Garmin Drive 52, GPS Navigator with 5 inch Display, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps (Renewed)

We do not use "smart phones" however this device is something we have known about for years. At 80+ maps and directions became a tedious lengthy chore. We thought try out the Garmin on a recent trip and with some programing practice it turned out to be extremely helpful beyond all expectations. We are no longer driving anywhere now without it. Programing is not complicated but practice does matter since you need to read as well as click on symbols in combination to enter, save, and use the location information. If you make mistakes just keep working on it and we are confident that in no time the value in using it will become readily apparent. It always knows where you are geographically, has saved info on numerous locations, you can easily add your own and change things while in transit. We mount it inside on the windshield so that the driver and passenger can both view the display. A woman's voice supplies advanced directions, it simply works great. You enter information on a touch screen do not use your finger the eraser end of a pencil works without error and does not harm the screen. Once home we deleted all the travel locations and entered our local information. If you make a wrong turn it knows it and directs you back on the route. Please understand that the route it chooses may not be your first or regular choice. It appears to us that it is always looking for the shortest distance between the two points. We always use a toll road to reach our local airport but Garmin wants to use the interstate so we just ignore it and take the toll road and it calculates new directions automatically along the way. We should have purchased this device years ago.

As described

It was good, but it did not work for me. It was a good price though, and I believe it was great product, but it just didn’t have all the features and stuff that I needed for buses or tractor trailer

Although listed as being refurbished, it came as being new. Had trouble updating maps as the installed sd memory card couldn't be recognized. Ordered replacement sd memory cards from Amazon. Hope they will work so I can update the maps.

They took my first review down for speaking my mind so I’ll try to be a little bit more polite. I tried to charge the Garmin in several different cars and outlets in my home and it would not charge. On top of that, when I returned it they said that they never received it and charged me AGAIN instead of giving me a refund. I would not suggest buying from this company.

Great Garmin!

We’ve had several Garmin Drive 52’s, we manage to wear them out, but generally they’ve been reliable and accurate. It is the nature of our travels that we’ll set an end-point (often 20-30 driving hours away) and then deviate along our travel as the mood, weather, construction or other vagaries strike us. The Garmin GPS’s we’ve had in the past just recalculate and we drive on. But this particular Garmin Drive 52 has been lethargic in the extreme, and that’s being kind – sometimes taking a complete reset on the fly to find its way. The other niggle with this unit is that it seems to lose its memory sometimes at short gas stops. When it’s working, the GPS is as reliable as ever, but seems to need more enroute massaging that the usual Garmin GPS.

WIth Waze on my phone, I was anot sure I needed this. First drive it showed me the photos get to a place that was on an alley. He was surprised when I called as I was there and he did not have to come and get me. The photos showed and unmakerd alley I had to turn in and saved so much time. Then I took a trip to see a relative 1800 miles away. My wife had google maps on. In a couple places where the maps was unclear, this brought me through perfectly. Did not have maps on when coming home. There is a place for a Garmin even wiht cell phone maps.

Reçu rapidement et en excellente condition de fonctionnement. Cet appareil me semble absolument neuf, aucune raillure ou autres. La mise à jour de la carte et de l'appareil a été facile. Je recommande. Received quickly and in excellent working condition. This unit looks absolutely new, no scratches or anything. The update of the card and the device was easy. I recommend it.

jai jamais itiliser un GPS et j'apprecie le simplicité....et pour un GPS reconditionier je l'aurait jamais su. C'est pcq je sait que cé un rebuilt .....tres contente .