A good product but needs better instructions. The actual sat nav is good - clear maps and good directions. The suggestion of which lane to be in in a multi lane highway is particularly useful. The trouble i found with it is that the various menus seem to ne laid out in an haphazard way making it difficult to use the features the sat nav came with.
In some cases the speed limit on some roads are not according to the road signs.
Pros
- Nuvi 2515LT is easy to use.
- A good Sat nav for the asking price
- Not happy with maps
- A good product but needs better instructions
- It takes you where you want to Go!!!
- Garmin Nuvi 2515LT
Cons
- Garmin 2515 with 'iffy' Bluetooth
- Traffic is a waste of Time
- satnav with bluetooth
Negative Review of Garmin nuvi 2515LT 5" Sat Nav with UK and Ireland Maps, Lifetime Traffic Alerts and Bluetooth
Features of Garmin nuvi 2515LT 5" Sat Nav with UK and Ireland Maps, Lifetime Traffic Alerts and Bluetooth
- Extra-wide, dual-orientation, 5-inch touchscreen sat nav
- Lifetime traffic - comprehensive traffic alerts for the lifetime of the sat nav
- Lane Assist with Garmin PhotoReal™ junction view
- UK and Ireland street-level mapping
- Bluetooth® wireless technology for hands-free calls
Product Description,
An Advanced Super-Wide Sat Nav with Lifetime Traffic Alerts, The Nuvi 2515LT is part of Garmin's collection of advanced sat navs offering sophisticated features ideal for every-day use. The Nuvi 2515LT has a super-wide 5" dual-orientation touchscreen display, is preloaded with UK and Ireland mapping, has 3D traffic, our unique Cyclops speed cameras and Bluetooth hands-free calling.
Packed with Advanced Navigation Features, Powered by Guidance 2, The Guidance 2 advanced navigation engine provides a fast, intuitive user interface for swifter, more accurate routing. It also has faster search facilities which make finding points of interest such as restaurants, hotels, airports and more, quicker as well as giving search suggestions. Advanced navigation features are also introduced into the Guidance 2 range such as Garmin 3D Traffic and our exclusive split-screen PhotoReal Junction View for so you are prepared for upcoming exits and junctions. You know exactly where and how long traffic jams are
Avoid Traffic Tie-Ups, To keep drivers moving, the Nuvi 2515LT includes subscription-free 3D traffic for the lifetime of the product. Delivered via traditional RDS-TMC, the service combines trafficTrends™ historic route data together with information on the current traffic situation to identify congestion and incidents on your planned journey. An astonishing 80 million sources are used to understand what's happening on the roads, with comprehensive coverage of motorways and A roads across the UK and Europe. If there are queues, you'll be offered an alternative route to avoid any delay. FREE lifetime traffic updates may not be transferred to another person or another Garmin product. Lifetime traffic extends for the useful life of your Garmin traffic receiver (as long as you own a compatible Garmin GPS) or as long as Garmin receives traffic data from its traffic supplier, whichever is shorter. Traffic content not available for all areas. Make and receive calls via Bluetooth
Hands-Free for Safer Driving, With built-in Bluetooth wireless technology, you can sync with your compatible mobile phone for hands-free phone calling and even access your phone book and call history via the sat nav - no need to look at, touch or even find your phone. PhotoReal Junction View shows every detail - even lampposts
Know the Lane Before It's Too Late, Avoid confusion at tricky exits and junctions. Nuvi 2515LT's Lane Assist with PhotoReal Junction View shows the lane you need to be in at upcoming major junctions and exits with incredible detail of your surroundings right down to the trees, bridges and pylons. From a mile before the junction, the sat nav enters split screen mode to show your position on the map alongside a realistic depiction of your upcoming manoeuvre, with accurately reproduced road signs for confident navigation and reassurance you're on track.
Go Beyond Navigation, Know where the speed cameras are
Keep an Eye on the Latest Speed Cameras, Garmin Nuvi sat navs contain our unique Cyclops speed camera system, for real-time, direction-relevant and accurate alerts. Get overspeed warning and speed limit information as you approach one of hundreds of fixed, mobile, variable limit and temporary speed cameras. New or moved cameras are constantly tracked and Cyclops checks and updates its central database daily.
