Garmin nüvi 370 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
Garmin nüvi 370 3.5-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator
- 3.5-inch, touch-screen TFT LCD display with 320 x 240 pixels of resolution
- Voice announcements, alerts for traffic-related tie-ups, and maps for all of North America and Europe
- Bluetooth wireless technology for hands-free calling, and USB interface for loading data
- Includes MP3 player, picture viewer, world clock, currency and measurement converters, calculator and more
- Weighs 5 ounces and measures 3.9 x 2.9 x 0.9 inches (W x H x D)
Amazon.com Product Description Now you can go from North America to Europe without loading any more maps with the Garmin’s transatlantic nüvi 370 Personal Travel Assistant. This pocket-sized personal travel assistant comes with built-in street maps for both continents, making traveling abroad as easy as getting off the plane. The nüvi 370 is loaded with convenience features such as a travel kit and hands-free calling, on top of which it provides you with even more maps and an integrated traffic receiver.
The nüvi 370 comes with built-in street maps for both continents, making traveling abroad so easy. See side view.
Keep track of all of your speed and timed information on one single screen.
The 370’s travel kit menu delivers access to audio books, pictures, and more. Despite being loaded with features, the nüvi 370 still allows you to navigate with ease. This unit comes ready to go right out of the box with preloaded NavTeq City Navigator NT
List Price: $ 899.99
Price: $ 899.99
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Wayne R. Stoltzfus
August 12, 2011excellent GPS for navigation,
We purchased the Nuvi 370 (our 3rd GPS) for use on an upcoming bicycle tour in Europe. It has full detailed maps of all of North America and Europe pre loaded. It is very intuitive to program and use. The display is bright and very easy to read. Battery life isn’t too bad (about 4-5 hours depending upon backlight use. I have built a little battery pack for use during bicycle touring. With a 10 pack of AA batteries,we have 20 hours of operating time. I would give the Nuvi 370 5 stars for navigation and ease of use. It isn’t useful for hiking as it doesn’t have waypoint or backtrack features. I also (my personal feeling only) awarded 4 stars because it has a lot of features that I don’t need ,and would rather not have to pay for. Others may want the Blue Toorh capability, as well as the MP3 and the picture viewing features. We felt these features increased the cost for unwanted features. But, as a navigation device,the 370 is definitely a 5 star. If you wont be going to Europe ,the 350 has most of the same features just not the European detailed maps,and it is less expensive.
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|airfirehorse
August 12, 2011A Trip Report,
Since this is my first GPS, I really have no way to compare whether this GPS is “better” than others. I can only describe my experiences with it.
I first used the GPS locally (southeastern PA) to test it out since I had an upcoming trip to VT where I planned to really use it. I wanted to make sure I’d know how to use the controls. I used the GPS while taking public transit to see what it would say the best route was. I also used it while walking near my home and Philly to see if it knew small local streets. The GPS performed well (detouring whenever I went in unexpected directions) during these tests. There are settings to change your mode of transport to bike, bus, car/truck, foot, etc. and I used many of these modes. I never encountered any streets that weren’t known and this surprised me since these maps are from 2006 and there is tons of construction. Speaking of which, that was one of my complaints: that 2006 maps are included with a late 2007 sold product. I think it should have the maps of the year it is sold in.
Then came my trip to VT which I pre-mapped using Google on the way up thinking I’d see if the GPS agreed with the route I took. I had dragged my Google Map directions so that I could avoid the interstate routes that went through NJ. My route was PA->NY->VT on the way up. The Google map directions got me confused around the NY/VT border with some road names I couldn’t find, but the GPS led me the rest of the way to Stowe, VT. I had absolutely no problems; I did not get lost once using the route the Nuvi 370 told me to take, even when I accidentally missed a turn and the route changed. Incidentally, it takes about 10-30 seconds to recalculate routes and I was pleased with that. In fact, the only slow point is when I first turned on the Nuvi and it took as long as 3 minutes to “acquire satellites.”
I then used the Nuvi around Stowe and found pretty much everything I punched in, including some not-so-run-of-mill places I wanted to visit. Some of the roads were dirt roads, but they were considered finished (just sort of backwoods, which seemed typical near some of the hiking spots I went to). The Nuvi did fail in finding Mt. Elsmore State Park since it took me to someone’s house in the woods. It was definitely not a ranger station or park office. That was it’s only failure.
