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Garmin Zumo 660 Rating
Average rating:    (3.2 based on 27 ratings).
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Recommendation: 50% of our reviewers recommend this item.
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Randy
British Columbia
November 18, 2009
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THINK TWICE ABOUT THIS
I have now had this unit 6 months. I would like to say trouble free months, but that would be lying. Bluetooth connectivity is somewhat sporadic. It still will not connect to my car radio, had some success with my helmut headset and phone. The RoadTrip software does not transfer data correctly. You set up routes and transfer them to the Zumo and all that shows up is the waypoints. Lastly, it has been plagued with "memory full" errors even after I deleted all the waypoints and favourites from the unit. It is recently losing satellite connections and is unable to re-establish. This is on route that had no problem 3 months ago. Overall, I paid top price for this and it is worthless after 6 months. Undermines the Garmin quality name.
Pros: large screen, easy controls.
Cons: read the text.
Recommend: NO
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Vince
Youngstown
November 6, 2009
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NOT WORTH IT
Even after Garmin lowered the price and most people paid the higher price the unit isn't worth it. They didn't fix anything the motorcycle rider needs to have to navagate down the road. There is still no map scale while navagating, most of the time you can't even see what road is comming up ahead. A motorcycle rider needs to have both hands on the handelbars, not fooling around trying to see what road is coming up and not trying to find a page on the map that has a sale on it to see how far a landmark is down the road. Bring back the Quest or model the Zumo after the Quest. I'm stuck with a useless map I paid a butt load of money for, I can't afford to get rid of it, please put the features on the GPS that we can use.
Recommend: NO
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Mike
Calgary, AB
October 9, 2009
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2ND UPDATE
well I have used it for 5 months now... still lacks in many areas such as: doesn't recognize addresses that are valid, did a firmware update that just about rendered it useless, was fortunate enough to reload and not have to send it in for repair, need to be careful with settings (shortest, fastest, off-road) as it will really aggravate you and was part of my initial dissatisfaction... not the most user friendly... while price has come down from initial release there it is still overpriced in my opinion.
Pros: lcd size & brightness, touch screen
Cons: user friendliness, maps
Recommend: NO
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Jim & Bernice
Haliburton, ON
September 28, 2009
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ZUMO 660 MOTORCYCLE GPS
This GPS is a disappointment. When wired into my motorcycle sound system it completely shuts off your stereo. This is the harness supplied by Garmin. The maps are so outdated that if you don't know where you are going it is entirely confusing and the info is limited and outdated.
There should be improvements made that allow a person to go "via" a certain place without having to go into the town centre. The unit keeps arguing with you or you have to cancel your route!!! Stupid programming in the unit.
The handlebar mount for the motorcycle has no lock meaning you either take your GPS off or leave it exposed to easy theft.
Recommend: NO
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Slider
Victoria, BC
September 9, 2009
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BLUETOOTH NEEDS MUCH WORK
I bought the Zumo 660 because I needed to use it on a motorcycle (this should not be news). It has excellent features, great visibility and excellent user interface. It works quite well as long as you don't use bluetooth.
One minor issue - when searching for an address, you are asked to enter the house number, then the city. If you are in a metropolitan area, it expects you to know the name of the suburb you are in. If you enter the wrong one, the Zumo will tell you "Address not found". You can get around this by "searching all" cities in which case, the correct location will be displayed (with the name of the suburb indicated).
I you use a bluetooth headset (pretty common among bikers), you are in for trouble... If you are listening to MP3s and use the navigation, the bluetooth will lock up the first time any nav instructions are sent to the headset. After that, bluetooth will fail and the only way to fix it is to turn off nav or MP3 and restart the Zumo.
A similar situation arises when you receive a phone call while listening to MP3s. The phone call will correctly interrupt MP3 playback. After the call, MP3s will not resume automatically (as it should). You will have to navigate through the menus to restart playback.
The sound is quite clear and stereo sound for MP3s is very good. I find there could be more volume available because at high speed (over 100 kph), the max volume is not quite loud enough to hear the navigation clearly. At 80 kph or less, the sound levels are quite acceptable.
