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 - Nuvi in ItalyBought the Nuvi 670 for a trip to Italy. We were going to rent a GPS navigation from the car rental company but they wanted over $200 for the two weeks. Bought the Nuvi 670 for the balance of features plus US and Europe maps. Upgraded for free the Europe maps prior to leaving. Read several reviews prior to purchasing and had some concerns about the mapping ability based on others reviews. The ease of use is great. Very straight forward and logical. Setting destinations and finding locations has been a breeze. The one thing that others had concerns about has been that the Nuvi at times seems to select some strange routes to your destination. Now I did not read all of the directions but have tried several different settings to see what differences they make. The two most critical seem to be the choice between Fastest and Shortest route. Fastest seems to take into consideration more than just distance while shortest is just what it says. The shortest distance! Besides a couple of very interesting side trips the Nuvi has performed beautifully. I had no previous knowledge of the cities we visited and trusted the Nuvi almost entirely. I think that a paper map of the overall area would be a good recommendation so that you have a birdseye view of where you are trying to go prior to just motoring on. If not be prepared to let the Nuvi take you there. For the most part the device new the routes, one way streets and highways well. Recalculation is quick if you make a mistake and the zoom features are great. Other benefits are the wireless for your cellphone and the ability to have the sound transmitted to your radio via the fm transmitter. This helps if it is loud in the vehicle. I would recommend this product. Rating:  - Superb productSuperb GPS - better than the ones I have in my cars. I bought it because I travel a great deal and want to get around the cities I am in without a problem. I also need U.S. and European directions. I found it intuitive and especially liked the capability of finding lodging, gas stations and restaurants in places I wasn't familiar with. Rating: - great gadget for international travelI like others took it out of box & used it in USA staright away, locks onto satelites quick, love it. Then went to UK, realised where I was immediately, superb. Got free updates to maps as standard once you register the product. Not used the MP3 part yet, but great at finding stores when in need (recently my brother was in need of Dunkin Donuts...worked a treat). Bluetooth functionality needs a volume boost but doies the job. Great screen size, looks neat, could see need to the 700 series, plus the 770 had a few poor reviews, in all a great Sat Nav from the market leader for an international traveller. Rating: - Garmin 670My family took the Garmin 670 to Italy with us to put in our rental car and i can honestly say it payed for itself the first time we got lost. this is truelly a wonderful machine and we had fun loosing it, plus all the stress we avoided from getting mad at eachother and yelling. Rating:  - Map of Europe: a deceptionI have bought this GPS because I wanted one to use in both America and Europe. On my recent travel in Eastern Europe I was shocked to learn that despite the fact that this GPS was advertised to have maps for "Europe", in fact, it covers only a tiny fraction of the continent. "Europe" geographically ends at the Ural mountain. The "European Union" includes 27 countries. This GPS DOES NOT even cover the whole EU, not to mention "Europe": it does not have maps for a major part of the EU (e.g. Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria...). This item was advertised to have "full coverage of Europe" - in my eyes to exclude half of Europe (home of over 50 million people) is a deception. I was very angry with Garmin when this device let me down at the Austrian border. What would you say if the "full coverage of North America" would in effect mean that the states of New York, Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania were missing.
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