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Garmin Drive 51 USA LM GPS Navigator System with Lifetime Maps, Spoken Turn-By-Turn Directions, Direct Access, Driver Alerts, TripAdvisor and Foursquare Data

Size:5"  |  Style:W/ Lifetime Maps (USA) Garmin Drive 51 USA LM GPS Navigator System with Lifetime Maps, Spoken Turn-By-Turn Directions, Direct...

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Phone

(7 reviews)
Tech support

(6 reviews)
App

(4 reviews)
Size

(3 reviews)
Map

(8 reviews)
Feature

(14 reviews)
Display

(7 reviews)
Unit

(22 reviews)
Product

(11 reviews)
Drive

(7 reviews)
Screen

(14 reviews)
Garmin

(27 reviews)
Battery

(18 reviews)
Time

(6 reviews)
Speed limit

(12 reviews)
Charge

(4 reviews)
Way

(5 reviews)
Revenue

(1 reviews)
Place

(3 reviews)

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Reviews around phone (5.00 of 5)

  • However, I do still find myself asking "why don't I just use my smart phone?".
  • It is far easier to use and more reliably than smart phone apps
  • I might as well use Google maps if I have to use my smart phone!
  • Why did Garmin think it was a good idea to require a smart phone to get traffic updates?
  • As it turns out, you have to link it to your smart phone to get the live traffic updates...using up data
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Reviews around tech support (5.00 of 5)

  • The website is little harder for some generations to navigate to find tech support.
  • Battery dead when I received the unit charged the battery turned off unit two days later battery dead note did not use tech support
  • Even now after it has been explained fully by Garmin's excellent tech support, I find myself making the same mistake - because the procedure is not user friendly.
  • Disappointment:--I really wanted a male British voice for it, but tech support only directed me to the setting for British spelling--there's no British voice, apparently.
  • Tech support was able to reproduce the error with their own test unit and are working on a fix
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Reviews around app (5.00 of 5)

  • To download a Garmin map into the unit, one must use of a free app called Garmin Express
  • It is far easier to use and more reliably than smart phone apps
  • These carelessly designed "new" units are part of the reason that everyone is giving up dedicated GPS and using their cell phone guidance apps instead.
  • There are enough free apps that are actually superior to this GPS -- this will be the last GPS that I buy...

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Reviews around size (5.00 of 5)

  • The size of the screen and the simple operation make it a winner
  • Nice size, accurate.
  • The screen is a good size and mostly non glare, which I appreciated

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Reviews around map (4.26 of 5)

  • I will never buy another Garmin GPS until this company vastly improves their maps, their touchscreens, their batteries, their operating systems, their voice command recognition software, their tiresome update procedures
  • My final solution is to use free offline maps from Google on the iPad I already own, even though I was willing to buy a dedicated device from you
  • It has decent maps for the car and you can load extra map chips into the unit to cover most of Europe
  • So user interface is horrible, mapping is horrible
  • We had a really old Garmin from long ago and decided to update since this comes with unlimited maps
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Reviews around feature (4.18 of 5)

  • and I just loved all the warning features (i.e. deer crossing, traffic camera ahead, reduce speed ahead etc...there are many)
  • Another terrible feature of Garmin units is that you cannot charge the unit from the mini-USB port while simultaneously using it as a nav unit
  • The most important features in a GPS for me are a vivid display and responsive and quick data entry.
  • I highly recommend this GPS because it is has many usable features, easy to use and is the cost is reasonable.
  • I gave it 2 stars because the moving map does have some nice features
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Reviews around display (4.16 of 5)

  • Display invisible in sunlight on dash
  • Not very bright display ( at 100%) compared to my Garmin Nuvi 2797
  • The display is not clear and if any sunlight touches it the display is gone
  • Not only is the battery in the Nuvi longer lasting, but the display is far superior.
  • Some of the display items like speed are smaller, but yet other functions are improved
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Reviews around unit (3.53 of 5)

  • In conclusion, this unit should be more capable and user-friendly at this price
  • Since both units I bought have this problem I suspect it is a systemic hardware fault
  • Defective unit was shipped back and received replacement unit
  • This unit worked exceptionally well for 8 days while connected blue tooth to my IPhone going from Delaware to Florida, but died on the trip half way back coming back from Florida
  • I'm buying a TomTom and giving this to someone who can't afford a GPS unit.
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Reviews around product (3.50 of 5)

