Garmin 010-02038-02 DriveSmart 65, Built-in Voice-Controlled GPS Navigator with 6.95” High-Res Display, Black

Really excellent piece of kit that proved totally invaluable for our trip from the UK to Canada. After years of working from paper maps and internet screen shots - we rented a vehicle in Florida (back in 2019) that came with a dash mounted Garmin as a free upgrade and immediately realised it was taking a huge amount of stress and pre-planning away from us. Post pandemic and travelling again I decided to buy this unit to make life much easier. Living in the UK - I was able to order this GPS (SatNav) on Amazon.com (rather than Amazon.co.uk) and have it delivered to me in the UK direct from the USA. It is a great sized unit that is very very easy and intuitive to use and for the driver to see and read as you are driving. Like all GPS (SatNav) units it can very occasionally get small things wrong - but 99.999% it was very accurate. Anyone travelling to Canada - be warned that mobile/cell phone costs in Canada are unbelievably high - therefore EVEN with a USA/Canadian sim card in our phone - it would have cost a fortune to buy enough data in Canada (not necessarily the same in the USA which had much cheaper mobile/cell phone charges) to use a smart phone as a GPS/SatNav. Therefore we found it much more cost effective to buy the GPS/SatNav outright and it will work for years for future visits. One last thing about this model - after doing loads of research online - it tells you that this model is designed to work in tandem with a connected mobile/cell phone in order to receive traffic updates. It tells you this model works perfectly well as a GPS/SatNav on its own - but will not give live traffic updates without a connected mobile/cell phone - I considered this before buying - but decided that route guidance was enough and more important to me that anything else. HOWEVERE - after arriving in Canada - this device WAS giving us live traffic reports and rerouting to take the least congested routes - and we did NOT pair it with a mobile/cell phone - but still received live traffic reports. Great unit - Highly Recommended

I've owned Garmin GPSs for years and years. Sure I use the built in car system, Waze, other options on a phone. But there really is nothing like a stand-a-lone unit. This is in some ways not a lot more than the previous generation, but in other ways there is. This one, the 6.95" screen is easy to read. It may actually be a bit too big. But it does not feel heavy or bulky like other similar ones I had bought over the years. I thought it was lighter than the Garmin DriveLuxe 51 it is replacing. So I put them both on the scale and it weighs a few ounces MORE than the 51. You could have fooled me. It doesn't feel heavy at all. It was easy to set up and transfer my favorites/saved destinations, register it and get going. I did notice that it is capturing some Galileo satellites. They are a new GPS satellite system sent up by the European Union a few years ago. Nice to have more coverage. The maps are easy to follow and the directions are as usual great....turn right at the traffic light, for instance. You can choose from multiple routes. Though you really don't know which might be better from a map line if you are not familiar with the area. Looking up places like Costco, CVS, other brand names/non-brand names is great and easy. They have improved the search options. One of the things I have never liked is that when they upgrade the user interface on a new unit it doesn't go backwards so you can't benefit from the new changes. I am using the DriveSmart app that is only available for this unit and the 55 unit. It ties into your phone and gives you traffic, live photos, weather, etc. The unit comes with free traffic but the phone app is updated more often and more reliable. I've used traffic on the Garmins and if you are out of range in reception, it's not helping. With the phone you have more reliability. The one thing I don't particularly like is that the power cable goes into the back of the GPS. Garmin had gotten away from that and had the power going into the mount. It was so much more convenient. The mount is also a bit different too. I am using a dash mount that I can position on my dashboard. I tried the window mount but it was a bit large and took up valuable window space. While bigger (you can get the smaller version) I do like how much detail you get and how easy it is to follow. And it is not bulky at all. Very nice and crisp. The 3D images do help you navigate and know where you are at. If you want a very nice, reliable and self-contained unit this is a great choice. The phone ones are fine, but these add a layer of certainty when you are traveling in unfamiliar areas.

