Navman EZY250LM / 255LMT

Never been a good device – The maps are reliable. It is easy to install. The strength of the signal is intermittent. It performs to get you somewhere when it is going. Ever since I have had this model it has a tantrum and freezes. I have taken it back and they say go to Navman. I have tried to get help but it still is intermittent. Now it is frozen and no matter what I do it will not unfreeze. Buy at your own risk. Show details

Not working – Maps ok signal sometimes sloooow easy to update easy to install. But atm it will not switch on had it charging over night but will not power up (the red/orange) light is on so it has connection power but nothing else what can I do ? Any help would be great

Poor GPS Signal – I find the maps fine, I have updated regularly, but always found it very slow to pick up GPS (sometimes up to 10 minutes). Now the GPS keeps turning off and despite resetting it a number of times, the only way to get it work is to factory reset. Then as soon as you turn it off, it goes back to not working when you turn it back on. Had it less… Read more

than 2 years and only used it about once per month. My old Garmin is over 8 years old and still works fine (my son is using it).

Absolute Rubbish GPS – I purchased this after my Tomtom from 2011 dropped its support and was swayed by the lifetime maps. I've found out that the lifetime maps is deceptive, (as mentioned in other reviews), however my main issue is with the algorithm the route selection uses. It constantly (despite what setting the route selection is on) insists that the best way is to… Read more

cut across highways, take multiple stops and will happily add on additional kms despite there being faster, shorter and easier routes. I can't trust this unit to take me anywhere safely, and with the exception of finding street numbers, its rubbish.

I'm going to buy another Tomtom and wouldn't ever purchase a Navman again.

Terrible product – I've had the Navman 250 LM for a few years now. It's never held a battery charge for more than a few minutes if not on power. The usb cable won't stay in place on the unit (not from the get go), the unit wants to turn off after about 30 minutes even when powered which is absolutely no good when driving long distances, the maps can be dodgy (I've… Read more

used them in the USA and NZ besides Aus. It is extremely slow. The online instructions are not great either. Other than these very important and dangerous issue, it's a basic unit with a good display and sound and works ok if you can get past the other issues (which you won't without copious amounts of frustration! I'm not surprised it's a discontinued product and if you thinking about buying this thing second hand. Please don't waste your money!

It's good for the price I paid – Yes it is a basic unit, but does the job and we haven't had any major issues, still works two years later. Maps accurate in the regions covered, signal strength has room for improvement, but again, it is a basic unit.. Updates I think are unnecessarily complicated, but installation was easy

Not recommended – I am a light user of the GPS but after a few months of using the Navman EZY255 I am starting to realise how bad it is. My old Tom Tom was much better so now I will buy a new Tom Tom. The main problem I have with the Navman is that it changes it's mind frequently about the route and does things like ask me to turn right in 10 metres just 30… Read more

seconds after it has told me to go straight for 5 kilometres. Then when I miss the turn it takes ages to recalculate the route meaning that I have to pull over or risk missing more valid instructions. It drives me crazy and I don't even think I could resell it on ebay with a straight face.

Crap Navman EZY255LMT – A piece of crap, It's not even worth $20. In fact you would be disappointed if someone gave it to you, you'd think it was an insult. It continually locks up after using for about an hour, with garbage on the screen and won't reset. Throw it away. I'm now reluctant to buy another Navman

Don't do it – Horrible, Slow to operate, Has double address that it shows as two different locations - customer care don't care "we will let the map supplier know" Plug is so large that it get bumped out of the charger often. Helps get you lost rather than find an address. Buy another brand/better product than this paper weight.

Free Map updates is deceptive – It is a basic GPS. I bought it thinking I would be given Lifetime maps. The process to install new maps in complicated. If you don't take this GPS out of your car and hook it up to your Computer every 6 months, you give up your Lifetime map privileges FOREVER.

It's really quite good – I am happy with my recent purchase and so far can find no faults. It's fairly basic but very easy to use and the Traffic Message Channel (TMC) feature which provides alerts about major traffic problems along the route is awesome. It is good value for the price I paid at JB Hi-Fi.

Dont be swayed by negative review EZYLMT255 – Bought it from JBHiFi for $80 in November 2015 and working well since then. It came with 3 year free replacement warranty after some tough negotiation, because it was on specials already. You can safely get from a to b..good for the price.Just like to warn all doomsday Sayers, the product is not really that bad as described by most.  Show reply

Total waste of money – I have had my EZY255LMT for over a year and a half and it is terrible. The bluetooth only works when it wants to and the volume is to low so you can't do hands free because its just not loud enough, on the odd occasion it will send me down a dead end just to turn me around, but the worst is I have had three new brackets in that time the sun just… Read more

deforms the black plastic suction cup, the advise I got from navman customers services was to take it off the front windscreen when it's sunny!!! Seriously. I gave them a one star for humor. Finding address is very slow, click wait next letter click wait next letter. This unit has live traffic information it this function only looks good listed on the out side of the box, when you get traffic warning it's too confusing to do anything with it wile your driving, the traffic information comes from the local radio station in the form of RDS signal very unreliable and slow. This unit has touch screen and if you try to navigate on the map to find a street it could take you 20 mins and you will end up at the outer end of the map at least twice as it can become unresponsive and spin out of control. Other than that it's fine. If I need to go somewhere then I just grab my phone and use googles navigation works great every time super easy address are quick and it's free, it just knocks around the passenger side foot well now total waste of money.

