Bought this product for a road trip to europe. The unit itself performed quite well. There were some places where the maps were evidently out of date trying to navigate down non-existent roads in luxembourg for example although i had downloaded the latest maps available before we set off and the location concerned did not look like it had undergone any recent roadworks. It did manage to get lost about 3 or 4 times in total but overall i would consider that not bad at all given we covered 3.
The lane guidance was generally very good, although we did come across a few quite complex junctions where it was indicating the turn off too far in advance before we had negotiated an earlier slip road leading us on to the wrong motorway. The free traffic function seemed to work ok across europe but was hard to say from the driving seat whether it saved us any time. It did on one occasion seem to divert us on a very long detour off the motorway network even though there were no signs on the motorways at all indicating any hold up, and another time it diverted us around a major traffic jam but only to the junction where the accident had occurred meaning we ended up sat for nearly an hour in a parallel traffic jam trying to get back onto the motorway.Apart from this the maps were quite comprehensive and i would certainly not have managed the trip without it.
Now first off, this is my first ever satnav purchase, i have played with many before in friends cars and decided i needed one for a european holiday i had this summer. After spending days and days reading all of the reviews about every satnav i could possibly find a review for, i came across a very common re-occurance with all reviews where they disliked them:1. It sent me off down a route that is definately not the quickest and/or seemed completely random. When 'traffic' assistance was turned on more often than not the traffic was gone even though it still said there was 'heavy traffic' ahead. It broke/turned off after hitting a heavily populated area and wouldn't turn back on again. I realised after a while that every satnav has this issue, so i decided to disregard the comments left for this model and concentrate on the positive. Now i noticed with most other satnavs on the market they have all been available on the market for a number of years, and i seriously struggled to find a satnav model that was under a year old.
Surely a newer model would have ironed out the wrinkles that so many people complain about?. This is the chance i took, and decided to risk it all by travelling into europe with no map and completely rely on my shiny new garmin nuvi :) a fair way to review an item i thought. First off i got my shiny new toy and plugged it into my laptop as many people have recommended and downloaded the latest map available (garmin gives you one free map update once purchased so you have the latest version). I followed the recommended instructions by many other users on amazon and only had a couple of hitches. Firstly even with a very decent home connection it took a long while to download the map, i had to leave it running overnight to complete.
Pros
- Garmin Nuvi 3760T
- Good but not as good for routes as the 760
- Very Clear & easy to use
- A cracking piece of kit
- Registration problems
Cons
- great looks, but unreliable
- Nice Looks, Useless Navigation, not fit for purpose
- DO NOT BUY!!! Terrible in City locations
- Cannot recommend
- One step forward, two steps back!
- great hardware but poor navigation
Negative Review of Garmin nuvi 3760T 4.3" Sat Nav with UK and Full Europe Maps, Traffic Alerts and Bluetooth
This is a great looking bit of kit with some very smart features. Sadly navigating around cities isn't one of them. Do not attempt to drive through any major city in europe or else you encounter the garmin spin.
In that once you stop moving the map display spins like a whirling dervish in an attempt to relocate it's self. It just plainly can't navigate through even the lowest built up areas, and get's completely lost in anything above 3 story's. Not only that, i'm sure garmin have put a cheeky imp inside, as every now and again it takes you off at a motorway junction only to direct you back on again. Oh how we laughedits a shame as i'm/was a big garmin fan, i've now got the tricky problem of trying to get my money back.
