Comments on: The Garmin Nuvi 765T GPS Review

By: Armand

Armand — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:45:23 +0000

Had a Garmin 205, I loved it, then I gave it to family when I wanted to “upgrade” to get Bluetooth and traffic since I live in DC.. I got the 765T and my god, the nav system is horrible. Horr-i-ble. The routing is so backward and stupid I can’t believe this is from the same company. I turned off ALL of the avoidances and traffic too, and it still re-routes me away from clear highways onto awkward back roads and side streets adding so much time and pain to traveling.. I have turned it off on too many occasions. What is wrong with this thing?

By: Waz

Waz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:34:50 +0000

Sorry, I wanted to mention one more important feature of the Garmin 765T that some reviewers said there’s didn’t do. I hope you know that Lane Assist only works when you put your end destination address into the 765T. It won’t just tell you what lane to be in if it doesn’t know where you are headed. And the 3D view will show gray buildings around the address or building where you are going to. I haven’t tried this yet on the 765T but my 880 shows a TOPO view of the large surrounding area, all you have to do is tap the minus symbol in the upper left corner of the GPS a few times and the map will show your cursor icon and the topo area you are in. You may also go to Garmin.com ant to downloads and then to accessories and download many different cursor icons like Trucks, Planes, Helicopters, Motorcycles, sleighs, snowboarder’s, and my favorite a slice of Pepperoni Pizza. So download your favorite Icons and personalize your Garmin GPS.

By: Waz

Waz — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:19:26 +0000

I own a Garmin 880 and I use it every day and I have no regrets, I bought my wife a 765T. The 765T is replacing a Garmin 750 that I bought for her 2 years ago. The 765T has much smoother transition, has speed limit postings and lane assist plus FM lifetime traffic. We live in a rural area of NE Tennessee and the FM traffic doesn’t work in our area, but it works great for travel. My 880 has speed limit postings and the speed I am traveling which is great when driving my 1984 Chevy P30 stepvan. The P30′s speedo isn’t very accurate at all so the Garmin 880 works great for me but everybody has a speedo in there vehicle so this very high priced GPS isn’t for everyone. The 880 also has Speech Recognition and it works perfect, my wife isn’t into gimmicks like MP3, Bluetooth , Picture viewer, and everything most guys like. So tghe 765T is perfect for my wife. It does have all the addon’s that us guys like but she doesn’t use them. The 765T works much better than her old 750 and if she is happy I’m really happy. When we travel I use my 880 on my side and she uses her 765T on her side This makes traveling with my wife much more enjoyable. I bought the 765T at Amazon.com and I paid $220.00 with free shipping which I believe is a great deal. Also if you don’t know this, Garmin lets you download new updated maps and add-on’s FREE for 60 days after your purchase of any Garmin GPS. And if you plan on keeping your Garmin GPS for a long time they offer up to 4 updates per year for lifetime for $119.00, but if you want to get the most up to date GPS every other year or so you can and you want to update every year you will pay $100.00 per update.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:46:48 +0000

>”WOW…sounds like sour grapes!!!!
>You did’nt even mention any good features of the TomTom.
>Are there any?”

I have had both the TomTom 730 and the Garmin 765t. I prefer the latter but the TomTom had strengths that made it a very difficult decision.

On the TomTom 730, The touch screen works far better. The FM transmitter works better. Customization and unit navigation were better (personal preference). The routing was fine (but the constant u-turn requests are very annoying). The computer software is better.

That all said, I returned my TT730 and purchased the Garmin 765t. Purely on it’s ability to load topo maps and take it off-road (usefull for the logging roads). The 765t is easier to see in the sunlight and routes better then the TT730(personal preference). The touch screen on the Garmin really bites compared to the TT response is slow and the inaccuracy is VERY annoying. If Garmin fixed it, added better computer software and more ability to customize there would be no comparison. Everyone would buy it over the TomTom.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:59:33 +0000

We have had Gramins for quite some time and they are only as good as the technology as of todate. We bought a 765T before a business trip to Ottawa, Canada, we’re from California. The maps worked OK. The thing I hate the most is that they should allow you to drive the car and not have to watch the screens a much. A problem I always have is that the voice commands to turn don’t come soon enough. This gets worse on highways where you are traveling at high speed or complex inter-changes and intersections. I have missed the turns way to many times. Try it. Come up simple on a right hand turn and see how soon it tells you to “Turn Right! I want the “Honey the turn is coming up” like the wife will provide. Not the “Turn Now”. Which is then followed by “Re-calculating”. These products are still children. It will take a few more years before we never miss a direction again. Like Google Maps showing where your hotel is and then the street view is an empty dirt field! Close but not quite!

