The Garmin GPS 350 - The Ultimate Personal Travel Assistant!

Turn by turn real time navigation using the Garmin GPS 350.

Not wanting to become a dinosaur in an era where smart phones literally talk to you and lights in a home can be turned on or off with the clap of your hands, I went on a prowl in search of the perfect navigation system for my not so smart SUV.

As if I hadn’t noticed, getting around any City or Neighborhood in the US can be a pretty daunting task, just try asking for directions from a Gas station owner and chances are, he too is as lost as you are!

As for using the maps you get from these gas stations, perish the thought, streets and names look like ant tracks all over the map…and therein lay my frustration; having to drive an SUV with no navigation system, and having to call home all the time to ask my S.O to Mapquest directions for me from wherever I happened to be at that particular time!

So, after consulting with friends who have owned multiple GPS devices and upon reading numerous reviews, I settled on the Garmin GPS 350 as the best option of the rest as this is undoubtedly one of the nicest, feature-packed and most importantly, accurate GPS unit on the market.

Before purchasing the unit, I was quite curious as to why it’s called a travel Assistant; after all, an Assistant is one who takes orders, files your papers, hides your cookies so the rest of the staff cannot find them…I am getting carried away here!

The Garmin GPS 350 is truly a street smart navigation system worthy of the travel assistant title.

It has a flip-up antenna that folds into the back of the case, right above the internal speaker and grille and, along the right side are an SD card slot, a USB port, and a headphone jack.

Why anyone would want to use the expanded memory for storing family digital photos and Mp3 music beats the hebegebees out of me but, you would be shocked to know what people do with their spare time!

With a 2GB internal flash memory, half of which is dedicated to the user interface and detailed maps of North America, the Garmin GPS 350 is recognized as a removal drive when connected to your PC’s USB port

On closer inspection, the Garmin GPS 350 turned out to be priced dramatically way cheaper than the others and, no bigger than a deck of cards, this navigation system could fit perfectly into my pocket or the glove compartment with minimal fuss!

What’s more, the Garmin GPS 350 can be used in any vehicle, including bicycles and motorbikes!

The Initial Setup of this GPS is a breeze and, before you can use the system, you need to charge it and, once it is fully charged, power it on and be prepared to discover uncharted, traffic free territories, routes and scenes that will take your breath away and leave you wondering what type of blinkers you’ve been wearing all along!

No longer do you have to be subjected to driving at a crawling pace in traffic behind a garbage disposal truck threatening to spill its bounty onto your hood or worse still, behind a prison bus with the inmates mooning at you and your deeply blushing S.O all the way to work each morning!

Go Figure!

If there’s one thing I know about myself when traveling, it’s that I am always right when it comes to directions, and my S.O takes great pain to try to convince me otherwise… so the arguments usually last long after the trip! You can imagine the change the Garmin GPS 350 has brought to our driving experience now!

I must hasten to add though, I miss those arguments, they were a great distraction on long routes and made the journey seem shorter than it actually was!

With the Garmin GPS 350, you’re instructed what to do and where to go. There’s literally no second guessing this system; after all, who am I to argue with a State of the Art Satellite Navigation system that can tell you to make a right, then highlight the turn graphically and even tells you the name and driving distance of the road or route you are intending to turn into verbally!

I’ve tried other GPS’, and believe me, this feature is definitely NOT available in them, not to mention that the Garmin GPS 350 comes standard with all accessories, and there’s no need to purchase any extras.

If you crave the latest technology and a big Wow factor, then the high-performance Garmin GPS 350 should definitely be at the top of your list.

Where most GPS systems come with features that require a leave of absence from work to complete reading and understand, the Garmin GPS Nuvi 350 is a lean Navigation machine with just the features you require to navigate from point A to point B with a huge childish Grin of triumph on your face!