Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Bilingual)

by Garmin

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B000IC2HZQ
• Item model number: 010-00540-12
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,002 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

GPS, Nuvi 660, Bilingual, city NAV

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great GPS, August 13, 2010

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K. Goss (Burbank) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Bilingual) (Electronics)

I waited for a while to do a review because I wanted to test it on a bunch of long trips as well as local trips. I have had it for almost 3 years and have to say it does everything it is suppose to do. We have used it to travel from LA to Texas and back then this past year we used it to travel from LA to South Dakota then on the Montana then back home. We used it to find rest stops, gas stations and motels along the way. I had to upgrade the traffic after the first year but it's now lifetime I don't have to pay another penny. I also upgraded the maps last year and now all my future upgrades are paid for life. Sometimes she seems to want to take us on a longer route locally, but when we follow her directions she actually knew what she was talking about. Because we live in California and can't attach her to our windshield we got the bean bag mount and it is perfect. It's very sturdy and doesn't slip and it's easy to move her to the floor when we go in to eat a bite or visit the rest stop. We can't imagine not having our nuvi when I try to locate new place. The bluetooth worked beautifully when we had motorola phones, but now we have LG Shine and the calls come thru perfect but it doesn't recognize our phone books so unless we recognize the # we don't know who's calling. Not a big deal. We hate our LG's so we will be changing back to motorola or some other phone once our contract is up. All in all we love just about everything about the 660. A lot less expensive models have come out but this one has never given us a minute of trouble.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great GPS, December 31, 2007

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N. Axness (ColoFloriOklaHio, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Bilingual) (Electronics)

I had originally gotten a TomTom Go 720, which I thought to be a great piece of equipment. The only problem being, that it's Bluetooth function wouldn't work with my CDMA Sprint phone. So, I returned it for the Garmin nuvi 660. The FM transmitter is decent. The Bluetooth function is exceptional. The mic/speaker works great, and the mapping software is pretty decent
Also, I was able to get quick satellite fixes from within my house (10-15' from the windows)

Pros:
*Car mount allows for one step installation. Power is delivered through the mount, therefore no need to detach from mount and unplug several cables, everytime you get in and out of the car.
*Turns on/off with car power.
*Bright screen for good sunlight read-ability.
*GPS function can be turned on/off to save battery usage.
*Bluetooth/speaker phone is crystal clear.

Cons:
*Menus not very intuitive. (TomTom interface wins here)
*Processing speed should have been a little faster. Mapping feature a little jerky.
*Clunky antenna must be flipped out for GPS usage. Not ideal for shoving in a pocket.
*Text-to-Voice feature needs improvement. Hard to understand. I end up just looking at the screen to read to directions.

Hardware winner: Garmin nuvi 660 - Pops in and out of car easily.
Software winner: TomTom Go 720 - Intuitive menus run seamlessly. (If my phone would have worked with the TomTom, I would have kept it.)

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Robust and reliable !, October 11, 2011

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cmlegend - See all my reviews

This review is from: Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Bilingual) (Electronics)

I bought this 5 years ago and this thing still works after:

-Dropping it in my car more than 20 times
-It was completely submerged in water during boating
-All those map updates downloaded from the web

You can buy a new looking garmin but we hear comments on the web that the display is gone after dropping it 1 time.

Also note that you can get unlimited traffic receiver and map updates with this unit... no subscriptions is needed.

Have fun !