This is my 6th dash top Garmin gps. I have used Garmin Nuvi's for a long time. I like this one better than all the past ones. It is very easy to use and I really like the large size. It is easy to see even in bright sunlight, way better than any of my past models. I do not use the bluetooth function for the phone or the voice command so I cannot comment on them. It has built in wifi so once you connect it to your home network, it will automatically download upgrades without connecting to your computer. If you have purchased custom "voice" files, like Dr. Nightmare, they provide no way to install them...at least it is not documented. You can download them to your computer and then copy them manually to the proper folder in the GPS and they will work fine. I would recommend this GPS for anyone who wants to get from here to there with ease. It works great!! Dislikes! I do have a few.... 1. I do not like the way this model attaches to the ball mount. It take two hands to release it whereas all of my other models could be easily released with one hand and they were still very secure in their attachment. 2. I am an avid geocacher, since 2003. ALL of my past models could easily display geocaches on the screen. All you had to do was put them in a .gpx file and copy them to the proper folder in the GPS. THIS model does not do that very well. You can follow the same procedure but instead of getting the neat little geocaching icons on the screen you get these big ugly icons that look like tabs or signs. I do not like this at all...big downer. But the overall good outweighs this downer. There is a "workaround". You can export your caches to a POI file and copy it to the POI folder in the GPS. All of the caches will then display on the screen using a much smaller, and less ugly icon. You can then select one and navigate to it. The upside to using POI is that you can have more of them. I easily put in over 3000. The name of each one will NOT display on the screen, but at least you can see them. If you touch one, you can navigate to it, or you can quickly find them in the menu. So.... it works well for geocaching but not quite as well as any of my older, smaller models. 3. I use LINUX on my computer, not Windows. I also have a MacBook laptop. ALL of my older model Gamins would plug into Linux or Mac and display on the screen like a disk drive. You could then drag and drop your .gpx or .poi files over to the proper folder. THIS model GPS will NOT do that.... not on a Mac and not using Linux. You MUST have WINDOWS to transfer your files. This really sucks... I had to install Windows on my desktop using dual boot just to retain my sanity. I admit I am a Windows hater. I could give you reasons but I'll spare you. So if you are a Windows hater like me, plan on being disappointed. Again, the good of this GPS outweighs ever this. It is a keeper. 4. Although this GPS is very very easy to use and easy to figure out, the documentation is poor. You might even say it sucks but not quite that bad. If you are a basic user, new to GPS, then the documentation is OK but if you want to do more complicated stuff, you just have to figure it out for yourself.

This improved GARMIN GPS is awesome! the screen is nice and large with great features. I love that it will synch and save our favorite places too. What I didn’t like but we finally found how to turn it off, it will communicate with your cell phone in blue tooth and tell you if you have someone at the door or a phone call coming in to your phone. I think that’s not a good for a GPS and I think it’d be distracting for driver. It kept popping up and we finally solved how to stop that. I also thought it’s not good for privacy if someone is riding with us. It’s different from our previous GARMIN —clearer, larger screen with more features. It communicates well with the backup camera on license tag (sold separately) but the backup camera doesn’t come on when backing up, have to touch something on screen. I liked it better to automatically come on when backing up, for safety purposes. It does come on for a few moments when first turning on the GPS though. Now the voice recognition, it depends on where you are from and if you have an accent. If you are from the Northern or Midwestern states it recognizes your voice better. If you have an accent from the South, it’ll make you want to take your hammer to it. You may as well be speaking Cajun or French or Greek, it’ll scramble your intentions greatly! So it understands one of us but not the other one. It has great options for saving places and labeling them, assigning the icons, etc. I don’t think it helps avoid construction or if it’s supposed to. Same for toll roads on that. Best of all, you can save your favorite locations and back them up, can sync them with other devices if you so wish. So go ahead grab one and enjoy driving more, it’ll tell you when to turn and map out your route, no more printing maps and missing your turn and squinting at signs while estimating how much longer before turning off! It’s a GARMIN, yes, I recommend it! Oh while you are at it, grab a “garmin gps” dashboard mount. It took us some time to realize they are on Amazon; we didn’t like the ones the local store sold and the options are better on Amazon for those. which one works for you is according to the shape of your dashboard or if you plan to mount it on a window. You can even purchase a wire for hardwiring it in your vehicle. Then save the wire which came with for when you are traveling/flying and using a car at your destination, etc. In the past we had a camera which was hardwired by the bumper. The new ones go over the license tag and so much easier, they communicate wirelessly. I was concerned about it getting stolen but it is screwed on good and so far no issues. Husband was hauling something on his truck and couldn’t see to back up but that backup camera, you can now push to see what is behind you, even when driving! Pretty neat technology and great pairing between the two.

