Garmin nuvi 260W review
February 23, 2008 by Rich Owings
UPDATE: This model has been discontinued. For current recommendations, please refer to our auto GPS buyers guide.
The Garmin nüvi 260W
Related units
- Stepping down to the Garmin nuvi 250W, you’ll lose text-to-speech
- Check out my Garmin nuvi comparison chart to see how the 260W stacks up against other units’ features, including those of the newer 2×5 series
More Garmin nuvi 260W reviews
- Consumer-authored Garmin nuvi 260W reviews
are posted at Amazon
- Okaay.com posts a Garmin nuvi 260W review
- Consumer reviews of the nuvi 260W are also being posted at CNet
- Paul’s Travel Pictures reviews the nuvi 260W
- Here’s a brief Garmin nuvi 260W review / testimonial posted on the Garmin blog
- CNet’s Down Under division gives an 8 out of 10 rating in their nuvi 260W review
- GPS Magazine does their typically thorough job, reviewing the nuvi 260W
I’ll be posting more hands on GPS reviews as they appear, but in the meantime, here are some…
Other Garmin nuvi 260W resources
- The Garmin nuvi 260W owners manual
- There is a Garmin nuvi message forum at GpsPasSion
- Confused about the wide range of nuvi models? Check out this handy Garmin auto GPS comparison tool or use my own Garmin nuvi comparison chart
- The official Garmin nuvi 260W web page
- Five tips for nuvi newbies
- A video demo of the nuvi 260W:
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My 260W is dead. It become slower at a point that it hanged up. I slide On button until it turned off and never started up again.
It doesn’t have a reset button at the bottom so I tried to do a Hard Reset sliding de Power botton to the left for 8 sec but nothing happens. I’ve e-mailed Garmin ahd they suggested to push the power botton for 45 seconds but it also didn’t work.
Any suggestion, maybe I could open and reconnect the battery?
I live in Argentina and I have no official support here…
Any help will be appreciated!!
Have you tried connecting it to your computer? Will it go into mass storage mode?
to reset the 260w you don’t just hold the power button, but as you are doing that hold your finger on the bottom right hand corner to reset but you lose all your saved info.
Boa tarde,
tenho um GARMIN NUVI 260 (17T065347), e formatei. Depois de formatado não consigo visualiza-lo quando conecto ao computador, como resolver este problema?
Grato;
Humberto
If you formatted the nuvi drive and don’t have a backup, I think you would need to send it back to Garmin for repair.
Hey guys, I also have a 370 day old Nuvi260w, doesn’t turn on, have tried reset & power simultaneously to 55 seconds and still garmin will not work. any further suggestions? Thanks!
Chris,
Have you tried connecting it to your computer? Will it go into mass storage mode?
it does not go to storage either, when connected to the cpu.
At 370 days, I’d call Garmin and see if they’d cut you a little slack on the warranty. Their customer service folks are known to do that.