Navigation - Routes are calculated fairly quickly and usually correctly. I had a few instances where it calculated the route but did not display it. I had to go to previous points and reselect the route and it always worked the second time. The lane-assist feature is really neat and very appropriate in heavy, fast-moving traffic.
I would recommend the Zumo 660 to everyone, but you will have to keep bugging Garmin to make the last few software fixes to make the product fully functional.
Pros: good nav instructions, nice stereo sound
Cons: bluetooth functionality is unsatisfactory
Recommend: YES
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J. Rojsen
Mexico
August 17, 2009
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GREAT ZUMO 550 REPLACEMENT
It's a great device. The signal acquisition is hell fast also the route calcullation, I didn't miss my 550 at all.
Pros: a2dp bluetooth, screen, huge built in memory
Cons: buggy (needs some software improvement)
Recommend: YES
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martinpy
Laval, Québec, Canada
August 7, 2009
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BEST MOTORCYCLE GPS
IT is fast to locate the sats, nice wide screen, it does not name the oncoming intersections... or write the name the next oncoming street. You need two différent cable for the traffic receiver. The GTM12 when U are using the motorcycle, and U need a subscribtion to Clear Channel, and the GTM20 if U want to use it in the car for the traffic. Both cables are pretty expensives.... If U are living in Canada U need to subscribe to Clear Channel because it is the only Co. tha covers parts of Canada.
Recommend: YES
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F798GS
British Columbia
August 7, 2009
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BETA UNITS SHOULDN'T BE RELEASED.
Route transfers from pc to zumo doesn't work, now I keep getting a message, "memory full". Sporadically it shuts off after about 30 seconds. This is the only garmin I have bought, and is likely the last.
Pros: big screen
Cons: everything else
Recommend: NO
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BigHawgDawg
Idaho
July 28, 2009
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GREAT MOTORCYCLE GPS
I really like this unit!
Recommend: NO OPINION
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Peter Martin
Laval Québec Canada
July 17, 2009
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GOOD MOTORCYCLE GPS
Cons: you need two GTM cables to get the FM TRAFFIC in the car or the motorcycle, you have to buy the GTM12 that cost around 160.00 for the FM traffic + you have to pay a subscription of 60.US to Clear Channel for the motorcycle, and the GTM20 that cost 130.00 CDN for a lifetime subscription to Navteq that ables you to get the fm traffic in your car. Having a hard time to connect to my Nolan's helmets???
Pros: good visibility, waterproof,fast,
Cons: does't work with nolan, need gtm-12&20
Recommend: YES
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jeff
Montreal
July 6, 2009
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GREAT FOR MOTORCYCLES
Easy to use, love the lane assist feature, works very well on my bike.
Cons: bluetooth does not work with nolan n-com system.
Recommend: YES
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jpalcover
Crans-Montana Valais Switzerland
July 2, 2009
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GOOD PRODUCT, CAN IMPROVE WITH SOFTWARE UPDATES
Been using the Zumo 660 for a month or more previously used the StreetPilot 2720. Both on a R1200R.
Connects well to my Nokia N95-8GB, but sometimes needs some "help" to do so (tweaking the connection procedure). Connects well to my Cardo Scala Rider Q2.
Somme issues with wiewing the "trip logs", but when using MapSource (or Zumo Connect site) problems solved
Pros: display size navigation logic reasonable size
Cons: software (currently v3.10) still needs improvement
Recommend: YES
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R3SP0NSE
Alberta, Canada
June 28, 2009
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GOOD UNIT, COMPATIBILITY ISN'T THE BEST
I am pretty impressed with this unit as it is my first GPS besides the one in my truck. So I installed this on my BMW K1300R and had 0 issues, easy and quick. The problem with this unit is that I spent hours and hours planning an 8 day trip on the MAC software "Garmin Roadtrip" and when I transferred the data to my ZUMO 660 and loaded a route just to make sure things were ok, it only took me to the first waypoint. :( I proceeded to furiously search for an answer as to why. So I found a forum indicating that the ZUMO 660 has a "BUG" that makes it completely override any routes made with other software. SO, the waypoints for that particular trip transferred fine and apparently they work ok. All I had to do was make the route within the GPS GUI and it worked like a charm. The device is solid and works amazing once you get past that.