I got this when I started a pizza delivery job. I drive 75% in the city and 25% in the country (Southern Illinois). I LOVE the subtle-ding the Garmin gives me when I hit 5mph over the speed limit (optional feature I enabled). It also displays the speed limit in most cases. The Voice Recognition is roughly what I expected. If I could rate the voice recognition on a 1-100 scale, I'd give it a 87. It recognizes well used streets well...but not quite as accurate on lesser known or said streets (or streets that could easily sound like something else). I always turn off the radio when I speak to allow it to hear me better. (But in most cases it can recognize with the radio on low). The SPEED at which I speak to the Garmin is Roughly 10-15% SLOWER than the Normal/Natural rate I would use if I were talking clearly to a Person. This seems to make it easier for the Garmin to read...But it could be slightly irritating to the impatient. Also the SPEED at which the Garmin Speaks to me (after I speak to it) will say something like, "Did you say, '123 Park Street".....Then I'll reply, 'Yes'....then then Garmin will say to me, 'WIll you like to begin Navigation', then I'll say, 'Yes' then it'll Beep/Chirp and say, 'Please Drive to the Highlighted Route'.... The conversation of the paragraph above could be better....and could be worse....Once again (I only use the voice activation if I sense that it's an, "Easy' Street for it to recognize like Main Street or Park Street...not 'Chataqueaua Street' (That it mistakenly thinks I said, 'Choctaw Street' as an example) It finds roughly 98% of the addresses I look for. Usually is it doesn't find it...its because it's a new subdivision or street. It also occasionally happens when when it's WAY out in the country. Despite me griping about a few things...I only do so to highlght what I've noticed. Overall it not only have achieved my expectations...but it slightly exceeds it (Minus the voice activated aspect/Which I'd say it only reached my expectations) The other thing I'll say I love...Is How/When the Garmin decides to zoom in on the screen/Zig Zag Pattern of the Road as you get CLOSER to the destination. AS you get closer to the destination the Garmin Zooms in on the REMAINING portion of the route which REALLY helps out on knowing what to expect further down the road. My lights are about to be replaced (Older Mini-Van) BUT...If I were driving in the country (Little to No Street Lights)...It is a LIfesaver to be able to SEE/KNOW sharp curves ahead of time by looking at the Garmin. Also...if you're in an older part of town (With a lot of one way streets)...It's nice to have an audible voice Warn you as a backup, "You are going the WRONG way down the Steet"...Haha Things that could be better...And it could be worse: The ability of the Garmin to find the exact apartment number (In an apartment complex/Mobile Home Community). If I could rate that on a 1-100...I'd give it only a 35. (Granted it's not something they claim to have) Small gripe I have. I drive a GM vehicle and I have to sometimes turn the headlights on/off twice before my headlights go off...Sometimes when I do this the Garmin will say, "Say a Command" and while it's speaking it sounds like somebody pulled the plug on it WHILE it was speaking...it sounds a little harsh WHEN this happens (Which isn't ALL the time/But it DOES happen occasionally). It's not something that can't be dealt with (and isn't Too loud...but it's slightly irritating when it happens) If Garmin could eventually master knowing all the apartment numbers/mobile home communities and on which face/side of the building they're located on...it'd make things MUCH easier though (Delivering Pizza's). Believe it or not....Sometimes it takes less time to get to an apartment complex vs finding the right building. Less people have addresses well lit/Visible on their homes/mailboxes than you'd think. Overall I'm VERY happy with the purchase. On the rare 2% of the time I couldn't find an address....my cellphone would always get me there. **Also, I bought the Backup Camera from Garmin** It's DIRT-Simple to install (A child/elderly person) could install it themselves unassisted. The 2 Lithium AA batteries I purchased (**NOT**-Included-by-the-Way)...lasted Roughly a month (Jan-Feb 2020).

