Garmin nüvi 2360LMT 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic & Map Updates (Old Model)

This is the third GPS I have bought in about four years. It is by far the best. My last one was a  Magellan RoadMate 1470 4.7-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator . It finally croaked! It had been threatening for some time. Peace be with it! Before that, I had a  Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Naviagtor (Refurbished) . Mine was new, not refurbished, but you cannot get there on Amazon anymore. That one went brain dead!I first was looking at the  Garmin nüvi 3790LMT 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator with Lifetime Map & Traffic Updates . It had a hefty price tag and I was waiting to see if the price would drop. Then I heard about the Garmin nüvi 2360LMT. It had not yet been released, so I waited. I liked what I read about it. It's was also much cheaper than the 3790 and seemed to have the same features, although not as thin. I also heard about the  TomTom GO 2505TM 5-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic & Maps  and the TomTom  TomTom GO 2405TM 4.3-Inch Portable Bluetooth GPS Navigator with Lifetime Traffic & Maps . It came down to deciding between the Garmin nüvi 2360LMT & the TomTom GO 2405TM. I must admit that the Amazon.com reviews were the most helpful resource available to me in this process of elimination.Obviously, I bought the Garmin nüvi 2360LMT. So far, I am very glad that I did.The Voice Commands are great. I am fascinated with how this works and how accurate it has been so far. I also love the nüRoute Technology with trafficTrends and myTrends features. It began to learn some of my routes on the second trip it made. It also likes my choices of short-cuts and prefers them as I do.The Bluetooth synched quickly to my cell. It downloaded my phonebook. I am also impressed with the "handsfree" voice activated calling. You give it the command "phone" and it gives you the options: 1. Dial Number, 2. Dial Contact, 3 Dialed Recently. If a contact has more than one number, these come up on the screen so you can choose. It does have trouble with abbreviations we might use, especially if there is no standard pronunciation for them, but that's understandable. I have not received any complaints from anyone about the quality of the sound.Software & map updates worked well. There were a few glitches that I noticed and these were corrected by the new software. The Free Lifetime Map and Traffic Updates are real bonuses. It is hard to believe that this comes with all the other features for this price. The product description Amazon provides is very accurate.My advice, if you need a GPS: Take advantage of this and buy one. From what I have experienced, I do not think you will be disappointed.Update: I did not realize that this came with a trial subscription to Cyclops(TM) Safety Cameras - U.S. & Canada. Driving in metropolitan areas, soon after purchase, I saw it at work. It was notifying with a distinct "bell" when I was .1 miles from a traffic camera. The location also appeared on the map. What a fantastic feature! I had no idea how many are hidden in our cities. I immediately bought the "one-time" download for $8.49 to try this for a longer period of time. If it saves getting traffic tickets, this is a no-brainer. This is by far the best GPS I've seen!Update 2: I bought the  Garmin ecoRoute HD Vehicle Diagnostics Communicator  unit that works with the GPS unit via Bluetooth. The Garmin nüvi 2360LMT unit works flawlessly with this. It's a nice diagnostic device or toy depending on how you look at it. As I said in my review on its webpage, I believe the ecoRoute HD is a work in progress because future software updates by Garmin can affect the usefulness of this product and the number of features that it supports. You can read the entire review there. Regardless, the ecoRoute HD adds another piece of functionality to the nüvi 2360LMT and its overall usefulness. And, that's a plus!

fantastic product...Pros: gives excellent direction, bluetooth works really well.Cons: The junction 3d direction doesn't pop up at all the major junctions though. updating it for the first time after you buy it takes about 15 hours. Yet to witness/figure-out how to receive the traffic info.Over all very satistfied with the Garmin nuvi 2360LMT.That Garmin product is a vegetable. The above review was done by me a few days after I purchased and used the product. The Garmin will show accurate direction up-to 90% of the time, that's a good thing, but it is almost as weak and as disposable as a toilet paper. Barely two months after I purchased the unit, the screen froze and then the unit went dead, nothing I did brought it back on. For two weeks I learned to find my way around without it... Suddenly one day after trying to make it work for two weeks it was back to normal and showing me directions again. I would have returned it with-in that time as it was still under warranty, but I was busy at the time, and also Garmin requires that you pay for shipping and handling; so I just waited it out whenever it froze like that, and it always took it's time and came back on.The final problem started last week when I tried to update the map for the first time because I was getting ready for a trip to Texas, but my PC and all the PC's and usb cable I tried to connect the garmin with concluded that the garmin could not be located and was bad. That was the first time I was connecting it to a computer since I purchased and registered it. To make the matter worst I realized my one year warranty just expired two weeks ago. I feel like a fool for not trying to update it before now, maybe I would have seen the problem and sent it back to them, I have not used this garmin for the past seven months and now it's useless; and I can't do anything about it. I wish garmin would be honorable enough to change the name from "2360LMT" (Lifetime map & traffic) to "2360-DISPOSABLE"

Works really well you can't trust a phone because lots of areas out of town don't have mobile data and costs a lota must driving around LA!!

buyer be ware. the battery in this product and the playstation charger that came with it failed to charge and let us down when we needed it

This is basically a used Garmin Nuvi sat-nav (exact model supplied will vary depending on what the seller has in stock), but it is installed with the latest USA maps. Also included was a windscreen mount (OEM - not the garmin original mount), a USB cable and also a car (cigarette lighter) power adapter. I used it on a recent trip to the USA and had no problems, What's more, the traffic info electronics is built into the unit and I was able to get speed limit and journey delay notifications throughout my journey. Just as well since the speed limits can vary greatly in the US, especially when a road goes through a town or built-up area.The only slight issue I had with the supplied unit was that the internal battery was worn out and wouldn't hold any charge. This is not an issue if you have the power cable attached to the unit while in the car. Replacement OEM batteries cost £12-£15 on auction sites or Amazon and there are youtube videos showing you how to replace the battery yourself. In my case, l needed a TORX screwdriver to remove four screws from the back. Even a new battery only lasts an hour or two in these modern sat navs, so I'm not sure if the effort to replace is worth it - but at least it can be done.Once you register the unit using the Garmin Express program, you are also entitled to an unlimited number of map updates. These take about an hour or two to download over a broadband connection - the map data is a few gigabytes.

Product is exactly as described, well packaged,clean and hopefully very useful, further updates when used

Unit works OK (in the UK so far.) In good condition.