Pros: large screen, looks good, very consistent
Cons: screen could be brighter on power source
Recommend: YES
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Mike
Calgary AB
June 25, 2009
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FURTHER REVIEW
Update to previous review, I too: 1 - had difficulty with uploaded Mapsource route where it only showed pink straight line route and not turn by turn instructions, given it is my first GPS I thought it was possibly my problem in file not knowing the unit. 2 - have been instructed to do U turns & telling me to turn in 50 meters as I pass the street. 3 - have had trouble getting the detail of streets as previously mentioned, recently in Kentucky I had created a route (on the Garmin not using Mapsource) and it missed turns, had incorrect numbers for roads and took me on a circular detour route that led me back to my start point after riding 20 kM. I never did complete the scenic (& twisty) route that was loaded and recommended by a friend. I have mixed feelings given the price I paid but it does do some things well in that a road was closed and it got me to my destination using an alternate route in unfamiliar territory, not that a less expensive model could have done. Given it doesn't have some features of 550 (XM radio capable) I was expecting more, hopefully as others mentioned there will be a software upgrade, for time being I'll take it as it is, but not what I paid for in my opinion. At this time I would not recommend to a friend based on price & functionality.
Recommend: NO
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Mike
Calgary AB
June 23, 2009
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ZUMO 660
Was missing a mounting nut for motorcycle plate when opened package. Mapsource wanted product serial number that wasn't in package (as stated), and after much frustration found it was provided on-line from Garmin. Basic function is easy, creating routes is a bit more complex (for me anyway) but after having used it for 3 weeks is improving.
Pros: good display brightness, lane assist is helpful
Cons: mapsource is less user freindly than others
Recommend: YES
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Daniel
Vancouver, BC
June 19, 2009
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NOT FINISHED PRODUCT!
Unfortunately, the Zumo 660 is not what we waited for. Even the Automotive Nuvi 660 was way better. Too many bugs in the firmware make this unit not fit for the die hard biker. Having said all that there is no doubt in my mind that Garmin will correct all of this glitches in up coming updates. Looking forward to them and in the mean time I use my Zumo as a glorified map.
Pros: rugged, waterproof, well built unit.
Cons: firmware appears to be still in beta if not alfa.
Recommend: NO
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BramFrank
Montreal, QC
June 19, 2009
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NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME
Why is my review summarised the way it is??
Because this navigator should have been held back by Garmin until they got it right. Anyone that disagrees with my assesment likely is not a long distance rider and/or has limited experience with navigators in general. This is not to say that it doesn't work at all, but rather that it doesn't do what I, for one paid a huge premium to have it do beyond that of it's basic navigation, communications and entertainment functions.
Garmin started with a reasonable premise; The Zumo 550, a waterproof, motorcycle friendly navigator needed a widescreen cousin to capitalise on the present market trend to widescreen, and advanced (such as that term means) features like those in navigators such as the newer Nuvi series devices ending in '5', such as the 265WT, 765, 885 and so on.
And I agree,
However Garmin has done no one a favor by dumbing down and decontenting the Zumo 660 to the point of being almost useless for the rural motorcyclist and then, to add insult to injury, released it as a heavily buggy, fitful device in which certain features are missing that THIS author would prefer to see incorporated (if for no other reason than that they are part of the predecessor device, the Zumo 550).
OK, let's start with the basics;
It is a navigator. Do I have to explain what they do? Yes? Then have a look at my original 'what a navigator is' type review here on epinions at http://tinyurl.com/276-review and my original Zumo 550 review, accessible here: http://tinyurl.com/Zumo-550-Review
Now for the 660:
It has been about 2 years since Garmin released the 550. For the most part the 550 was a competent navigator, but it exemplified Garmin's ongoing propensity to strictly define the navigation experience by reducing the configuration and display choices available to the consumer.
Garmin has provided more features such as 'lane assist'. Unfortunately we still can't use MSN Direct on our motorcycles. This is unchanged from the Zumo 550
Like it's cousin the Zumo 550, the 660 comes with both car and motorcycle mounts that are complete with all brackets and cables necessary to mount the device to the bike's handlebars.
