I Have a Garmin GPS already and needed a second one for my wife. This model has the features needed such as lifetime traffic and voiced directions and street names. There are commercials with the free live traffic feature, but they are small and onobtrusive. The screen size and graphics are great and directions are on point. Bluetooth synching works great with my IPhone 4 and older phones too. Free Upgrading of map to 2011 was easy as Garmin has an option to order a CD with a one time new map upgrade for a low shipping charge. The volume is not as loud as on my old Garmin, But loud enough if radio volume is lowered in your car. That's the only con I have so far. Still learning how to use some of the other new features such as loading routes from other sources. Maps on your phone can't compare to a specialized live unit like this. Buy it.

Bought this Garmin a month ago mainly on the good reviews it had received and the reasonable price. Took it on a trip to the Bay area, CA. Overall, it performed well. The initial satellite acquisition in a new area takes longer than normal but that's to be expected. Subsequent acquisitions were fast. As far as the routes, except for one hiccup where it kept trying to exit on a non-existent exit on the highway, it performed OK. I noticed though occasionally it went "crazy" going around loops and so forth. Best to re-start the route calculations in those situations. The maps are fairly up to date. The traffic worked OK in one situation but for the most part, it's not the feature I would base my purchase on. For people who rely on reviews, having read dozens of them on various GPS devices, you will not find one with a perfect score. There's no such thing as a perfect GPS at any price with the current state of technology. Even with the "best" one purchased, one should not blindly follow the instructions. Commonsense should be exercised as to where the GPS is sending you. For the money, Garmin 265WT is an adequate unit.

Best Gps,nice widescreen so that u can view the street details,never looses signal,calls street by name,accurate,good features to find shopping ,gas,food etc nearby.dont forget to install the free update u get with this gps it expires after a month or so.

Overall I think this is great for the tech challenged, however I really would have liked a REAL manual to be included. I had to ask my friend to find it on-line. Since there isn't a manual provided I'm not really sure all that the device can do...but for getting places it's pretty straight forward. For the price I'm satisfied with what I got.

What a great upgrade from my old Garmin 330, this thing is awesome, handsfree phone use with the bluetooth, and the directions to new places is priceless