I order the Garmin 350 after do extensive research on Amazon , Consumer Reports and other website that rate the product . I also do a test run at best buy where the sale person be tell a group of people that Garmin be the best from a satellite and map perspective . the price of the Nuvi 350 be well over $ 100 more than at Amazon.com . and , they be out of stock , which tell I that even over $ 100 more it be a good selling item . my motivation to purchase a gp be due to get lose in a very unfavorable\/dangerous section of Philadelphia where as a female alone I be afraid to stop and ask for direction . I be use Mapquest direction that do not take into account construction detour . I have use the Garmin Nuvi 350 for several road trip since my purchase . I can not be more pleased . Navigation through the unit be extremely user friendly . I simply type a address and hit `` go '' and I be on my way . you can add a additional stop to you route and incorporate it into the bigger trip . you can type in key word to a business you might be look for and it will pull up all listing in the area with that key word . for example , if I be look for direction or the phone # to Biltmore Winery , which be part of the Biltmore Estate , I simply type in Biltmore and choose from the list it present I . the Nuvi will also give you listing by hotel or restaurant type and list they by they distance away from you location . you can chooose chinese , italian , Steak house , fast Food , etc. . or you can choose all and see what be close to you . the voice be clear and audible on this unit . it be a cynch to snap in and out of its holder , which suction to you window . it have a leather case to keep it in when you be use it on foot to navigate through the city . the color be bright and friendly to the eye . you can store a list of favorite place and there be a button for `` home '' . Start up be quick and the route that have be choose so far be efficient . it may not choose the route that you might usually take , but it do choose good route from my experience . it recalculate the route immediately if you take a different turn and get off the original route it provide for you . I travel to Portland , or to visit a friend . I program he address into the unit and from there be able to drive my friend to work , go sight see on my own , drive back to he work and pick he up and drive straight back to he home . this be no easy feat with all the turn , interstate and highway that I be not familiar with . however , with the Garmin Nuvi 350 it be so simple to navigate through traffic without a worry . it be incredible . I would be lose without it ! no pun intend ! one thing I have notice , which would be the same with any gp I imagine , be that when you be park in a totally enclosed parking garage it take a moment for the unit to calculate you route . you must get out of the garage into a area where the satellite can reach the unit in order to calculate the route . overall , I be absolutely thrill with the Garmin Nuvi 350 . I be not a person that would score this unit less than a `` 5 '' b\/c of lack of reception in a enclose parking garage , which would most likely be the case with any gp unit . the benefit and feature , ease of use , feeling of safety for I and my service from Amazon make this product a solid `` 5 '' in my opinion .