Garmin's biggest change here is that rather than providing a detachable power cord and jacks on th bike mount they have integrated the cabling and put the audio and power connections at the end of a 3 foot umbilical.
On my bike (a Yamaha FJR1300) I opted to mount the unit on the center bolt using a drilled and tapped stem nut with a RAM ball affixed. Cost for the RAM Ball and 'stem nut' were less than $30. Garmin's included gear has the unit mounted near the left or right grips and I really prefer the centered mount - the screen is available at a glance.
Mounted in my location the cabling is just long enough to reach under the tank to the tool tray under my seat. Had I installed the unit on the standard clutch bracket it would not have been long enough.
However included in the cabling is a faux USB connection that one can presently use with Garmin's newer traffic receiver (but NOT for MSN Direct nor for the XM radio feature Garmin offered with the Zumo 500). Doesn't much matter, because THAT connection is for some reason shorter than the ones for the stereo output, microphone input and fused power connection. Being shorter means that it is difficult to access the connection if you run your cabling under the fuel tank like I did.
Further, the faux USB connection (Faux, because it LOOKS like a USB connector, but supports nothing but the traffic receiver) is sensitive to moisture - the navigator reports that there are unsupported devices plugged into the connection if the connector gets wet. My USB connection is now wrapped in a plastic bag.
More insidious is that Garmin has done away with the security screw that fastened the Zumo 450 & 550 to the mount. The rider now must remove his navigator when he parks his bike. It wouldn't have been hard to supply a security screw that blocked operation of the somewhat awkward rlease lever, but they did not.
And I for one would have expected that since they are forcing me to remove the unit from my bike, that they would have included the 'Garmin Locate' feature that temporarily marks the location of the vehicle when the unit is pulled from its mount. The temporary waypoint can then be used to navigate through a parking lot to get back to the machine - what would that have cost Garmin? Probably nothing except for the brownie points for having left it off.
As a car unit, Zumo 660 is delivered with Garmin's traditional suction mount and a basic power cord. One can purchase and plug in Garmin's standard traffic receiver or MSN Direct receiver to the base. Be advised that this navigator does not support MSN Direct's enhanced feature set. You get the same things that you got with the Nuvi 680, but not the flight arrival or other extended information that the second generation receivers appear to deliver.
For entertainment Zumo 660 supports MP3 music and will play Audible formatted material. The latter is perfect for improving one's social skills while riding the twisties. The player will stop for navigation announcements and the music (or book) will restart when the announcement concludes. It all works well enough except for the fact that the onscreen access button is covered when the navigator's fuel warning system decides you need to fill up, in which case the icon is hidden under that of the fuel gauge.
To store music in any significant quantity requires that the user purchase and install a separate microSD card - be warned that not all of these cards are the same.
With a stated maximum capacity of 8 gigs, there are repordly users with 16 gig cards installed that work well. At this time of this writing, an Adata 8 Gig card with regular SD adapter costs about $22 - not a serious hardship, but to be fair, Garmin could have included one with the unit and increased the MSRP slightly - at these premium prices we expect premium product.
On the car version of the quick release bracket there is an external microphone input - I have an external mic in my car. There is, however no external stereo output. There IS one on the navigator itself, but if you want to use the MP3 player and if your car is not equipped with Stereo Bluetooth (and none that I know of are) then you will need to plug a 3.5 mm cable into the side of the Zumo itself, which obviates the entire quick release mount. I suppose Garmin might have included an FM transmitter like they did on the Nuvi 7XX series, but alas, they have not.
Zumo 660 now supports A2DP Bluetooth for wireless stereo connections to the vehicle. Unfortunately there aren't any vehicles that I know of that presently support stereo Bluetooth, though there are several motorcycle helmets and hardware adapaters that do - however those helmets have insufficient battery life to run for a whole day of operation.
All this Bluetooth hype is pretty much a waste considering that Garmin recently changed chipset providers, moving from Parrot to Motorola.
Unfortunately in doing so they've pretty much broken the Bluetooth very badly.
I own three Bluetooth phones. All of them worked flawlessly on the Zumo 550 (and the various Bluetooth Nuvis I own and owned). But NONE of them works worth a darn with the Zumo 660.