Features of Garmin nuvi 3760T 4.3" Sat Nav with UK and Full Europe Maps, Traffic Alerts and Bluetooth
- Award-winning, thinnest-ever, stylish and blade-like sat nav
- Bursting with all-new navigation features plus multi-touch screen and dual-orientation display
- Lane Assist with PhotoReal™ Junction View illustrates lane selection with accurate signage and landscape detail
- NüRoute™ technology with trafficTrends™ and myTrends™ predicts your regular journeys and learns historic traffic patterns
- Essential navigation features: subscription-free lifetime pan-European traffic, Bluetooth® hands-free calling and Cyclops™ speed cameras
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Good But Not As Good For Routes As the 760. First things first; it looks great; a bit like an ipod with similar touch sensitive screen. It will therefore fit in your jacket pocket and will change orientation as you turn it so you can use it for navigating on foot in portrait or landscape mode. It starts really quickly and if you keep it in standby, it starts instantly which is a huge improvement over my fiancée's garmin 760 i've been using recently. The screen is very clear and hi-res. However, the traffic facility is of limited use; not because it doesn't work but because not every road is covered. It may direct you away from one lot of traffic and straight into another lot it didn't know about. However, the timings are generally more accurate than the 760 which was over-optimistic even on a clear road as it allowed no time for traffic lights or road junctions. The junction view is largely a gimmick which looks impressive but by the time you've looked at the nice picture you'll have missed your turn. Similarly the lane guidance is useful but not always accurate - for example it sometimes shows 4 lanes when there are only three. The biggest issue is the routes which are largely excellent, but it does have a tendency to direct you off motorways then back on again. It even happened locally where it directed me to turn into a slip road in front of shops then back on to the main road. As with any sat nav you should never use it blind and it's pretty easy to look where it's directing you and to spot that it's taking a short detour. If you do decide to completely ignore the route it offers, it doesn't keep telling you to make u-turn unlike the 760 which would nag you for miles. However route re-calculation is slower than the 760 possibly because it's having to deal with traffic data. The much vaunted facility to 'learn' your favourite routes remains untested simply because i don't need a sat nav on my regular routes so it never gets to learn them. Overall, it's a good piece of kit and if they cure the tendency to take short detours it's probably as good as sat nav gets. .
Very Clear & Easy to Use. This was bought to replace a garmin nuvi 670 which was never the same after a garmin update, & would freeze up at the fist sign of a junction, needing a re-boot. . Very annoying. The battery life had also reduced to minutes. This unit works fine (much as my 670 when i first had it), but has a much clearer screen, with better graphics. The addition of lane identification is also extremely useful. One criticism is that the speed camera 'bong' (another £20) is similar to that of an aircraft stewardess button, & too quiet. I got into gps navigation over 10 years ago, prior to it being popular, using a palm tungsten t3 & mapping software. Being pda based, all displays were taller, rather than wider, which is far more intuitive, & you drove up the screen. . The 3760t supports this very well. Its also much thinner, & genuinely slips into an inside pocket of a jacket. We recently used it to navigate valencia on foot, & it was very good at that, getting us to the door of the hotel from the train station. (it also worked in the plane next to the window!!!)minus points. . The glossy screen is a fingerprint magnet, but looks good when clean! the speaker is build into the mount, & yet another change of plug connection means i have to rewire the hard wired plug in the car. Needless to say my old garmin mains adapter won't fit either, so more money for garmin if i want to charge it out of the car. Overall its a great unit, a bit pricey, but the best one i've owned yet. .
A Cracking Piece of Kit. Now first off, this is my first ever satnav purchase, i have played with many before in friends cars and decided i needed one for a european holiday i had this summer. After spending days and days reading all of the reviews about every satnav i could possibly find a review for, i came across a very common re-occurance with all reviews where they disliked them:1. It sent me off down a route that is definately not the quickest and/or seemed completely random. 2. When 'traffic' assistance was turned on more often than not the traffic was gone even though it still said there was 'heavy traffic' ahead. 3. It broke/turned off after hitting a heavily populated area and wouldn't turn back on again. I realised after a while that every satnav has this issue, so i decided to disregard the comments left for this model and concentrate on the positive. Now i noticed with most other satnavs on the market they have all been available on the market for a number of years, and i seriously struggled to find a satnav model that was under a year old. Surely a newer model would have ironed out the wrinkles that so many people complain about? this is the chance i took, and decided to risk it all by travelling into europe with no map and completely rely on my shiny new garmin nuvi :) a fair way to review an item i thought. First off i got my shiny new toy and plugged it into my laptop as many people have recommended and downloaded the latest map available (garmin gives you one free map update once purchased so you have the latest version). I followed the recommended instructions by many other users on amazon and only had a couple of hitches. Firstly even with a very decent home connection it took a long while to download the map, i had to leave it running overnight to complete. When i tried to install it said the file size was too big for my device - but how can this be!? - so i made a swift call to support. They were very quick and