GPS 53

I bought this when my Nuvi50LM died. It's a nice unit and I have it configured the way I want now. The menus on the Drive 53 is different than the Nvi50LM and it took some experimenting to get it the way I had on the old unit. It's a nice unit with a slightly better screen. I wanted it as I travel frequently in areas where cell phone service is spotty. This new unit seems to have a better GPS receiver than my old unit.

I like it, it does take getting used to if you have N,S,E and W with numbered streets. If it had AI it would probably be perfect, hence the 4 stars instead of 5. The area I use it for is City of Palmdale, Antelope Valley California, check it out, you’ll see what I mean, and I forgot to mention the “-“s between words and numbers, total curve ball for microprocessor, fix that and 5 stars every time

I was gifted the Garmin Drive 53 (GD53) from "Santa" as my Garmin Drive 50 (GD50) was getting tired. . .accurate, but tired. The GD53 has a brighter more resolute screen and the input with my fat fingers works extremely better than on the GD50. I doubt I'll use all the features available, but the display and layout of the different features is much more appealing to the eyes.

Out in the country, the 53EX tells you to move right or left of an oil well that is not visible from a paved Farm-to-Market highway. It will not show the time of day once you enter a route. It does darken the screen when it thinks it is dark outside.

I brought this Garmin navigation system, because I was using an older navigation system and it started working intermittently and it was not getting updates. I was undecided on purchasing this smaller unit, but it fits my vehicle perfectly and is easy to use.

I recently bought this because I found out I couldn't get updated maps for my TomTom. I went out this morning and tried it out and it was also missing a recently finished highway. I-295,the western bypass around Fayetteville, NC was recently finished and it does not show up on the Garmin. I did update the map just after buying it. Also, it would be nice to have a clock on the display.

I have the Drive 51 and replaced it with the Drive 53 that boasts about traffic is included. The cable for it is Not included. Directions for traffic in the manual are vague as well as any YouTube reports in the 53. The update was run first thing before use. The directions to Port Huron was fine until we got off the freeway to turn towards the Comfort Inn. Just off the freeway ramp at the traffic light, it tells me to turn left and then changes to turn right instead. We crossed over two lanes from a stop at the red light and we turned right which was wrong per the audible directions. Very inconvenient from the left turn lane and honking going on!

This garmin keeps going out on me. I charged it first and it only lasted about 10 minutes I brought it in and charged it again and it only lasted about 12-15 minutes before it went out. Shows green battery is charged. The second time I was able to get it back on so I did have directs to get home

They took the shorter distance option out. This was a dumb decision. They put in a straight line option which makes no sense. I called and they said they do not know why they did this. I went on a route I knew before on a garmin with shorter distance and it kept rerouting me on the longer distance which was out of the way. Please tell me why you did this? The phone gps that are out there are better. Why,Why.why. They ruined a great product