Review of the Garmin Nuvi 200, GPS Navigation

Yeah it's pathetic, I know...but I admit it. I used to get lost in my own hometown – a hometown in which I have lived for over 15 years, and still I would manage to get lost.

That's not really the most embarrassing thing either. See, there is a Target store just 2 towns over, and no matter how many times I have been taken there by other drivers, I still for the life of me, could not figure out how to get there on my own. Thankfully, it's an embarrassing secret of the past, because ever since I was given the Garmin Nuvi 200 GPS navigation receiver I have, for the first time ever, been able to drive my rump wherever I wanted without fear of getting lost!

The Garmin Nuvi 200 seemed like it was the best in the range my brother was looking to spend on me for a gift. He spent $199.99 at the time when the unit first hit shelves.

The Garmin Nuvi 200 GPS comes with a thin 3.5 inch touch screen, a mount for placement on the car's windshield, and of course a car lighter charger.

Special features built into the Garmin include a menu button called special interests. Choosing this on the main menu on the Nuvi 200's screen allows you to enter store names. When you plug in a store name it will display a list of stores that have that name. You can choose whichever one you want by tapping it on the screen.

There is also an address menu where you can plug addresses into the Garmin Nuvi 200 using the qwerty touchscreen keypad to type out your destination address.

Besides this, you also have your favorites menu where you can store in stores or addresses of places you frequent. I suggest plugging in your home address to save you time later on.

The touchscreen features a full qwerty keypad that responds to even the lightest of taps, which was pretty sweet.