helpful and talked me through deleting all of the help and voice files i would not require, pretty much just involved opening the device like a flash drive and selecting files and deleting them. After deleting all of the foreign direction voice files (arabic, french, spanish, japanese, cantonese etc) which take up most of the space, i obviously left english in so my satnav could vocalise directions and streetnames. Once this was done the map installed flawlessly by following the on-screen instructions. A lightweight sleek device that can be used in your car and handheld if you're on foot i feel in love with this instantly. Using on some local trips to get used to programming in trips and searching for nearby locations, points of view etc i found it very simple to use and haven't read the manual to this day. Sadly 2 weeks before my big holiday i put it in the glovebox (in the garmin soft carry case you have to purchase seperately) and unknown to me as i closed it my glasses case put pressure on the centre of the screen and smashed it. I was gutted to say the least, how would i get a replacement in time!? i called garmin and they gave me an address to get it repaired; so i sent it off immediately and 7 days later it was back with me with a new screen and a £90 bill - this may sound alot, but compared to a new device (which cost me £230 at the time) this was great news. Now off on my trip. I drove from scotland to england (at the eurotunnel - the satnav finds this as a 'transport' point of interest), then from there throught france (paris, chamonix), to switzerland (interlaken), over the swiss mountains into italy (stelvio pass, venice, florence, rome) and then back home again. Many times stopping off at local marked destinations i searched for using my satnav; plotting it to 'wineries' in france to sample the local wine, to 'national parks' in switzerland, to 'campsites' and 'hotels' in italy, to 'bank machines' and 'fuel stations' where requires, and 'restaurants' or 'cafes' when we got peckish. This little device did everything i wanted it to and more. Every time i would take a wrong turn it would redirct me back on track very quickly, or i could take a detour (by selecting it on the screen) if i didn't feel like taking the motorways that day. In all cities i would take the satnav in hand, save my hotel on the map and walk off out for the day on our travels, plotting our way to local points of interest or even to the local supermarket when we wanted, truly a must as we refused to pay the scandalous prices for local streetmaps. We had everything at our fingertips. Now i read that a few people had trouble with theirs breaking during long journeys, and taking this on board i made sure it didn't get too hot while on the dashboard, like and electrical device i presumed it would die in extreme heat, and noticed this one day when i went to pick it up and it was too hot to touch because of the intense heat from the sun beaming through my windscreen onto the device. I simply put it closer to the vents on the dashboard to counteract the effect and kept it cool. No problems with its performance except when i had plotted in a 10hr long journey (lets say from italy to rome) and i took a wrong turn, the satnav would obviously need to recalculate my journey and get me back on track, and could take up to 10 seconds to recalculate, but only if i had a stupidly long journey plotted in. Travelling through paris and rome the satnav was a must, with lane assist and distance to turn-offs i never got lost and managed to follow the locals without any accidents or neary misses by it asking me to jump 6 lanes last minute, it always gave me plenty of warning. Pro's. - long battery life when not plugged in- all destinations i could think of plus more, sometimes i was swamped in too much information and places of interest i couldnt find what i was looking for- clear large screen with loud volume if you whack it up to maximum- perfect lane assistance will keep you right in fast moving traffic in a foreign city- very detailed map with 'street mode' allowing you to take in-hand and keep you right even on foot- lovely clear touchscreen buttons and finger drag (like an ipod) to scroll through menus- just a winderful little lightweight slim device (that looks cool too)now to the cons, it does have them, like all satnavs its not perfect. - a bit scuttery to update the maps on it the first time round, im computer literate and i think those who lack skill would find this tricky, but give the helpful folks at garmin a call and they'll talk you through it no problem. - every now and again it send me on a minor detour of a street alongside a main street just to jump back along the main street, but because i had such clear visibility on the screen i ignored it and never had a problem. - it tried to send me down one-way streets once or twice; like all cities they are constantly evolving so i knew it can't always be up-to-date as the local councils mix things up. All i did was travel one street down instead and i was back on track. - it tried to send me down a street that wasn't there or the street i was on wasn't on the map. In these cases i could clearly see the suroundings had changed recently, so simply the map was out of date, not something easy to amend when you see the detail this satnav holds. - the screen can be broken easily if you're not careful - as i found out (the same as any ipod/iphone) - but take care of it and it'll take care of you in return :).
Product Info
- Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 12.2 x 7.5 cm ; 113 g
- Boxed-product Weight: 558 g
- Item model number: 010-00858-11
- ASIN: B003JFKOZ4
Conclusion of Garmin nuvi 3760T 4
Navigation and accuracy is typical garmin - very good. I also find its sluggish at times - but i'm comparing it to the apple touch screens. The screen resolution is a major upgrade, so much so you'll hate using anything oldermy only gripe is the traffic (hence not 5 stars). For the past seven years i have used a garmin street pilot 111 de lux and would still be using it if garmin had not stopped updateing maps for it in 2009. So i looked carefully at what was on the market and narrowed it down to the garmin 1695,3760t, or 3790.