Let me tell you about the day I fell in love. I found her when I was down and out. I’d driven way too many circles, crying and cursing with the best of them, just trying to find my way to the usual places. The GPS on my phone had been freezing on me for almost a year. Her name was “This f***in’ GPS on my phone.” I kept trying to fix her and she was determined to stay broken. It was like a toxic relationship. She was either too damaged to be good for me or she enjoyed my pain. Which of these I'd tell you would be in direct proportion to how lost she had most recently gotten me. I thought I should solve the problem with a totally separate GPS. Finding Tom (the TomTom I recently owned for a few days) was like internet dating. I read up on his profile, invested more time and money then I knew I should, and ended up just as discouraged and frustrated but now with $200 less in the bank. Tom tried to direct me into oncoming traffic down one-way streets. He had gaps in his maps and his sense of direction wasn’t any more reliable than mine. It’s thanks to Tom that I know Phoenix is gigantic. I suspect Tom wanted to kill me. Whether that be through blood pressure spikes or a car accident, Tom wasn’t picky. After several missed appointments, I broke up with (sent back) Tom. Then came my true love, my Garmin. I was guarded. Was this another mirage in the desert? Would she guide me over a bed of cacti to flatten my tires then leave me in the 115-degree heat? It certainly seemed to be the pattern that was emerging. It took me a couple of weeks to decide on this model. I googled all the features, read reviews until my eyes watered, and asked around. TomTom or Garmin? This model or that? How big is a 7-inch GPS screen? I don’t want something so flashy it gets stolen. What is “drive smart”? I narrowed it down to Garmin with traffic and drive smart or Garmin with Alexa. I decided a woman who gets lost trying to find her way back from the mailbox should be getting all the extra help she can, and not with her grocery list on the freeway. So I chose a Garmin 65 with traffic and drive smart. She arrived with easy installation instructions and the ability to update herself when I connect her to WiFi and plug her into a wall. Instructions came with her about where to download an app called Garmin Drive so she could stay updated on weather, traffic conditions, tell me exactly which lane I need to be in, and direct my calls through her so I’d have hands free calling. My heart gave a flutter. Is this the one for me, finally? I took her on a test drive. I arrived safely, on time, and with normal blood pressure. What magic is this? I spent some time familiarizing myself with her and entering frequently visited locations. I learned that she has a four square link to the History channel and she can tell me where historic landmarks are so maybe I can take her on vacation someday but more likely she will just teach me interesting facts about the stuff I drive past every day. Either way, pretty cool! I have since named her Razza, which is an African name for Hope. I chose this because Razza has been, and continues to be, a life changer for me. I’d ask her to marry me, but I think she’s seeing other people and I don’t want to ruin what we have. Is this the GPS for you? Only you can decide that. Maybe you don’t need something as extensive as I do. To me it’s worth every penny. If you are a person who is as easily flustered and lost driving to new places (or all places) as I am but life insists you drive anyways, this might be a perfect choice. If the maps aren’t updated as well in your area, you could always send her back. With any luck, she’ll get tossed in a pile of Tom-toms. She could teach them a thing or two!

I bought this Garmin 010-02038-02 DriveSmart 65, Built-In Voice-Controlled GPS Navigator with 6.95” screen to replace a smaller Garmin DriveSmart that was about 6 years old. All the features look and work similar to the old one so there wasn't much of a learning curve for me. The bigger screen makes this unit much more pleasant and easy to use. It is faster than the older one. It's also more intuitive and narrows down the possible choices and presents more options for the address or places as you are entering the information. It has a lot of choices for map layout so you can customize to your preference. Voice command is also better than the older unit, but not perfect. With the old one the more I used the voice feature the better it got, to a point. This one is better out of the box and it may get even better with use. It is easy to update the maps and firmware through wifi sitting in the driveway, and quicker at it than the older unit. I have found these dedicated GPS units to be much better than the factory entertainment/GPS systems when it comes to directing you, and giving you options for routes. You can also link it with the cell phone app and have instant traffic updates and options for avoiding congested areas. The price seems more than fair for a GPS with so many features. I like the Garmin interface better than others I have used so it was a no brainer for me to buy it.

