Garmin GPS Receiver

I got this GPS unit last week, and for an entry price range unit, I was really blown away by the performance and functionality of this unit. This unit only takes about 5 to 10 seconds to acquire satellites and locate my position, and I love the ability to select major road as a route option and the ability to navigate by higher level view or zoom in to local streets.

In the high level view, I really like that every street is named so I really know what’s around me, and I can really see where I’m going. When I pull off route into a McDonald, the GPS recalculate my route in seconds when I get back on the road. I haven’t tried out the MP3 player or the photo viewer yet, I am sure it work fine but I really don’t need this unit for those function anyhow.

I’ve owned and use other navigation products from the Tom Tom One, to Mio C220, and even the Garmin Nuvi 360, I like this GPS unit the best. This product really exceed my expectation, so I highly recommend this product.

I got it from staples, which has a very bad reviews. From my personal view, I found that this unit is reasonably good especially when you look at the text to speech function which is really nice at this price tag. It receive the GPS signals in about 1-3 mins, while the first time you use it may take longer time. The directions are clear and accurate.

One common problem one may encounter is that this unit may automatically shut down. However, after you change the setting for the sleep time, the problem will be gone. Some guys in the staples review give this unit a poor score due to this, while they don’t know /change this setting.

The turn by turn and text to speech function is excellent. Some other guys in the staples review found that the battery maybe poor, however, for me ,it may last about 2 hours. This is reasonable for me since most of the time you will drive you car. Another good thing is that you can charge the battery by directly connected to computer.

Some minor problems with this unit is that it may not respond very quickly (compared to MIO C220) when you touch the screen. However, it is good enough to handle.

Anyway, this unit is a deal especially when you can get at a sub200 price.

I loved everything about this unit. It was super-easy to use. Quickly responsive. Provided street names. Had all the features one could want. But we regretfully had to return it after one short trip. We soon discovered that when traveling at a faster speed on the open road, the volume, even at maximum, could not be heard over the normal road noise in a Honda Accord. If you’re alone in your vehicle, no music and just in-town traveling, it would be ideal.

Let me start off by saying I like this GPS. It has all the feature I like and I really can not complain about it while it was working . However, I would have to say buyer be warned. I had mine for a year and just short of the warrantee it died. One day it worked the next it would not go passed the splash screen. I would say it was my bad luck but in researching it online I found quite a few others had the same problem, some shortly after they purchased it. Nextar has a lifetime exchange program but the price is about $140 which is more then I paid new. They originally told me they would fix it but the supervisor turned it down because I lack a good reason. Standing by there product is not a good enough reason. it is also my understanding that even under warrantee Nexter requires you to pay for return shipping on your repair both way. I caution you to research this unit before considering a purchase

Unit does not even work and Nextar will not resopond to requests for a replacement or repair. My suggestion would be to spend a little more for a real GPS that works.

This Nextar GPS is great. For less than $100 you get 3.5 inch screen, text to speech, mp3 player and photo viewer. Unit is a little slow acquiring GPS signal when first powered up and battery life coulld be longer. However it comes with a car power plug and an ac power plug and will charge via USB. I see a lot of people complaiining about the volume and not being able to hear it. I do not have that problem mine is extremely loud and I have to keep it turned off the maximum because it is blowing me away. I drive an old Toyota 4runner that is 4 wheel drive so I have plenty of road noise. Anyway I would highly recommend and put it up against anything Garmin and Magellan make in the $150-$200 range.

Our unit started out a little unreliable and has totally conked out after just a few uses. It started out occaisionally shutting itself off even with charger plugged in. On our last trip it died completely. Nextar’s return policy says see your store, the store says see Nextar.

Easy to learn, A first gps as good as Tom Tom 130s and Garmin 255w. both 3.5 screen. I paid 89.95 + tax.If you can get it under a $100.00 its a steal.

I’ve own the Nextar X3-T for 2 years now and will NEVER own another Nextar product again. NO SUPPORT, No updates, nothing. Had to go out and buy a Tom Tom while on vacation to Disneyworld so I could find my way. Unit is SLOW – you can get where you are going before it locks in on a satellite. No map updates – my maps are over 4 years old and Nextar has no plans to update.

Unit also locks constantly – have to keep pressing the RESET button in order to get it to half-way function. Buy something else – I would purchase this unit if it was $5 dollars

Bought one, had to take it back because at full volume I couldnt hear it. Got another and still had the same problem. Now I have a Garmin and can hear it fine.