I really wanted the five inch screen which the 1695 has as we use a motorhome and it is some distance from the passenger seat to where the garmin would be sitting, but ruled it out mostly because as far as we are concerned garmin had tried to produce an all singing all dancing unit 90% of which we would not use. We do about seven thousand miles a year all over europe and we wanted a good basic clear screened no nonsense navigator. The high resolution screen is a pleasure to look at, it locked into the satelites very quickly so i then carefull read the instructions and linked it to my computer, the computer sorted the drivers and took me through to garmin and found the 3760t without problems. It informed me that i needed to update my maps. The update went smoothly and my garmin was up to date and registered with garmin.
I am using it on the garmin sandbag type base which we had found worked well with the previous garmin. As soon as i started driving the garmin updated its traffic monitor (don't think it applies in guernsey as i heard nothing more) the navigation accuracy was excellent, although the electronic voice (female) had great difficulty pronouncing guernsey street names and did miss words at the beginning of some sentencies, not as good as our previous garmin. The 3d mapping view was excellent and very clear on the high definition screen. ( i still wish garmin would do a high definition seven inch screen, more useful for motorhomers). 1)can i update the mapping on my laptop to the current mapping spec of my new garmin?.
2) can i download all of the waypoints saved on my computer in my old mapsource 2009 system to my new garmin 3760t. Garmin's service i have to say was excellent and i now look forward to using the unit accross europe in 2011. First things first; it looks great; a bit like an ipod with similar touch sensitive screen. It starts really quickly and if you keep it in standby, it starts instantly which is a huge improvement over my fiancée's garmin 760 i've been using recently. The screen is very clear and hi-res.
However, the traffic facility is of limited use; not because it doesn't work but because not every road is covered. However, the timings are generally more accurate than the 760 which was over-optimistic even on a clear road as it allowed no time for traffic lights or road junctions. The junction view is largely a gimmick which looks impressive but by the time you've looked at the nice picture you'll have missed your turn. It even happened locally where it directed me to turn into a slip road in front of shops then back on to the main road. As with any sat nav you should never use it blind and it's pretty easy to look where it's directing you and to spot that it's taking a short detour.
However route re-calculation is slower than the 760 possibly because it's having to deal with traffic data. The much vaunted facility to 'learn' your favourite routes remains untested simply because i don't need a sat nav on my regular routes so it never gets to learn them. This was bought to replace a garmin nuvi 670 which was never the same after a garmin update, & would freeze up at the fist sign of a junction, needing a re-boot. This unit works fine (much as my 670 when i first had it), but has a much clearer screen, with better graphics. The glossy screen is a fingerprint magnet, but looks good when clean.
Needless to say my old garmin mains adapter won't fit either, so more money for garmin if i want to charge it out of the car. When 'traffic' assistance was turned on more often than not the traffic was gone even though it still said there was 'heavy traffic' ahead. Now i noticed with most other satnavs on the market they have all been available on the market for a number of years, and i seriously struggled to find a satnav model that was under a year old. This is the chance i took, and decided to risk it all by travelling into europe with no map and completely rely on my shiny new garmin nuvi :) a fair way to review an item i thought. First off i got my shiny new toy and plugged it into my laptop as many people have recommended and downloaded the latest map available (garmin gives you one free map update once purchased so you have the latest version).
Sadly 2 weeks before my big holiday i put it in the glovebox (in the garmin soft carry case you have to purchase seperately) and unknown to me as i closed it my glasses case put pressure on the centre of the screen and smashed it. I called garmin and they gave me an address to get it repaired; so i sent it off immediately and 7 days later it was back with me with a new screen and a £90 bill - this may sound alot, but compared to a new device (which cost me £230 at the time) this was great news. I drove from scotland to england (at the eurotunnel - the satnav finds this as a 'transport' point of interest), then from there throught france (paris, chamonix), to switzerland (interlaken), over the swiss mountains into italy (stelvio pass, venice, florence, rome) and then back home again. Every time i would take a wrong turn it would redirct me back on track very quickly, or i could take a detour (by selecting it on the screen) if i didn't feel like taking the motorways that day. In all cities i would take the satnav in hand, save my hotel on the map and walk off out for the day on our travels, plotting our way to local points of interest or even to the local supermarket when we wanted, truly a must as we refused to pay the scandalous prices for local streetmaps.