I can't get them to pair reliably. The Zumo 660 crashes (by shutting off) when my Nokia N95-4 sends more than about 200 contacts to the navigator. Connections to my Palm phone are simply impossible and so on - but all of this worked (and continues to work) with the Parrot equipped navigators.
When I called Garmin I was told that the problem is my phone.
Really?
I am also told that Garmin does not support delivery of SMS messages to the screen.
Why not? TomTom does.
There are issues with the display software;
Zumo 660 will often go into a delay mode while drawing a screen. It will paint about a quarter of the screen, then pause, sometimes for up to 30 seconds and then continue drawing; However Zumo 660 is also equipped with the extremely annoying 'Autozoom'. When it goes into the 'delay painting mode' while attempting to guide you through a complex intersection it never does fully draw the exit and this can be VERY dangerous.
I've had it happen to me and it is very disconcerting to depend on the navigator for specific directions on where to go and have it painting gibberish and incomplete depictions.
Having said that, Garmin has included the very sexy 'lane assist' into this navigator that puts up an almost photographic depiction of an upcoming exit to help the driver/rider prepare for ther manoeuver - it works well, displaying a pretty representative image of an exit or turn-off to help you get organised to take that exiit - Lane assist only functions on limited access highways and only for complex intersections, so it's presence appears to be somewhat random to the rider.
More important is that ALL of my older navigators (starting with the old SP3 and all the way to my Nuvi 780) would display the name of each upcoming cross street on the information bar at the top of the screen. This is more than extremely useful to help the rider plan his drive when just 'using' the navigator to get somewhere, because one often wants to know where to turn without going to the hassle of entering an address and following the directions - you KNOW you have to turn left on Elm, and it is nice to kno when you get to that street to make the turn.
For some reason they no longer do this except of limited access highways. They continually display the name of the road on whch I am driving; But NOT the names of the cross streeets - since I supposedly know what street I'm driving on, why bother? I DO need to know the name of the upcoming streets so I can prepare to turn.
The absence of the information is of no significant concern while actively navigating to a destination because the navigator will tell me when to turn and where to go, but at all other times it is absolutely necessary.
A navigator is ssupposed to replace paper maps. And on a moorcycle, to refer to one's map one used to have to stop the bike and check things out. However up to now electronic navigators have provided the ability to 'see' the upcoming road details (how they twist and turn) on the fly. Not so with the Zumo 660.
Garmin has seen fit to reduce the map detail to below the level of useless. You cannot see secondary roads any father away than about 3 miles. As a rider, I want to be able to explore. To do that I want to be able to see just 'how squiggly' an upcoming road might be - so I know if it is filled with twists and turns and is worthwhile exploring.
Of interest is that when I'm on a secondary road and the zoom is set to greater than 500 meters, it display NO secondary roads, not even the one I am are riding on!!! My Nuvi 760, which has a scfreen with the same resolution and a less capable processor provides details at 4 times the zoom level when the display detail is set to 'most', why not Zumo 660?
There is a feature called the 'browse map' that allows the user to pan around the high zoom maps and look around. It is essentially Garmin's intended solution for the missing map detail. You can use the browse map when the bike is stopped or when the car is rolling; But you cannot when the bike is moving. And that's when you need that map because you can't see the upcoming roads.
At the present time there is a very large list of bugs and missing features that is being compiled maintained by the Zumo community and those of us early adopters have been keeping Garmin informed with our observations by contacting the copany in writing and by phone - but the reactions we've been receiving so far have, as mentioned not been encouraging.
Issues relate to such things as a limited number of routes; Bugs in the proximity POI functionality; The inability to do off-device routing; Strange routing and lots more - all of this will be expanded on in a future edit.
Come on Garmin, get your act together.
As with all complex devices, I didn't expect perfection on day one - however Garmin seems to have almost gone out of it's way to deliver a decontented and buggy device. Calls to Garmin support are met with wrong information, unsympathetic acknowledgements and such.
The reality is simply that the Zumo 660 is NOT the right navigator for me in it's present form. I am seriously considering returning mine and buying another Zumo 550, though the 276c and it's sister units remain attractive and viable alternatives and have that absolutely amazing graphic display.
