Garmin nuvi 310

garmin nuvi 310 is easy to use, trip computer, bluetooth, mp3 player. Good battery life (about 4 to 4.5 hours with bluetooth on.)

Excellent unit. Includes traffic info when service subscribed to. Simple to use and effective in navigating streets either quickest or shortest.

I highly recommend Garmin Nuvi 310 for everybody who wants a high quality SatNav.

I found the Garmin nuvi 310 device great if you only want to use the preloaded maps.

I spent four hours one day trying to download europe maps from the disc supplied, only to be told every time it started to transfer data to the sat nav that there was a fault. After spending another hour searching the internet I found this is a common fault. As I was driving to Germany the next day I went out and bought a sat nav with europe already installed.

I agree that the thing takes you down some tiny lanes, which can be fun, sometimes! The biggest problem I had was not with the unit but with garmin, the free camera trial never worked, but I subscribed to a company called pocketgps for £19 a year.

I have had this unit for about 2 yrs I drive all over the north of england and scotland doing about 40-50,000 miles a year it has never let me down - set a postcode, get it to find nearest carpark to destination and off I go. Get there park up switch to pedestrian mode and find my way to my exact location.

The Garmin Nuvi is really easy and intuitive to operate and I think better than the TomTom.

I much prefer the operation of the Garmin to the TomTom but.... TomTom offer much cheaper maps & updates with great discounts.

After only 18 months of little use, and no sympathy from Garmin. I suggest you by a TomTom. The day before we left Canada it couldn't find a satellite signal and has not been able to find one since. On phoning Garmin the best advice was to have a repair/swap at a cost of £101.00.

The Garmin Nuvi 310 gets you there but not by the best roads. The hands free speaker is tinny. But everything else is good. Hands free hard to hear the other person - speaker is poor. Whether you in put motorcycle - bus -truck or car the darn thing takes you up single dirt track roads with grass growing down the centre. It does not seem to prioritize the roads e.g. Motor ways then dual carriage ways then A roads etc. It just seem that any roads will do no matter what you are driving.

After having had a Tom Tom Go 300 there are advantages and disadvantages of owning the Garmin Nuvi 310 D. Basically some things are easier than before to do and some things are harder. As this is a matter of personal taste I shall go no further. Overall I am happier with this unit as I feel more at ease with it, though both units are good.

There are a couple of minor irritations with the Garmin Nuvi 310 - like having no on-screen view of the direction of the next turn. Garmin Sat Navs are virtually alone in not having this facility.

There is one very serious problem with this device, however, and that is that very very frequently, outside of urban areas, the final voice prompt of 'Turn Left' or 'Turn Right' is given too early at 0.2 miles prior to the required junction - and often when there is another, unwanted junction, between the point at which the 'Turn' command is given and the the one you actually want. There are no additional prompts after this one given at 0.2 miles and that is far too early. Unless you keep your eyes on the screen and wait until the pointer reaches the white 'turn' arrow, you will frequently find yourself taking wrong turnings if you rely on the voice prompt alone.

I bought the unit for 3 reasons - Speed camera alerts, Traffic alerts & European & UK mapping. Within 6 weeks of purchase my first unit just stopped altogther..... After a heated argument with Halfords 'we can't refund your money you're past the 28 day return rule' - they offered me a replacement.

This time after 2 weeks, the Speed camera alerts disappeared... The Traffic alerts & European & UK mapping never worked.

Another word of warning - When purchasing the unit I was totally unaware I'd have to download everything. I would not have gone near this Sat Nav I'd known I'd have to spend half my life on the internet attempting (in vain) to download things I thought were already on the damn thing..

Frankly, this product is utterly useless.

This is a great piece of kit. I would recommend it to anyone. My only gripe is that it doesn't show you the direction of the next turn like a TomTom does.