If I didn't have this when traveling to the other side of the US, I wouldn't have made it. There was only one location it took me in circles endlessly & that was in Dallas TX where the freeways are like being in a pinball machine. Someone told me it's bc they're doing so much road work. Other than that, it's been like driving with a friend . . . you're alone, but you don't feel totally alone & being guided anywhere you need to go is just wonderful. It does some things too when you reach an offramp where it changes the screen view, it's hard to explain but it's just sooooo cool. The features, size & voice recognition are terrific. I had one time where it wasn't responding & that was when it was in the sun, in the hot summer heat in Florida. I wish I could find some sort of way to place it out of the sun bc I think that can overheat it & what in the world could operate under extreme heat? I know it's made for the car, to adhere to the windshield in probably most all conditions, but I need to be able to see it AND not have the sun beating on backside of it, if it's possible? I still use it over a year later. I ALWAYS bring it inside when I get home, to protect it from the heat in the car. If it can last many years, that would be terrific. I wish I could figure out how to change the voices, I'd prefer a man with an accent, but that's not a big deal really. :0) FIVE STARS !

Je suis absolument ravi de mon achat du navigateur GPS Garmin DriveSmart 65 & Trafic. Cet appareil a considérablement amélioré mes déplacements en voiture, offrant une expérience de navigation exceptionnelle et une multitude de fonctionnalités pratiques. L'écran généreux de 6,95 pouces est un véritable atout. La clarté et la résolution sont remarquables, rendant la navigation extrêmement facile et offrant une vision détaillée des cartes, des instructions de conduite et des points d'intérêt. La taille de l'écran contribue grandement à la sécurité, permettant une consultation rapide sans détourner le regard de la route. La fonction de trafic en temps réel est une véritable bouée de sauvetage. Grâce à cette fonction, j'ai la possibilité d'éviter les embouteillages en recevant des mises à jour en temps réel sur l'état de la circulation. Cela me permet d'optimiser mon itinéraire et d'arriver à destination plus rapidement. L'interface utilisateur est conviviale et intuitive. La navigation dans les menus est simple, et la saisie des destinations est rapide grâce à la fonction de recherche vocale efficace. Le guidage vocal est clair et précis, ce qui rend les instructions faciles à suivre sans distraction. La connectivité Bluetooth est un autre point fort. Elle me permet de synchroniser facilement mon smartphone avec le GPS, facilitant ainsi l'accès aux appels mains libres et à la diffusion audio directement depuis l'appareil. J'apprécie également les alertes de sécurité intégrées, comme les avertissements de zones scolaires et les alertes de changement de limite de vitesse. Cela ajoute une couche de sécurité supplémentaire à mes trajets. En conclusion, le Garmin DriveSmart 65 & Trafic est bien plus qu'un simple GPS. C'est un compagnon de conduite intelligent et fiable qui rend chaque trajet plus agréable et plus efficace. Je le recommande vivement à tous ceux qui recherchent une solution de navigation avancée et facile à utiliser.

Compre este producto por que hice un viaje largo de mas de 8 horas en Mexico. No tuve ningun problema con el GPS, te avisa los limites de velocidad, no todos estaban correctos y te avisa cuando hay curvas. Lo que me preocupo un poco es que como tiene que ir conectado todo el tiempo a veces lo sentia muy caliente, pero aguanto todo el viaje conectado. La ventosa que tiene queda bien fija en el parabrisas, solo se me cayo una vez despues de pasar tu reductor de velocidad muy rapido.

Great if you live in US ..... not if you are in Australia! Cannot change maps to Aust.

Got this to replace a 10+ year old Tom Tom. There is a bit of a learning curve to using it, was not intuitive. The on line manual is large and not easily interpreted. I can customer service with a question. Had a short wait for a call back but the service rep was very patient and helpful solving my problem. It has a very good display showing a lot of good information ( and a lot of clutter which I learnt how to dismiss). It give speed limit, your sped, and subtle warning when exceeding the speed limits, school zones and red light cameras. Once you learn how entering your destination is easy as is saving favorites. I like that it turns on and off with the ignition. Very USA centric and National park and Historical site features are only for the USA but can be disables. I have only had it for a few weeks but am liking it more over time, For a dinosaur like me who wants a GPS rather than a cell phone app it is a very good solution. Would recommend it. 76 year old male

This Item is sold only with American Maps and not sold with other maps (Australian) and to install local maps are sold for additional cost through Garmin.