However the biggest issues relate to the half-baked firmware and what appears to be arbitrary function definitions which absolutely detract from the experience.
At $800 this is a premium navigator. As a user and for my money I expect a premium feature set that fulfills the s[pecific needs of this specialised market and Garmin has NOT delivered.
Pros: waterproof, wide screen, lane assist, user replace
Cons: missing much critical functionality. loaded with
Recommend: NO
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Loco Amigo
Edmonton AB.
June 18, 2009
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IT'S GOOD SO FAR, MORE EXPERIENCE NEEDED THOUGH!
The mounting system is good. I haven't wired into the bike power or purchased a headset so my exposure is limited. Nice screen, easy to use. I wonder how it will do in the rain????
Pros: ease of use, screen size
Cons: expensive
Recommend: YES
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Mark
Toronto, ON
June 12, 2009
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ZUMO 660
Overall it's not that bad except for these annoying things.
When creating a custom route on map source and importing it to the 660 it comes out different. Some things that occur are: - It does not have any voice prompts, turn prompts - Shows unnecessary "UTURNS" on your route details - Purple line draws straight from one way point to another
I had to fool around with this thing to get it working properly.
I am hoping GARMIN will make a fix to address these glitches as we are spending almost about $1000 on a unit that does ALTER our custom MAP.
Pros: big screen, runs smoothly
Cons: custom maps not the same when imported
Recommend: YES
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Randy
Victoria, BC
June 11, 2009
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FIRST GARMIN, SEEMS ADEQUATE.
This is the first Garmin I have bought. The installation in both my bike and car is very easy. First problem was I could not access the NT2009 maps, luckily I had a free upgrade to the NT2010 maps, but each time I start the Garmin Road trip program it wants me to activate the NT2009 maps, kind of annoying. Secondly, when I transfer maps from my MAC to the Zumo660, the routes change???? Lastly, Garmin has only a on road OR off road setting, so good luck finding your way to the off road routes. Beyond those issues, the unit is clear to see via the big screen, easy to navigate with the touch screen and clear with the driving instructions.
Pros: big readable screen, easy operation
Cons: software issues.
Recommend: NO
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vince
youngstown, ohio
June 8, 2009
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POOR MAP PRESENTATION
Garmin leaving out the map scale makes the map useless to motorcycle riders. I don't have a free hand to freeze the map to see the scale. while riding I should be able to glance at the map and be able to judge how far a landmark is down the road. I have a Garmin Quest and find that it has everything that a motorcycle rider could want in a GPS. For $800.00 the Zumo doesn't come close to the $150.00 Quest!
Pros: it's got a big screen
Cons: no map scale
Recommend: NO
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Henry
Ontario
May 27, 2009
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HARD WIRING OR PLUG IN
I like the size of the 660 for my bike, I can see it with no trouble, but I wish it had a mount like the car does, because I have a HD with a cigarette lighter socket and I was hoping to just mount the 660 to the handlebars and plug into the cigarette lighter. But I found out fast that you have to hard wire it to the battery with the special mount. Too bad Garmin can't make the same mount for those of us that have cigarette lighters sockets on bikes, like the ones on auto's.
Pros: nice big screen for easy reading
Cons: no mount for cigarette lighter like cars have.
Recommend: YES
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Not impressed
Quebec
May 27, 2009
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BUGGY AND LACKING
This new unit seems like it was released too early. For example, the map drawing is sorely lacking in detail and is outperformed by much cheaper Nuvi units. The are things for Garmin to fix before this unit is worth the asking price.
Pros: solid hardware, nice screen.
Cons: lacking map detail, redraw speed, some bad bugs.
Recommend: NO
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Bob
Springfield, Mo
May 25, 2009
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660 ZUMO
Works great in a car. Very easy to use. As to installing on my bike, have not had time to get to my dealer to connect to the battery. I would like to have the 660 mount on my other bikes without having to connect to the battery. They need to provide a mount like one used in a car for other bikes. I realize you would have to charge the battery after use. Also, should of come with a battery charger like your cell phone.
Cons: can't attach to bike without attaching to battery.
Recommend: YES
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