No problems with its performance except when i had plotted in a 10hr long journey (lets say from italy to rome) and i took a wrong turn, the satnav would obviously need to recalculate my journey and get me back on track, and could take up to 10 seconds to recalculate, but only if i had a stupidly long journey plotted in. - long battery life when not plugged in- all destinations i could think of plus more, sometimes i was swamped in too much information and places of interest i couldnt find what i was looking for- clear large screen with loud volume if you whack it up to maximum- perfect lane assistance will keep you right in fast moving traffic in a foreign city- very detailed map with 'street mode' allowing you to take in-hand and keep you right even on foot- lovely clear touchscreen buttons and finger drag (like an ipod) to scroll through menus- just a winderful little lightweight slim device (that looks cool too)now to the cons, it does have them, like all satnavs its not perfect. - a bit scuttery to update the maps on it the first time round, im computer literate and i think those who lack skill would find this tricky, but give the helpful folks at garmin a call and they'll talk you through it no problem. - every now and again it send me on a minor detour of a street alongside a main street just to jump back along the main street, but because i had such clear visibility on the screen i ignored it and never had a problem. In these cases i could clearly see the suroundings had changed recently, so simply the map was out of date, not something easy to amend when you see the detail this satnav holds.
- the screen can be broken easily if you're not careful - as i found out (the same as any ipod/iphone) - but take care of it and it'll take care of you in return :). Had major problems with online registration of this sat nav (landline registration cancels the free for life traffic updates)i needed the services of a computer buff after trying all the suggestions from the garmin help line. Having got that out of the way the sat nav works very well, clear diction, good graphics i have never owned one before so not anything to compare it with personaly, bought it on the strenghth of 'a best buy' and reviews. I knew of garmin's reputation for good marine gps units so i checked several specialist supplier's sites andtheir expertise seemed to be confirmed wherever i read. I have had a tomtom, navman and a garmin and since getting one of the cheaper garmins i have decided garmin are the best. I have not experienced this 'whirly bird' problem of the garmin not knowing where i am going, and i have been through london.
Great While It Lasted. A great improvement on my old garmin. Particularly liked the photo quality image of upcoming motorway junctions with clear lane advice and improved "next turn" information - now on top left of screen. But it broke down after 3 weeks - on a journey the map started to pixellate and disintegrated totally although other information was still on screen. Great return service from amazon. .
Excellent. Dont Understand the Bad Reviews. I have had a tomtom, navman and a garmin and since getting one of the cheaper garmins i have decided garmin are the best. I bought this for the lane assist and that it appeared to be good as a pedestrian sat nav. I work as an engineer and travel all over the country and have to walk around london after parking my car miles away. After reading the reviews i decided to go for this one over the 3790 because i dont see the point in the "voice commands" feature. Some of the negative reviews i read made me laugh. So i am going to tell you my experience against these negative reviews that i don't agree with. The unit it slim and looks smart. It does get hot when plugged in but it doesnt cause any problems. I put this down to the slim design. It shows you the speed of the road you are on in the corner which is brilliant. Knowing the speed limit. I have not experienced this "whirly bird" problem of the garmin not knowing where i am going, and i have been through london. As for the diverting you off roads and back onto them as mentioned in some reviews. I suspect that these reviewers have not turned off the avoid traffic option in the avoidances. If you go to the settings you can tell the satnav to avoid traffic aswell as motorways, tolls etc. Turn the traffic option off and you won't get this problem. Also people seem to not understand that you have to apply a bit of common sense when using a satnav. Durrrrr. I got the free cityxplorer for free. I chose london and it is excellent to use on foot. There is an option to navigate by car or as a pedestrian. The garmin offers a free map upgrade when you register it to check it is up to date. It does take over an hour to update but big deal. I have tried navman and tomtom and i do not think these companies update their maps as well as garmin. Garmin are the best at this. The speed camera alerts are good. Would be nice if there was an option so they still beeped when the sound is muted. Garmin are the only sat nav company that offer free and unlimited traffic alerts which i have found to be useful. Not always accurate but most traffic alerts are only as accurate as the information they get. The lane assist is good. Shows the lanes you need to get to in the top left corner as part of the turn and then when you get close it shows you a picture of the junction and arrows to the lanes. The screen is very clear and bright. I think it is an excellent satnav however one critism which is why it lost 1 star. Garmin seem to be the only satnav company that don't allow you to input pois (points of interest) and let them come as logos on your map as you drive. You can load them on but you have to say you want to navigate to one. On navman and tomtom as you drive on the road you can see there is a mcdonalds or a premier inn or something from a logo. Garmin say its to stop the map being cluttered but surely this is down to the user to decide. Sort this out please garmin!.
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