

BiraRai

Truly a tremendous product! Using it in my car and paired with my phone (Treo 650) and it's really impressive. Is it any wonder this thing is such a hit? It's small and eletronic, it saves relationships (I am NOT pulling over to see where we are!!!) and it talks to you in a voice that YOU select from a list of electronic people! (The GPS company who figures out to hire the guy who voiced K.I.T.T. from "Knight Rider" will win the GPS war, by the way.) ;)

I got hooked on the Garmin interface after renting from Avis and paying $10 to rent the CRT version (the StreetPilot c550) of this LCD model. SO simple. SO intuitive. Enough customization available to "make it yours" without so much that it's overengineered. They really hit the right balance here.

Most folks have deconstucted the navigation itself, and suffice to say I'm happy with it (living and driving in suburban Chicago). It's interesting to let it guide you to places that you go often (even deviating from going the way that you think would be fastest). Shaved 10 minutes off an hour drive to my sister's house by avoiding some highways (I have it set to "fastest route" as opposed to "shortest route")

Two points that I think didn't see enough of in the reviews - the suction cup and the bluetooth capabilities.

I was not a fan of the suction cup initially - it's illegal in at least California to have anything stuck there while you're driving, and for good reason, but ended up using it anyway because it was better than the other options (either sticking it to my dashboard, or using a vent hook-up - available separately through amazon - I bought it, and it's clever, but ultimately compromising the use of the vents to heat/cool your car - I'll review them if I get around to it.) I drive an 03 Nissan Altima, if that helps. I stuck the suction cup to the lower left hand corner of my windshield and snaked the power cord behind my steering wheel and behind my dashboard so that it reemerged by the power port. If I want to use it in another car, I'll either need it to run on batteries or get another power cord. So be it. I'm just glad it was long enough.

Bluetooth - was a snap to pair with my Treo 650 - it even took on my phone book (sort of). Treo users know tha