Find Fuel-Efficient Routes, Garmin's ecoRoute fuel-saver technology finds the most fuel-efficient route to a destination, helping drivers save money while being kinder on the environment. The innovative feature tracks fuel usage and calculates the cost of a journey as well as enabling accurate expense reporting.
Park Position Recall, Nuvi 2515LT comes with Park Position Recall to help you find your car where you left it.
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Nuvi 2515lt Is Easy to Use.. This product was very easy to setup. The visual instructions and voice instructions are good and clear to follow. If i go off track (i. E. I do not follow the instructions) it automatically works out a new route without making a 'big scene' about it. There does not appear to be a way of adding a pin to prevent misuse, should the satnav be stolen; my other garmin satnav has this facility. .
Sat Nav. Excellent sat nav this is my second garmin. Only draw back is the lead goes into the back of the device and not into the shoe, so you can not just take it off the shoe leaving everthing else in place. Otherwise i would have gave this five stars. .
My First Satnav. Well, technically my second. I was offered the loan of one for a touring holiday in scotland and was surprised how effective it was. So i decided on the 2515lt with lifetime traffic reports. The only real shortcoming of the model i borrowed. The 2515 works ok, but on the two trips i've used it on i see no sign of the traffic avoidance system actually working at all. It finds traffic servers ok (or says it does) but on the two trips i've taken since buying it let me drive straight into lengthy delays on established roadworks without offering me the chance to exit at the junction beforehand & get around them. My loan unit (a 1340) gave a single beep for all alerts. The 2515 gives a treble beep despite the menu indicating a choice between a single tone, or continuous one. Clearly an interpretation of the word 'single' that i have not encountered before. One of the reasons i held off buying a satnav for years was people telling me you could only force your choice of route by using the 'via' function. . Something i tried on my loan unit but could not get to work properly. Possibly me being even more dense than usual. The 2515 has a 'trip' function which i did get to work correctly, but i discovered the 'basecamp' software free on garmin's site that lets you create a route and upload it to their units. Runs at a snails pace on my laptop, so i need to try it on my desktop to see how good it actually is. Would i buy another 2515?. No. I'd go for the loan model i had (1340 still available for £80) without the traffic avoidance system and use the basecamp software to upload my routes, saving myself £45 and my ears from those irritating treble-beeps. .
Product Info
- Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 13.7 x 8.3 cm ; 191 g
- Boxed-product Weight: 558 g
- Item model number: 010-01002-60
- ASIN: B006OJZOIE
Conclusion of Garmin nuvi 2515LT 5" Sat Nav
I purchased this sat nav after having the garmin nuvi 250 before. I really liked the facility to view the entire route and simply zoom in on any part of the route so i can decide whether i wish to stick to the route or use local knowledge to bypass traffic hotspots. That said it is a good sat nav, which i use all the time for my work. I am pleased with the traffic information and very much like the facility to have an alternative route (with timings). What an excellent sat nav, bought this for my husband after reading the product reviews. He is very impressed with the blootooth phone connection through the sat nav, which means he can leave his phone in his pocket whilst driving. I do not follow the instructions) it automatically works out a new route without making a 'big scene' about it. Excellent sat nav this is my second garmin. The 2515 works ok, but on the two trips i've used it on i see no sign of the traffic avoidance system actually working at all.
It finds traffic servers ok (or says it does) but on the two trips i've taken since buying it let me drive straight into lengthy delays on established roadworks without offering me the chance to exit at the junction beforehand & get around them. One of the reasons i held off buying a satnav for years was people telling me you could only force your choice of route by using the 'via' function. The 2515 has a 'trip' function which i did get to work correctly, but i discovered the 'basecamp' software free on garmin's site that lets you create a route and upload it to their units. I'd go for the loan model i had (1340 still available for £80) without the traffic avoidance system and use the basecamp software to upload my routes, saving myself £45 and my ears from those irritating treble-beeps. I picked up one of these in a blowout deal at a local retailer, i also got the home charger and case includedthe reason i looked at this model was despite newer nuvi models being out there, this garmin is a bit older, but it has a few extra bits included that the updated entry models don'tbluetooth is one (tested it and it works just fine, you pair up devices and they work great and saves the need to buy another bluetooh device)eco driving, this monitors the braking and acceleration, and fuel economy (and you can set these values including fuel cost) this seems like a gimmick, but i honestly find it does encourage better driving and fuel efficiencythe search function is more advanced than the entry modelsthis model comes with the fm lead to get traffic updates, though if you buy the cheaper one it doesn't come with that (you can pick it up yourself) traffic updates are 'ok' but could be improved, some regions have weaker coveragei've been updating the maps and software frequently (i have lifetime uk and roi maps) garmin are quite good with this, but as others note it does take some time for newer roads to appear on the updates.
