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Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Not only is the 200 series outstanding for beginner's, it is affordable. Targeted at the budget conscious buyer, the Nuvi 250 lacks all the slick bells and whistles, but it performs best at what it ought to - navigation. After all, that is what a global positioning system was intended to do. Some of the mutual specifications of the Garmin Nuvi 250 GPS are:

  • Pre-loaded NAVTEQ maps for the US, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
  • 3.5" color touch display
  • Turn-by-turn instructions
  • Approximately 6 million Points of Interest
  • Photo viewer
  • Calculator
  • World clock
  • Currency and Unit converter

Here are a great deal of features that you might want, but the Garmin Nuvi 250 lacks:

  • Text to Speech
  • Bluetooth
  • Traffic Updates
  • MP3 Player
  • Headphone or Audio outlet

Here is what comes in the box when you buy the 250:

  • Nuvi 250
  • Windshield suction cup
  • 12V cigarette lighter power adapter
  • Dashboard disk for mounting
  • Setup Guide

There are two main groups that provide mapping data: NAVTEQ and TeleAtlas. Fortunately for Nuvi fans, NAVTEQ is far superior to TeleAtlas. The bad news is that Garmin does not offer free map updates to it is buyers. You will likely have to shell out over $100 to get a current map update for your GPS unit.

The routing engine in the Garmin Nuvi 250 GPS is also very solid. The routing engine is what helps make conclusions in the route that it proposes to get from one point to another. This Garmin unit tested better than the TomTom ONE and the Magellan Maestro. This coupled with the splendid NAVTEQ mapping selective information provides a very solid performer at navigation tasks. Let's also not forget the best part of the Nuvi 250 and that is it is unrivaled ease of use. Your tech-challenged grandmother must be capable to operate this GPS unit.

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Image

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Image

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Image

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Picture

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Photo

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter

Magellan 980827 Cigarette Lighter Adapter Image


Power cord
The substitute power cord does work but it normally takes various trys before the connection "takes". It is more or less aggrevating but at least the unit does operate. Hopefully the alternate will not fail as quickly as the introductory Magellan equipment.

Perfection
My primary Magellan GPS is 4 or 5 years old and the adapter cord had started deteriorating last year. I in a literal sense had more wires showing than hidden. This is a perfective replacement. It is supposed to be OEM and I believe it is. The price was outstanding and I didn't wait long for delivery. Glad to have it for our upcoming trip to Florida.

Better than initial !!!
Quite impressed. This alternate is better than my basi charger. Cord is well insulated and works fine with my Megellan Maestro 3100. I highly commend this charger!!!