By: David Apeji

David Apeji — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 04:44:34 +0000

I bought the 765T purely on the recommendation of this review and I am thinking that was really careless of me! It has been a big disappointment to say the least. The headline features – lane assist and 3D buildings – I have never experienced in 2 weeks of constant use. It frequently takes me to POI’s that simply don’t exist – yesterday it was a Radio Shack and HSBC, today it was an Office Depot. You follow the turn-by-turn instructions until it tells you that you are arriving at your destination except that the destination appears to have moved before you got there. The startup is sluggish, so that when I am entering my PIN, I have to wait for the system to catch up with me. The touch screen accuracy is pathetic with no obvious means of calibration. Bluetooth pairing is cumbersome with my Nokia E71. It does not remember pairings. The latest episode is a memory full message – rebooting appears to have no effect. All in all a big regret.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:30:59 +0000

I too have a Navigon 5100 that I bought about 2 years ago, but am looking for a GPS for my sister. I really like most of the features of my Navigon (except for sound), but am not buying one for my sister because Navigon is pulling out of the US market, and has left only one office in Chicago to service all of its customers. Noone can get a response. Hopefully the

By: capt morgan

capt morgan — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:04:46 +0000

WOW…sounds like sour grapes!!!!
You did’nt even mention any good features of the TomTom.
Are there any?

By: brian k

brian k — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 03:02:40 +0000

the 765t in no way compares to the TomTom – the routing software is not as well designed, the time to recalculate a route is too long, the bult in speaker is horrible – for you to say this is the best GPS you owned to date – well that just too bad

By: brian k

brian k — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:59:48 +0000

hokd the on key to the right for a few seconds

By: JWLeake

JWLeake — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 23:55:05 +0000

Robert, there is a company called glarestomper that makes hoods for just about any GPS on the market. They are well made, with free shipping and cheap! I bought one for my 765 and one for my C330 and they are the best on the market. Go to http://www.glarestomper.com. They work like a charm!!

By: Ralph

Ralph — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:38:07 +0000

I purchased a 765T about 3 weeks ago. The unit has worked great. As someone else has mentioned, the only problem is getting the rubber mount to stay put on the texas heat.

Interestingly, the unit has prompted me to calibrate the monitor on a couple of times. Anyone knows how to force the calibration process?

By: Danny

Danny — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:50:23 +0000

I bought the 755 for the lane assist also where it shows the interstate signs and which lane to be in, I am VERY disapointed with it as I have drove with the 755 for almost 5,000 miles traveling interstates and have only had it to work and show the signs one time !

I contacted Garmin and they said that the updating for this feature wasnt complete and would be several years before they completed it…I told the representative that I felt it was false advertisement for them to advertise a product to have features that dont work, that was the main reason i spent a lot more money and bought the unit i did to begin with.

Another problem I have had is, it wants to take me off of the interstate and direct me to state two lane roads and routes, I have sat all the parameters in the options and it will not keep me on the interstate the way I want to go.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 04:50:43 +0000

I have had an absolutely terrible experience with Garmin and the Nuvi 765t. I had it a couple of months, did the required update and it crashed and would not boot back up. Went through Garmin customer service and they made me pay for the return under warrantee. They sent it back to me a couple of weeks later and it worked fine for a week and then crashed again, it lost the maps and would not recognize the usb to computer connection. Sent it back, they had it for a week and a half now its on its way back to me. Did I mention the hold times for Garmin Customer Service or help is over a half hour wait!

Peter is not pleased with Garmin.

By: Clarence

Clarence — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:28:06 +0000

I have had my 765T now for 2 weeks and I’m disappointed with it. The specs say that the battery stays charged for 5 to 7 hours. I read the instructions before using the one I have and it said to be sure to fully charge before using then don’t charge again until the battery is discharged. I followed their instructions and my 765T is really lucky to hold a charge for 1 hour for beeping ‘low battery’. The bracket for mounting to the dash or window will not hold in the Texas heat. Yesterday it kept falling off and came crashing to the floor. It is going to get super-glued to my wife windshield before long if it keeps doing that. Mounting on the dash blocks my vision and don’t have the money to buy a new car to mount it on!! Also, the touch screen sucks. Calibrating the screen made no difference either. Works good 99 percent of the time but seems like 1 per cent really comes too often for me.