Garmin Drive 52, GPS Navigator with 5” Display, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps

The Garmin DriveSmart 65 has been an excellent GPS. The large 6.95" screen is clear and easy to read, and the directions are accurate and reliable. I really like the voice-control feature, which makes it convenient to use while driving. It updates quickly, finds routes fast, and overall works smoothly every time. A great GPS that does exactly what it should.

Really excellent piece of kit that proved totally invaluable for our trip from the UK to Canada. After years of working from paper maps and internet screen shots - we rented a vehicle in Florida (back in 2019) that came with a dash mounted Garmin as a free upgrade and immediately realised it was taking a huge amount of stress and pre-planning away from us. Post pandemic and travelling again I decided to buy this unit to make life much easier. Living in the UK - I was able to order this GPS (SatNav) on Amazon.com (rather than Amazon.co.uk) and have it delivered to me in the UK direct from the USA. It is a great sized unit that is very very easy and intuitive to use and for the driver to see and read as you are driving. Like all GPS (SatNav) units it can very occasionally get small things wrong - but 99.999% it was very accurate. Anyone travelling to Canada - be warned that mobile/cell phone costs in Canada are unbelievably high - therefore EVEN with a USA/Canadian sim card in our phone - it would have cost a fortune to buy enough data in Canada (not necessarily the same in the USA which had much cheaper mobile/cell phone charges) to use a smart phone as a GPS/SatNav. Therefore we found it much more cost effective to buy the GPS/SatNav outright and it will work for years for future visits. One last thing about this model - after doing loads of research online - it tells you that this model is designed to work in tandem with a connected mobile/cell phone in order to receive traffic updates. It tells you this model works perfectly well as a GPS/SatNav on its own - but will not give live traffic updates without a connected mobile/cell phone - I considered this before buying - but decided that route guidance was enough and more important to me that anything else. HOWEVERE - after arriving in Canada - this device WAS giving us live traffic reports and rerouting to take the least congested routes - and we did NOT pair it with a mobile/cell phone - but still received live traffic reports. Great unit - Highly Recommended

This improved GARMIN GPS is awesome! the screen is nice and large with great features. I love that it will synch and save our favorite places too. What I didn’t like but we finally found how to turn it off, it will communicate with your cell phone in blue tooth and tell you if you have someone at the door or a phone call coming in to your phone. I think that’s not a good for a GPS and I think it’d be distracting for driver. It kept popping up and we finally solved how to stop that. I also thought it’s not good for privacy if someone is riding with us. It’s different from our previous GARMIN —clearer, larger screen with more features. It communicates well with the backup camera on license tag (sold separately) but the backup camera doesn’t come on when backing up, have to touch something on screen. I liked it better to automatically come on when backing up, for safety purposes. It does come on for a few moments when first turning on the GPS though. Now the voice recognition, it depends on where you are from and if you have an accent. If you are from the Northern or Midwestern states it recognizes your voice better. If you have an accent from the South, it’ll make you want to take your hammer to it. You may as well be speaking Cajun or French or Greek, it’ll scramble your intentions greatly! So it understands one of us but not the other one. It has great options for saving places and labeling them, assigning the icons, etc. I don’t think it helps avoid construction or if it’s supposed to. Same for toll roads on that. Best of all, you can save your favorite locations and back them up, can sync them with other devices if you so wish. So go ahead grab one and enjoy driving more, it’ll tell you when to turn and map out your route, no more printing maps and missing your turn and squinting at signs while estimating how much longer before turning off! It’s a GARMIN, yes, I recommend it! Oh while you are at it, grab a “garmin gps” dashboard mount. It took us some time to realize they are on Amazon; we didn’t like the ones the local store sold and the options are better on Amazon for those. which one works for you is according to the shape of your dashboard or if you plan to mount it on a window. You can even purchase a wire for hardwiring it in your vehicle. Then save the wire which came with for when you are traveling/flying and using a car at your destination, etc. In the past we had a camera which was hardwired by the bumper. The new ones go over the license tag and so much easier, they communicate wirelessly. I was concerned about it getting stolen but it is screwed on good and so far no issues. Husband was hauling something on his truck and couldn’t see to back up but that backup camera, you can now push to see what is behind you, even when driving! Pretty neat technology and great pairing between the two.

Je suis absolument ravi de mon achat du navigateur GPS Garmin DriveSmart 65 & Trafic. Cet appareil a considérablement amélioré mes déplacements en voiture, offrant une expérience de navigation exceptionnelle et une multitude de fonctionnalités pratiques. L'écran généreux de 6,95 pouces est un véritable atout. La clarté et la résolution sont remarquables, rendant la navigation extrêmement facile et offrant une vision détaillée des cartes, des instructions de conduite et des points d'intérêt. La taille de l'écran contribue grandement à la sécurité, permettant une consultation rapide sans détourner le regard de la route. La fonction de trafic en temps réel est une véritable bouée de sauvetage. Grâce à cette fonction, j'ai la possibilité d'éviter les embouteillages en recevant des mises à jour en temps réel sur l'état de la circulation. Cela me permet d'optimiser mon itinéraire et d'arriver à destination plus rapidement. L'interface utilisateur est conviviale et intuitive. La navigation dans les menus est simple, et la saisie des destinations est rapide grâce à la fonction de recherche vocale efficace. Le guidage vocal est clair et précis, ce qui rend les instructions faciles à suivre sans distraction. La connectivité Bluetooth est un autre point fort. Elle me permet de synchroniser facilement mon smartphone avec le GPS, facilitant ainsi l'accès aux appels mains libres et à la diffusion audio directement depuis l'appareil. J'apprécie également les alertes de sécurité intégrées, comme les avertissements de zones scolaires et les alertes de changement de limite de vitesse. Cela ajoute une couche de sécurité supplémentaire à mes trajets. En conclusion, le Garmin DriveSmart 65 & Trafic est bien plus qu'un simple GPS. C'est un compagnon de conduite intelligent et fiable qui rend chaque trajet plus agréable et plus efficace. Je le recommande vivement à tous ceux qui recherchent une solution de navigation avancée et facile à utiliser.

Excelente !!

I ordered a Garmin GPS from Amazon.com.au on express post and they sent me one from the USA with USA maps. I asked them if they could delete the USA maps and send me a download for Aussie maps. Nope, I had to send it back and it has taken weeks to get my refund.

Navigator come with US and Canada maps only. Assume that as I am buyin from Singapore through Amazon Singapore, it should be preloaded with Singapore Maps. Tried to download from Garmin web Singapore map but has been unsuccessful too. Navigator comes with good review even though no more in production but ridiculous if it cannot download the maps I want. Not sure if Amazon has a solution or can I return the product.

Great if you live in US ..... not if you are in Australia! Cannot change maps to Aust.