Piece of Crap – Doesn't work very well at all. Surprise surprise it's out of its warranty period by 1 month. Now stuck on a loop between the safety agreement and turning off. Biggest piece of crap out there. Always have problems with Navman (we have 5 for our company vehicles). Tried a Garman for personal vehicle and it's awesome.

The Worst Piece Of Rubbish I Have Ever Purchased – This product only lasted 3 months. Lifetime maps is a complete waste of time. The complete data was lost, first time I connected to the computer, I was looking for an update and all the maps disappeared. Also when it was operational following purchase the GPS satellite connection was lost in the Toll tunnels. Threw in bin!!!

I cannot live with it – Biggest piece of rubbish I have owned, Navman you should be ashamed to market this product Battery constantly dying, not user friendly, after spending days trying to sort out the updates without luck it is now time to buy some chinese rubbish as surely better than this or go back to my Tom tom which was far more reliable The only enjoyment I will get out of this is smashing it with a hammer

One basic feature missing – Of all the GPS I have used ,this is the most disappointing, the cheap Chinese IG08 models are even better. The one feature missing is the ability to state a destination as a intersection of two roads. To make it worse you have to specify the surburb then the street. Tough on a long road intersecting another long road . I queried this with the… Read more

manufacturer only to be told

"I would like to inform you that there is no option for the EZY255LMT to search for an intersection. This is only available for MY Series"

My New NavMan EZY255LMT GPS – First of all this GPS does work and you should not get too lost. I used to own a Navman s90i which is a much older gps and worked a lot better. The "upgrade" came with free maps fore the life of the unit. First catch. Life is not defined, 6 months, 6 years who knows. It cost $199 to get a new map for the s90i which was almost the cost of a new… Read more

EZY255LMT plus it's battery would know longer charge.

Pros:

It is relatively cheap.

Easy to set up with the Navdesk software which is supplied. This works well with windows, don't know about Macs. I would ask the store if you have a mac computer.

Map updates are easy to install with the Navdek software. You do need an internet connection though.

The EZY255LMT talks to you on getting from A to B, railway lines, speed cameras, speed zone changes, exceeding the speed limit, maybe more, I have not experimented.

Cons:

Can take some time, up to 20 sec or more to orientate itself. This means although it is giving you the correct instructions you appear to be going the wrong way on the screen.

This gps does not know where I live, it is out by four houses and no amount of fiddling will convince it otherwise. I have had a lot of emails with NAVMAN about this. They have been very helpful but have ended up blaming their map supplier. I am inclined to agree with them, but it should not happen. The old S90i knew where I lived as does my smartphone. So what other address are wrong?

My smartphone updates it's maps for free automatically when logged on to my router. Why does the EZY255LMT need to be connected to computer via USB and then use the navdesk software?

Connecting to the navdesk software can be problematic at times, most times it works sometimes it doesn't.

Does this gps work for me? Yes 99% of the time.

Would I buy it again? No, I expect it to work 100% of the time considering my very old S90i did, and my smart phone does.

navsat n382 – a pile of crap. cost over $300. doesnt know its way. keeps turning itself off. updated but still tells me that im on a road that hasn't existed for 50 years. i put them in all my coachs & buses. now we have a competition to see who can get the best milage out of them by dragging them along by the bus's. DONT BUY THIS PRODUCT. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY. DONT BUY ANY NAVMAN PRODUCTS.

navcrap – this unit has never worked properly, evan with latest maps installed it sends you in to wob wobs, totally of route. the save route function does not work anymore, battery live is very short and the screen started playing up on . a hot day . The Navman help desk was very helpful until they discovered the unit was out of warrant range and after… Read more

that Navman does not want to know you, in other words they are not standing by there product. I followed instructions and reinstalled software bud ended up worse, now I there no voices and not able to install them, so it has to go in the bin.

I have been warned should have gone for a tom tom from the beginning.

sad

Ps good luck Navman, have a look at your reviews, do you really don't care ?

Shocking Unit – This is a terrible unit, turns itself off generally at a crucial time, battery will not hold a charge, have to reset volumes after each charge and the problems continue. Thought trying a new car charger - still no fix. Navm,an should recall all units sold and fix or replace them with something that works.

Rubbish – This is the fourth Navman product I have owned all up until this have been excelelnt. The Mivue constantly freezes, lags behind the journey and is not useable

total rubbish! – It worked for about 2 months. By that time I had figured out that it can't be switched off, it would just restart. So every time it's switched off it discharges its batteries and next time I start it I have to go through all setup. Now it wouldn't stay in recording mode, switches to playback mode all the time. The sound it makes, somewhat of 70-s kids toys... horrible, too. I guess that's enough for never looking at Navman products again.

