Latest 5 Reviews Here is what people are saying about the Garmin Nuvi 200W Widescreen Automotive GPS Navigation System
"Stopped working after a year"
2009-10-06
- Reviewed By User: A3I9NLAKW3L4WI
This product worked great when I first purchased it, but right around the 1 year mark it stopped acquiring the satellites reliable. Sometimes it would take up to 20 minutes before it would acquire them, and occasionally it wouldn't acquire them at all. In my opinion, working only 1 year before beginning to fail is unacceptable. Without the ability the acquire the signal, this product is useless. Would not buy again.
"Great for directionally challenged!!"
2009-09-11
- Reviewed By User: A1W3YCYJO9IVP0
I bought this for my wife( don't tell her I mentioned this)who is a little directionally challenged, she thinks its GREAT!!! I have used it a few times and it's easy to use, touch screen is easy to use even in DC traffic.
Garmin nüvi 200W 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator Nuvi 200w craftsmanship is cheap compare to other higher Nuvi models. Touch screen sensitivity is frustrating, have to press hard enough to work. Worst thing is the dealer sent me a used model, a small paint scratch is noticeable on the seams and stain underneath the LCD display appeared after few weeks.
"Overall good unit with some glitches"
2009-05-31
- Reviewed By User: A1WTLV71NECKOA
Bought unit a week ago but have already returned it because the speaker was defective. Can compare unit to garmin c320 which I have had for a few years. Pros: Satellite tracking is much much faster (the old unit would sometimes take a couple of minutes, this unit seems to have the location by the time the system has started up); processor is also much faster (finds names in a fraction of the time and maps are drawn faster). Cons: Apart from the broken speaker, the unit doesn't seem to have an updated data base - even roads or stores that have been around for a few years are not to be found... Also, while the c320 had no difficulties finding our house, the 200w locates our house some 100 meters away from where it is (and our location has been around for about 50 years; it's not a new development)! Also, the unit gets the direction of travel wrong quite often, particularly when starting from a parking lot. Even in this one week I have gone the opposite direction three or four times! The power cable attachment is a bit problematic, too. In contrast to the old c320 you have to take out the cable each time. I also don't like the new graphics so much. The c320's graphics were super straightforward, the graphics in the 200w seem a bit more like in a videogame. Overall: Apart from the speaker I think this unit is quite useful but the database is remarkably outdated. Given the price point (I got it for $139) you can't really complain too much, though.
"This model is a dead end - don't go there!"
2009-05-06
- Reviewed By User: A391L89ZB0H7OE
I bought the Nuvi 200W as a basic automobile GPS, and it is. The mapping and directions work as well as any, and I have no complaints there. But Garmin and their support are terrible. The unit came with a "free upgrade" to a newer map, but the new map CAN'T BE INSTALLED, because the unit has too little memory (um, so why don't they have a map that can be installed?) I was able to install a subset map, but not one that covers both the Northeast and Northwest, the two areas I need. Garmin's written response was that I bought a low-end unit; true enough, but if they sell it, I expect them to support it.
Other annoyances include a EULA that you have to click or wait for every single time you turn on the unit. Very slow satellite syncing. Unchangable "abcde" keyboard, instead of "qwerty". Astonishingly slow USB updates (as in an HOUR to install a map).
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"Stopped working after a year"
"Great for directionally challenged!!"
"Overall good unit with some glitches"