Coming home I allowed the GPS to completely figure my route. I had previously set the GPS for “shortest distance,” but once I changed it to “fastest route” it put me back on interstates, which is where I wanted to be after all of those one-lane (in each direction) VT roads. Another small problem I had was the Nuvi’s insistence on calling road name changes “turns”, which sometimes caused me to wonder whether I missed something. I realized that all I really did was change roads so from then on I ignored the word “turn” if I saw I was not supposed to physically turn. Also, I never used the sound so I was going strictly by looking at the GPS. I prefer listening to music so I figured I might not hear the turns anyway. I used the mileage to each turn to remember to change directions or roads.
If you click the bottom left of the screen (Expected Arrival Time when you’re routing), you can get a view of the trip information like fastest and average speeds as well as mileage and total time. Clicking the top where the current routing info is (like the road you are on and the very next upcoming turn) lets you see quite a few more steps in the future, which I also found useful.
All in all, I believe this GPS (which I bought here on Amazon) was well worth the money even though the maps are old-ish, the travel kit and languages come separately, the warm-up time is a little long, and I could not get it to stick to the dash (I placed it in the driver’s cup holder instead since the dash of my car is too slanted to reach). I will be using my Nuvi 370 often.
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|Kingjnod
August 12, 2011Used it in Europe, worked great! (UPDATE 2nd Trip to Europe),
SEE UPDATE BELOW ORIGINAL REVIEW
I have just returned from a trip to Europe (London, Paris, Rome, and Florence) where I used the Nuvi 370 extensively and it worked great. First of all, I put a lot of the places I would be going to in the “Favorites” list before I left. The great thing about Nuvi is that it sorts this list based on distance from wherever you happen to be. So I didn’t have to scroll through points for Paris or Rome when I was in England and vice versa. Very useful. I also found that the points of interest had all the sightseeing landmarks that I was going to visit and nearly every restaurant that I had earmarked for meals. I also got the translation guide which came in very useful (especially to explain “tap water” at European restaurants, they really want to sell you bottled water and pretend to not understand what tap water means, but showing them in their own language on Nuvi always got the point across). Now here is a report of actual real world use as a pedestrian in Europe.
Pros – It had every street that I walked on without exception. It knew that I could walk the wrong way on one-way streets as a pedestrian (in pedestrian mode). Usually very fast lock on of satellites. Currency converter very useful. Language guide easy to use and very helpful with menus. Learned a few phrases by imitating the voice on the language guide which led to a lot of goodwill in France and Italy. Used it to show addresses to cab drivers which was always helpful. Tracked the taxi rides and could tell when cabbies were way off route and a little protesting got them back on track. Used it to make easy decisions between walking, metro, or cab by routing a destination and seeing how far the walk would be. Nuvi lets you scroll through the route and is pretty accurate as to how long it will take to walk.
Cons – 1. In pedestrian mode, I almost always started walking the wrong way because Nuvi isn’t sure which way it is pointed when you are standing still. This is fixed by walking a few feet until you see if you are going the right way, rarely more than 10 feet. 2. It doesn’t automatically reroute in pedestrian mode if you get off the selected route, you need to hit “detour” which sometimes leads to a much longer path. 3. Sometimes satellite signal would get lost in the narrow older streets, especially in Italy. Sometimes the display would suddenly indicate that I was walking the exact opposite way that I had been going due to lost or confused signal. But these are all nits and were easily handled.
Overall – The Nuvi 370 worked exactly the way I was hoping it would. If you live in America and plan travel in Europe, I highly recommend the Nuvi 370 and Language Guide.
UPDATE 2ND TRIP TO EUROPE
I recently spent two weeks in Spain where I used the Nuvi in pedestrian mode and drove throughout Southern and Western Spain. The Nuvi worked perfectly except where maps were somewhat out of date. The scariest words in my life now are “Enter roundabout and take second exit to roundabout”. At one point we did three consecutive roundabouts! If you are not used to driving in a foreign country, I highly recommend Nuvi 370. The POI’s pointed out gas and food when we needed it, and in both pedestrian and driving mode, it got us through many medieval streets with no problems. I again used the language guide(very useful) and was able to figure out what was what on local menus. I find the estimated arrival times in both pedestrian mode and driving mode to be pretty accurate and helpful in decision making. I even used it on the AVE high speed train between Madrid and Cordoba to see how fast we were going (180+ mph). I have now had this for a couple of years and can’t live without it.
One of most useful features is the ability to find metro stations nearby when you are in pedestrian mode. Very helpful in Madrid and Barcelona.
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