*Not suitable for use in vehicles – *Not suitable for use in vehicles - should be written on the box! If you don't supply power to this unit 24/7 it will not work properly. My experience with this GPS unit can be summed up as; lots of swearing and two trips back to the retailer - who very kindly replaced it after the first month (due to suspicions of a faulty battery), and then… Read more

gave me credit 4 months later towards a replacement. I would say 'poor battery life' like everyone else has, but I believe the issue is something else that they just haven't seen yet. After a bit of experimenting I found that the unit was turning itself on after the 'power has been turned off - unit will shut down in 10, 9, 8, 7....' message.

Hence the reason it had a flat battery every time I went to use it - which is 4-5 times a day. I work on the road and stop for 1-2 hours at a time. The unit turns itself ON while the car is OFF and wastes the battery completely. Never able to hold charge, or preferences, it was like using the unit for the first time (safety message, change preferences, volume down, display arrival time etc) every time I turned it on! very annoying!

Do not buy this unit. It is inherently faulty. Navman need to recall / fix this unit. It comes in black Turns itself on after about 30 minutes of sleep - killing the battery in 1 hour.

Not as expected – Not the best or easy as advertised. Even it is brand new, you have to connect it to the computer to update the maps. Blue tooth keeps searching for my phone and couldn't find it. Very frustrating device. The software is very slow, it takes time to get started. Not the best for its price Size of screen is nice Not easy as it should be, software is very slow. Expensive

Returned after two days – I bought this unit from the good guys as it had all I needed plus Bluetooth that I could use in my older car. the first time I used it the unit didn't get satellite reception for over 15 minutes. the next two times I used it , it took about twenty minutes. it then locked on the night screen and wouldn't move anywhere. the Bluetooth did however… Read more

work very well, but I primarily needed a satnav that works. the good guys exchanged it for a similar Garmin that worked straight out of the box and I have had no issues. I usually don't write reviews, however this product was a real disappointment. bluetooth easy to set up and use extremely long sattellite reception time

Ordinary – Takes forever to find satellite and load route maps and have to press hard and slow to punch in information, tends to freeze up from time to time. Have to lower volume and brightness to save battery power so whats the point in having a unit that you can not hear or see ! If you want the unit in the right hand lower corner of windscreen (drivers… Read more

side) the in car gharger lead will not reach, contacted navman support about getting longer length charger lead and told sorry can't help. Told in dick smith store where unit was purchased that navman gps units can be problem Size Slow to respond to sattellite and loading routes, short charger lead and battery life

Navman rubbish – It started off working fine, recording quality great all the features impressive, within a few weeks of owning this brand new device, ever time i switched the car on it would say " card error" won't let me record or do anything, even when i put it into the computer to erase all the data. So did a bit of research and spent more money invested in… Read more

the correct sd card that it suggested, $40 later all was good again for a few weeks then with in weeks "card error" was being displayed again, this time i got in contact with the company, they of corse will not admit fault nor will they return my money!! They just blame it on they sd cards, via email they sent me some rubbish link to try and defuse the card, with some vague instructions, they best answer is to sen it in to get fixed, to this very point i'm still with out a working dash cam not happy navman Great quality when working, the feature that turns it on and off with the car, playback Complete waste of time and money, customer service is basic and vague, just don't buy one!!

EZY250LM GPS - Beware Mac users – Just got the EZY250LM home from JB Hi-Fi and went to install by following their 'get started' info in box. Plug USB in, inserted disc. Faced with a sea of PC exe files and other garbage files, with no idea how to get action. Certainly not auto-load for mac users. Leads you on a maze of install instructions. Eventually figured out for myself (only… Read more

becasue I've been computer literate since 1991) that an online install is only option for Mac. Even then you have to override your MAC OS gatekeeper, navigating through way too much information, just to get the app on your mac. Beware! Only recently they made Navman products MAC compatible. Looks like they should spend less on fancy TVC style videos and more on user experience. Not happy Jan. Used the Navman on a hire car in NZ and liked interface. See above.

Complete Dud – Unit constantly hands up with frozen screen and needs to have hard reset. Thought must have a fault so returned to store and exchanged for new unit. Exactly the same problem. Taking it back to day to get my money back. Bluetooth says its connected to iPhone but when try to make a call (if it doesn't freeze first) it says need to connect to phone. Price (but looks like you get what you pay for) Does not work

Worst Choice Ever – Bought this device at JB Hi Fi. Did the recommended registration and update. Tried to use it but it could not find a satellite signal at all. Got an exchange from JB Hi Fi. Switched it on in the car and it found the satellite. Did the registration and update again. Once again it was unable to find a satellite signal. Just want my money back.

LOUSY BATTERY LIFE – Bought this as price suited my budget. Issues with battery are a worry. Charged unit as directed in User Man. 8+ hours. Was fully charged in about 2! Installed unit without incar charger and battery lasted about 10 - 15 Mins. Took it back to JBs they swapped it , no questions. Repeated the activity on the new one, battery life a bit better about… Read more

60 - 70 mins. Should function a lot longer without the 12v charging lead!!! Easy to use, speed limit checks VG Battery life really poor.