Garmin Nuvi 260 Review

Garmin Nuvi 260 Review from Jason:

I currently own both a Nuvi 250 and a 260, both of which are excellent and wonderful devices, and the most useful new feature that the 260 has and the 250 doesn’t have is the text to speech feature. This means that the gps system actually says the street name or exit at which you must turn. The 250 simply says “Turn at XXX feet,” which would have you constantly glancing back at your Nuvi 250 looking to see what the exit or street name is and making sure that you are turning at the right exit/street. With this new text to speech the Nuvi 260 says “Turn left on Maple Street,” and all you have to do is look at the street sign and make sure that it is Maple Street.

Otherwise, the Nuvi 260 is strikingly similar to the Nuvi 250, with the bright touchscreen, superb windowshield suction cup, light weight, accurate satellite readings, and turn by turn voice navigation. The other special features such as curreny converter, measurement converter, calculator, and jpeg viewer are all still there. This unit also shares the economic efficiency of the Garmin GPS systems, and would make for an excellent present to anyone who needs assistance with directions.