Garmin Drive™ 53 GPS Navigator, High-Resolution Touchscreen, Simple On-Screen Menus and Easy-to-See Maps, Driver Alerts

I start this by saying I purchased a Garmin Drive 53. And it replaced my Garmin Nuvi 1450 which treated me well. It died a peaceful death.Not having a Gamin made me feel naked. I reviewed the inventory on Amazon. My first choice was the Garmin Drive Smart 66. It appeared there wasn’t anything it couldn’t do. I will comment about this later.The Garmin Drive 53 proved to be a real change from my old Nuvi 1450. I especially liked the navigation voice which was clear and precise. A real improvement. The new unit fit the dash exactly like the old one and everything just worked The suction cup didn’t need moisture. And the new one stuck to the windshield like it had been glued. A real improvement.The final words on this new Garmin are sterling. A great build and a great price. I recommend to download the owners manual annd take advantage of everything built into it. It's also available on the GPS.Now a comment on the Garmin Drive Smart 66 This was my first purchase because I was impressed with the many features. It took time to work through them. And then this popped up. A gray cloud strip covered a portion of the map. Not good. I returned the unit to the seller and Amazon applied the credit. Both operations were flawless. I now have experience operating a well built basic GPS vs a well built GPS with more features. Driving a vehicle requires your full attention. If you are able to talk on the phone, get a weather report, dial in music and maybe get the news, one must weigh these advantages in relationship to the attention needed on the road. Your call!

Works great. Helps me get to my destination faster especially in areas where I’m not familiar with. Readability features and accuracy are on point. It was a quick install and a good value for the price.

The seller, Electronic Express, Nashville Tennessee, sent the item by USPS. it arrived 2 days early in perfect condition. Notifications describing the progress of the shipment were sent daily. I am very pleased with the promptness of thedelivery. The Garmin 53 seems to be fairly easy set up and the 5" screen is bright and easy to read while driving. The power cord is somewhat clunky but doesn't interfere with the controls/buttons on the dashboard. My only complaint is that the battery is not replaceable or removable. Sooner or later the battery will no longer be rechargeable. Hopefully when the battery dies, the Garmin will still be useable when plugged into the car's power socket and capable of retaining items saved to its memory.

The GPS arrived earlier than expected and works perfectly. This is a later version of the one I purchased 15 years ago for my Tacoma pickup. I has many helpful features including traffic alerts, restaurants, hospitals, etc, I use it for local trips and along with WAYZ for longer trips, since my older truck has no built in navigation system. I find that for traffic delays and rerouting the WAYZ works better than the navigation system in my other newer vehicles.

Works great

Easy to update using the Garmin Express App.. Map looks good and brightness is

Arrived on time and was packaged well. Easy to program and use. Very accurate so far.

If you had a Garmin, then you know how they work. Map update took a while and for some reason I had to do the updates twice, but when finished it seems to work well. Easily connected to satellite. I prefer no using my phone, and lilke the reliable suction cup mounts. I do not care about the battery life as I always operate with the power cord. It is the same size as my previous device, which still works, which is to say it is not that large, but can be seen and heard. Bottom line this seems like a good basic GPS. It may not find the best routes sometimes but you will always get home using this.