Garmin 260W GPS Navigator

The Garmin 260W GPS Navigator combines a wide variety of state of the art navigational features and options to choose from all housed within an ultra stylish design along with a reasonable price tag, making this model ideal for any type of traveler.

Garmin nuvi 260W GPS Navigator

Product Overview

Preloaded with City Navigator NT Street Maps for all of North America as well as Puerto Rico and six million points of interest (POI), the Garmin 260W is ready to go right out of the box, helping you get to all of your destinations quickly and easily. Users can also add their own custom points of interest in addition to the millions of hotels, restaurants, banks, hospitals, and local attractions, including places such as school zones, sending out alerts of any upcoming POI on your list.

Most people who own the nuvi 260W tout its intuitive design and easy to use interface saying that it's simple to operate without even reading through the Quick Start manual that's provided, and also appreciate its built-in antennae, as opposed to those with the flip-up design used in some of the other series.

Behind the device's touchscreen, antiglare display is a white backlight, making it readable even in the sunlight, and users have the option of choosing either 2D or 3D map views. Designed similarly to the other Nuvis in the 200 series, the Garmin 260W model is also sleek and slim, allowing it to fit neatly in a pocket, purse, or briefcase for navigating on foot. The included rechargeable lithium ion battery will run the device for up to five hours, depending on the type of usage, without being connected to a power source.

Included with the purchase of the nuvi 260W from Garmin is the Quick Start manual, dashboard disc, vehicle power cable and the vehicle suction cup mount. While the SD card and USB cable are not included, the 260W is compatible with several different types and both can be purchased separately for the purpose of storing or adding additional media and information.

This particular nuvi is not compatible with Windows 95, 98, or Millennium edition operating systems.

Actual user comment:

• "I've owned three Garmin GPS's over the years, beginning with a bare-bones "text only" unit back when these things were still for the hobbyist. My second had a crude black and white map but most of the rural roads were missing. The Garmin Nuvi 206W, by contrast, is worlds away from those early units. The maps are very complete and accurate (and can be upgraded when they're not)" - W.Schmidt, OH, USA

Notable Benefits and Features

Keep your eyes focused on the road ahead with the Nuvi 260W as it announces the names of streets and road exits with the text-to-speech (TTS) feature, and the display also provides turn-by-turn directions and map details on a 4.3 inch widescreen. The Nuvi 260W also contains a highly sensitive GPS receiver providing the most accurate directions and navigational tools, and it is capable of displaying JPEG pictures, serving as a world travel clock complete with time zones, a currency or measurement converters, or a calculator.

Steer clear of heavy traffic congestion as the Nuvi 260W has a built-in FM traffic receiver that provides accurate alerts about road construction and tie-ups along your route. The detour recalculation feature will help you to get back on track in the event you must take an unexpected detour and lose your way.

Other benefits of the Nuvi 260W include the auto reroute and fast off-route choices of the route setup feature, as well as giving you the option of either the fastest time or shortest distance, along with route avoidance, allowing you to avoid any highways or toll roads along your trip.

With the free Garmin Garage feature, users can completely customize their travel experiences by choosing from many different car-shaped icons to represent their position on the map display. Also included is the Garmin Lock antitheft feature, which will render the device inoperable unless a four digit PIN (personal identification number) is entered first, or until it is taken to a predetermined and secure location.

Going beyond navigation, the Nuvi 260W also includes several travel tools such as the world time clock with accurate time zones, the currency and measurement converters, the JPEG picture viewer, calculator and others.

More user comments...


• "Just few days before a family trip, I purchased this GPS to save me some time on map reading and trip planning. I was considering TomTom ONE XL-S 4.3-Inch Widescreen Portable GPS Navigator initially, but switched to Garmin 260W after hearing positive comments on Garmin GPS products from co-workers. This GPS provides 2 major features I was looking for - the 4.3-inch screen and spoken-street-names. They are the 2 features that matter most to me when driving. Others (FM transmitter, MP3, MSN-enhanced server) are nice-to-have but may provide less value to a casual GSP user like me, who does not need GPS in everyday driving, but only in some weekend, out-of-town trips." - C.Lee, UA, USA


• "Received this as a gift and really didn't think I needed a GPS, but now that I have it, I love it. No more getting out my glasses to look at my google directions, I just sit back and relax. If I have a preferred way I like to travel to get to a certain point on my trip, this device automatically recalculates. All GPSs may do this, I have no idea, I just love that this one does it." - S.Murphy, GA, USA

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