Software wise garmin have been updating this with firmware and other fixes, i've mostly found the sat nav to be reliable and with decent routing (previous rac model was great at sending you down small country lanes)of most use is the ability to find points of interest, be it a hotel, petrol station, shopping areas or even a local cafe. This model does have audible alerts for safety cameras and speed limits (you can turn this off if you want)to date it's been a reliable unit, very few issues to note. I do find the newer garmin entry models lacking the advanced search and with less features (that i find useful) so i do recommend this model based on that alone. Grab yourself a bargain sat navupdate 05/14:sat nav working fine, though garmin could be a bit more on the ball with their map updates (they do update the maps but in some cases some areas are not as up to date as they should be)firmware has been updated to 8. 90i use the garmin express to update the unit on my pcit's not a perfect sat nav, but on balance it's pretty useful and the price is quite fair.
In some cases the speed limit on some roads are not according to the road signs. The actual sat nav is good - clear maps and good directions. The trouble i found with it is that the various menus seem to ne laid out in an haphazard way making it difficult to use the features the sat nav came with. Excellent product, does exactly what's required. Quick to pick up gps and re-calcs well based on traffic updates.
The new garmin is to replace my old tomtom and what a great replacement, forgot how out of date my tomtom was, the garmin looks better as well, would recommend. Daughter tells me she thinks her sat nav is brilliant - gives loads of information on roads, speed cameras, etc. A vast improvement on the sat nav i had (not garmin). Very accurate and timely voice directions, but will need more use of product to get full benefit of all the options.
On the plus side, the display is clear and shows your speed, the speed limits, what kind of speed control arrangements are in force and an estimated time of arrival. It also shows which road you are going to be on next, but not always the one you are on nowi find the voice instructions annoying because they are strangely worded (for instance 'turn left on a16' rather than 'turn left onto a16') and repeated too often, but brian is ok with these. The audible speed warnings are also annoying, particularly the ones that say there are speed cameras along this piece of road or that you are now within the speed limit. Easy to mute volume directly from the main navigation screen - i find the voice directions irritating. Quick and easy to find a filling station - just outside richmond park on a bank holiday and in loads of traffic, in our casei didn't make use of the mobile phone bluetooth features on trips but i see one can easily pair a phone, make use of the phone contacts data etc.
Works out of the box and has been a welcomed upgrade from the previous one with a smaller screen. . I love this sat nav, it has a nice big screen, easy to use. I think the split screen is really useful and it make it clear as to the direction you need to go when u reach major turn offs on motorways. Appears only missing advance route guidance (ie you can put in current location to destination a, and then select a destination b, c etc, it will give the eta of last destination - but can only see current route to a, not a to b, nor can you start at point a and route to b.
Gives appropriate lane guidance, plenty of warnings, well spoken voice and can update your car image to be displayed (with additional models avail online - not yet played with this feature but could be fun. But on the plus side its fast working and easy to use. Screen is clear and easy to follow. Have a huge garmin logo on my screen when i switch on now. This was due to not finding a road that opened in the middle of last year.
Map and spoken directions is good. It may pay to buy the map upgrades when you need them. Bluetooth works fine and easy installation.
A Good Product But Needs Better Instructions. The actual sat nav is good - clear maps and good directions. The suggestion of which lane to be in in a multi lane highway is particularly useful. The trouble i found with it is that the various menus seem to ne laid out in an haphazard way making it difficult to use the features the sat nav came with.
Could Be Better. Could be better. Rather disappointed with this. Its seems dated even compared to my other satnav which is about 8 years older than this one. It was way out of date and seems indecisive on which route to take. It often takes me on longer routes than necessary. The graphics and operation are poor and long winded. On the positive side, the approach to where a change in direction on motorways is good as it shows a photo of the approaching slip road and indicates where you need to be. The suction cup on the window is weak. The port to plug it into the car is at the rear and awkward. The lead to the plug would have been better as a coiled wire rather than the straight wire as it gets snagged. I think there are better devices available. Was disappointed as i expected a vast improvement on my old model even though it was a different maker. .
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