Had it a couple of weeks, satisfied - not. Giving myself more time but, not happy at the moment. Was using it and it quit - sorta. The light leven went down to not readable, stayed that was for an hour or so and then suddenly, full bright. Worked for a couple of days, repeat, has done it a couple of times, working now but? Other menu items that I am not happy with, maybe learning curve?? Last, I will be getting one with a 7" screen, just hard to see. I had the 53 and I was OK with it until.... it quit. I like Garmin and want to stay with it, I'll see how things work out with the 7" when I get to it,

I bought the Drive 53 a few weeks ago, and I've not exactly been pleased with it. It is not nearly as user friendly as my old Nuvi 1450 was. It's a lot more confusing to find places and it's a lot less organized as far as routes and waypoints. The documentation for it is pretty poor too. Can't get much help there. Perhaps in time some of this will be sorted out. I hope so.

This is my second Garmin GPS purchase and replaces a Nuvi 42 that lasted for 13 years, and probably could have gone longer. If you dig into the settings, you can set a blue line to be drawn on routes you have traveled. This is especially useful if you are trying to find a parking spot and you need to circle back. Where was that road? Just go back to the Blue line. The screen is much improved and is bright and clear. I like that the next cross street is shown at the bottom, I tend to use the phone for directions and as I listen I watch the names of the cross streets. I thought about purchasing the version with traffic, but did not want to have it bluetoothed to my phone. The street accuracy is fairly good, and newer streets in my drive are on the maps correctly (with a few exceptions). I haven’t used this Garmin for directions much yet, but when I have, directions tend to route you to bigger streets and do not always find short cuts, but I’ve noticed that the apps on my phone do this as well, so you still need to do some short cuts seeking. Routing changes quickly if I miss a turn. In the Dallas area, the 635 construction rebuild is not in the maps correctly and the GPS usually thinks you are on the access road. I assume this will get fixed in a map upgrade.

I used the unit for about a month and it just stopped turning on and working

Functions & does it’s job. ……………………………………………………………….

Had it a month and am very pleased! I will use this every time I need directions!!

Crap, difficult to get coverage, Difficult to setup, no traffic Alert!!, would not buy!!!! Go Away!

I love the route planner and the split screen real life road and signs for exits

This is one of the best Garmin that I have it is small and compact and very reliable.

I bought this more than a month ago and I am super happy with it.