Thread: Drivesmart� 55

Hello ,
what do you think of Garmin DRIVESMART� 55
this will be my first navigation and I would like to know if this model is reliable.

Thank you, I was looking for opinions from owners of this model, whether it crashes, whether it loses range, how is the quality, ... in general, whether it is reliable navigation.

I would say that Garmin (in general) are most stable and reliable navigation devices if you compare them with some none branded cheap shi*t devices from China or even with many other known brands. In my opinion it's also most user friendly brand comparing to Mio, Tomtom etc., regarding map updates and navigation algorithm. Also, I never saw any garmin "crashing" or throwing errors. But nevertheless it's an electronic device and none of them is immune to various malfunctions or glitches which can occur. I have tons of experiences many of them so I think Garmin in price range as it's Drivesmart 55 could be ranked into best buy devices/series regarding price/performance/quality. But that's just my opinion, some may not agree with me from different reasons.

Thanks for the comments, I bought the navigation, my first impressions so far are good

I've been using the navigation for two months now, so far I'm satisfied, the only drawback, as mentioned in the comments above, is a weak battery, I bought it with an additional map for Bulgaria, which turned out not to be detailed, but it's not Garmin's fault, Happy Holidays

Hello! To share the experiences from garmin or rather from the map developers, I bought the device with an additional map of Bulgaria orfm, which is not accurate, it constantly gives errors, for example, at a roundabout, instead of the second exit, it gives me the fourth exit, to emphasize it is not fault of garmin and map developers .regards

Battery Life: Up to 1 hour if you are lucky.
That goes for most car GPS units from Garmin.

You need to be on power in the car for it to work for a long drive.
If you are taking it for hiking forget it.

Spoiler: I would go to this map site for Bulgaria:

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There are many sites that offer free routable maps the one about is just one of them.

In the setting on the 55 turn off the Bulgaria map you have and install this one and see if it is better.

Garmin City Navigator Europe NTU 2025 coverage has Bulgaria why are you not using that map???

Spoiler: Coverage of the Garmin City Navigator Europe NTU 2025

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As for the problem of the wrong instructions what voice are you using?
Some voices do get it wrong from time to time.