  • Overall a fine product, although I like the old system Garmin used to use for inputing locations.
  • Garmin should be ashamed to offer such a defective and dangerous product.
  • Terrible product
  • This product is junk
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Reviews around drive (3.44 of 5)

  • Some folks may find all the whips and whistles on the screen useful, but I'd rather keep the distractions to a minimum while driving
  • We love our new Garmin Drive LM GPS (US and Canada maps)
  • Should have ordered the Smart Drive and not the Drive 61.
  • It makes me feel confident driving in big cities and places I've never been before, even if I'm alone
  • I’m totally happy with it and have driven all over the southeast with it.
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Reviews around screen (2.88 of 5)

  • "Punch" not "touch" screen, Non-intuitive user interface.
  • My version (LMT-S) has a nag screen requiring you to use their cell phone app
  • Large screen is nice but is slower than my older one at finding anything during search.
  • Still like my older model better, just want a larger screen.
  • Easy to use, love the big screen and great battery life.
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Reviews around garmin (2.75 of 5)

  • Garmin should be ashamed to offer such a defective and dangerous product.
  • I think I will return it and purchase an older Garmin Nuvi, which I loved.
  • This is the second garmin drive 51 in our household (we don't like to share).
  • When my old Garmins no longer work, I'll be using my phone, and never again a Garmin.
  • Another reviewer said Garmin removed this--very disappointing
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Reviews around battery (1.95 of 5)

  • For several weeks, I couldn't figure out why my battery was dead or near-dead every time I turned the unit on
  • The batteries in Amazon have bad reviews, so I went to a good battery source for batteries.
  • On the first use(left charging overnight) it alerted battery is dead.
  • Garmin has always had a problem with poor battery life but this is the first time I've gotten a new unit that doesn't work at all (this would have been my fourth Garmin device)
  • maybe Garmin just sources the cheapest junk batteries it can find.
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Reviews around time (1.44 of 5)

  • It turn on the first time and then the second time it did not turn on at all l charge it before using it and it fail Big Time
  • Gets me where I got to go in a good time
  • For several weeks, I couldn't figure out why my battery was dead or near-dead every time I turned the unit on
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Reviews around speed limit (1.22 of 5)

  • It works much better plus monitors speed limits and things like RR crossings and turns
  • It also advises you the current speed limit and any changes to the roadway.
  • (Audible warning when approaching a new speed limit zone, for example
  • and I like the lane indicators and speed limit indicator, etc
  • I do like the speed limit warning beeps and curves/schools/railroad tracks
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Reviews around charge (1.00 of 5)

  • Had to return the first unit because after charging overnight it would not hold the charge and drained away to nothing after sitting on my desk for an hour (in standby mode).
  • The unit will not turn on if I have it plugged into my PC to keep the anemic battery charged while I enter points into favorites
  • Bought the GPS to use in Canada and after using it for 4 days we noticed it would not hold a charge and then completely died and would not charge no matter what we used.
  • The user-interface and nav features are nice but it almost isn't worth it because of how bad the battery life is and how it's impossible to navigate while charging from the mini-USB port.

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Reviews around way (1.00 of 5)

  • I almost slammed no brakes thinking I was going wrong way towards oncoming traffic
  • Also "wrong way" warning voice going thru a roundabout in the proper direction.
  • Twice it alerted me that I was going the wrong way on a street
  • Once in a while it will send you in a weird way to get where you want to go but every GPS I ever owned has done the same thing.
  • Six years ago a major road was converted from two-way to one-way Garmin directed me to turn the wrong way down the one way street

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Reviews around revenue (1.00 of 5)

  • So, this particular failure of the QA team at Garmin translates into a loss of a customer, lost revenue and hurts your brand

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Reviews around place (1.00 of 5)

  • Garmin is almost useless on Vermont Route 15, and places like owls head lane in Stowe (which it thinks is on main street)
  • It missed the first two places I went
  • This GPS stops me in the wrong place all the time.

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