Garmin Nuvi 350 Reviews & Best Prices

The Garmin Nuvi 350 GPS isn’t just the most popular selling GPS and travel assitant products on the market, but it has consistently for the last 2 years been among the most popular selling consumer electronic items and gadgets in North America. There are many variations and version of the Nuvi GPS system now available, and they all have their subtle differences… so to help you compare the nuvi 350 and pinpoint the most appropriate unit for you, I have written a brief overview of the available series and a compare chart to help you spot the small differences between units!

Model	M.S.R.P	Maps	Speech	Display	MP3 Play	Traffic	BlueTooth	FM Transmit	MSN Direct
Nuvi 350	$535.70 USD	USA & Can	Included	3.5″	MP3 / AudioBook	Optional	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuvi 200	$321.41 USD	Continental USA	N/A	3.5″	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Introduction to Garmin’s Nuvi 350!

The Nuvi 350 from Garmin is a strong travel assistant unit fairly well designed. This is one of the most popular models known for reliability, speed, and value. The navigation software is superb here, it works perfectly for daily use or strictly for longer trips. The best part is that it won’t tear a hole in your wallet while still maintaining the high quality navigating capabilities - something that original garmin nuvi 350 reviews weren’t saying as the price used to be enormously high compared to 2007’s best prices. This is a wonderful piece of technology that can save incredible amounts of time or money now with the high cost of your time and the ever increasing confusion, anxiety and gasoline prices factored into our daily travel experiences.

Rating: Used this for a couple of weeks now. This is a solid GPS, because after much using I found it to not let me off my destination no matter what turns I made. The design is nice and the interface is pretty crisp, along with the maps. No matter what, maps do get outdated. Garmin does offer map updates yearly and that’s pretty good to keep using it probably year after year.

Rating: Through much research, the Garmin Nuvi 350 GPS probably tops most other devices in its class. Everything so far has runned perfectly, the maps were accurate and the distances that were given in instructions were also on the spot. One thing I’ve noticed is that it might take a little bit to acquire a satellite signal, but usually that’s all done by the time you’re ready to pull out of parking. Being able to be given directions by speech is incredibly important in any GPS unit, this allows the user to keep their eyes on the road while still being fed a steady stream of information to get them where they need to go.

Rating: After getting a Garmin Nuvi 350 I really noticed getting around town and anywhere else an easier task than ever. I love how you can use either 2D or 3D maps. But what makes it really easy to get around is how it give you instructions by audio on where and when to make a turn. This pretty much assures you that you won’t go around in a circle around your destination or headed the other direction or anything.

Rating: This is a really good GPS unit that’s up in the market for the features and the price that it comes with. The interface is clean and easy to use, there’s a bunch of pics of it in action all over the net. After it started up, it typically picks up a satellite immediately in good conditions. After everything is in motion, enter an address or one of the points of interest and you’re good to go. Using it just can’t be any easier with the well designed interface.

Rating: This is my first navigation unit I’ve ever picked up after traveling through another state. At first impression it’s a very clean and simple device. After turning this thing on it’s incredibly surprising of just how easy it is to use. The touch screen is simply an invaluable feature, allowing you to use it quickly. I found the voice from the Nuvi 350 to be just perfect, the speech is clear and the instructions that it gives is easily understandable. Lots of points of interest that it’s already equipped with, such as ATMs, restaurants, and more locations are easily accessible.

The Nuvi 200 features simply only navigating within the USA, there are many features that the 350 offers on top of what the Nuvi 200 does. The 350 is a popular model that is great at navigating throughout North America. Along with great coverage, the Nuvi 350 has an optional FM traffic receiver add-on that helps the user track heavily congested areas, as well as it has an entertainment package of mp3 and audio book playback. Of course this higher end model also is packed with travelers tools which includes a calculator, converters, world clock, and other handy essentials.

The Nuvi 350 model is in the range of being a well rounded GPS assistant. On top of performing simple traffic navigating like the Nuvi 250 does, the Garmin Nuvi 350 is also capable of FM traffic receiving services which greater enhances your navigating power. The 350 also includes mp3 playback, audio book playback, as well as the basic travel tools the 250 has.

Nuvi 250 Best For:

The Nuvi 250 is suited to the beginning user, or the user who does not desire the extra features but still require wide map coverage.

The Nuvi 270 features great North American coverage, as well as a travel tools package which includes calculators, converters, world clocks, and other essential tools. What the Nuvi 270 lacks that the 350 has is not all too much, except the fact that the Nuvi 350 can be fitted with an optional FM traffic receiver to allow the user to track traffic congestion, as well as mp3 and audio book playback.

Nuvi 270 Best For:

The Nuvi 270 is suited for the novice consumer who wants a GPS device that soley performs traffic navigation that is usable cross-continental.