Absolutely outstanding! It shows a great view of the map which shows food, gas stations, restrooms, hotels, parks and more while driving. The voice direction is precise, and I love how "Lane Assist" suddenly appears while driving on a highway. It shows what lane to be in and the big green sign is identical to the one on the actual road. Amazing! You can set your map to preferences most important to you. For me it is miles to next turn, overall miles to ultimate destination, arrival time to destination, current time, current speed with warning when going over the limit. This GPS warns of accidents and traffic ahead, tolls and offers alternate routes. Routes can be set by what is most important to you; time to get there, shortest distance, best gas milage....etc. What I like the most is that this GPS isn't overkill with too many added features. I don't need WiFi, Bluetooth, video games; I can do that on my phone or computer, while not spending $100+ more for them. I just need the features that are most helpful in navigating. and this GPS stays simple and easy to use, with excellent features. Don't spend over $200 on a GPS with loaded features that you probably won't use often if at all. Save your money. For the price, Garmin Nuvi 57LM GPS is terrific ! I couldn't be happier, and I would recommend it to anyone.

I was so exited to finally get garmin navigator. Imagine my deception when After installing it in my car I found out it was a gps navigator fo Usa only. I've put in back in the box, like new and can't use it. Having had it since January it's too late to return it. All that money gone to waste. Next time I'll buy it locally, that way I'll know it's good here in Canada. I really thought that by being in amazon.ca I would receive a gps model for Canadian roads. Info was really not clear. Next time, Best Buy or Canadian Tire for gps.

This product does not appear to work outside the U.S.A. What good is that if you don't live in the U.S.A.

This product does not cover Canada. Documentation is poor. According from Garmin, the model for Canada is 58... I am done with Garmin for a very long time. Make it simple is not a value for that company. When buying from Amazon.ca, you expect product that applies to Canasa. Very very bad experience.

I went from a TomTom XL Live to this unit. A big plus to me is the trip logger function which is pretty much on the money with its tracking. Now I don't have to keep my GPS data logger plugged in when I road trip.One annoying feature of the Garmins is the proprietary nature of them. The TomTom is so easily modified with an easy to access file system. Custom start-up/shut-down screens, itineraries, etc. are nice with the TT but the 4.5" screen got old real quick.Another disappointment with the Garmin is the traffic antennae being in the cig lighter adapter and not in the unit; allowing a USB plug-in. However, the TT Live Traffic has been very sketchy with their change in providers so...The Garmin traffic provider isn't very good in states like New Mexico. The 2 largest cities in NM don't pick it up well or in the common sense "busy" areas. Looking at the provider coverage map, the coverage areas are pretty thin out here but I guess that's not the Garmin's fault.The unit itself is great. I love the dual screen when approaching an exit on the Interstates. Nice! I don't use a GPS to tell me every step of the way but I do use it for the overview of the area along the way or to find the location of a destination. I definitely like the 'Up Ahead' feature chiming when a school zone is near - very nice! The routing/rerouting could be better as is probably true with most GPS units. For me, it's taking a little work for me to convert my instincts from TomTom land to Garminville but I'm getting there.I wish the screen display was a little more configurable as far as 'Info': Current time, time remaining until destination, etc. would be nice and being able to arrange the way I like.One thing that I do not like is that some of the menu features are almost impossible to access without constantly fingering it. The screen can be touchy in some menu functions.No real regrets with this fine unit other than 2 months ago when I bought it it was $162. I'm still glad I bought it!

The gps comes with maps of the lower 49 USA only, no maps of Canada included!

I got this to replace my nearly 10 year old Garmin StretPilot 2720 (which amazingly is still being sold used by some sellers). The Garmin StreetPilot 2720 was a top of the line unit back in 2006 and I was pleased to find that the "cutting edge" tech of 2006 is now in the "low end" Nuvi series of modern models. Amazing that a sub $200 GPS does way more than a $1000+ 9 year old GPS could do.For those wondering, YES there are still reasons to own a standalone, dedicated GPS in 2015. Those reasons include (1) Smartphone battery drainage. The GPS on a smartphone tends to drain it, then you have to have a cable running to your lap or a windshield mount and I find it a big pain in the you know what. (2) You don't need cellular coverage, or more importantly DATA coverage. This isn't a problem if you never leave New York City or San Francisco, but for those of us who live out in the country or do field service of some sort and travel all over (big cities and small towns), there are still places where my phone can't get 3G or can't find any data connection. You do not need data to use your "real" GPS. This is the biggest reason I have a real GPS in 2015. Nothing worse than not being able to use Google Maps because you have no data signal. (3) It more easily saves all of my favorites which is nice when I have over 100 customers I store in the unit.I went ahead with the 6" screen but a 5" model (57LMT) would be the same but smaller. I also went with the lifetime maps and traffic. The traffic feature runs off of the antenna which is the power cord itself (no external antenna used). It seems to work well but not as fast as crowd sourced traffic such as Waze.The directions are very accurate and if you hook it up to a PC and download Garmin Express you can get alternate voices and vehicles. If you don't mind dragging and dropping files directly into the file system of the unit there are sites with HUNDREDS of custom vehicles which is cool, but I won't go into that process here.I love the school zone warnings and the light shade of red the speed display shows if you are exceeding the posted speed limit. Like any other data there are rare times that the speed limit in the GPS doesn't match the actual speed limit if it has been adjusted in the past few years.The new turn by turn directions work well especially with the supported voices that do the "real speech" thing, it may say "turn left at traffic light" or "turn left before the CVS" which is nice. Of course the built in voices do Text To Speech and will say things like "In half a mile, turn left on Miller street". The volume adjusts to very loud, which is nice if you've got the radio cranked and the window down. The screen CAN be a tad bit hard to read compared to my old 3.7" Garmin StreetPilot 2720, but just a small turn to the left or right will fix it.I went ahead and sprung for the beanbag dash. I never liked windshield mounts and my old Garmin 2720 only had a beanbag which was nice to move car to car. The extra $15 or so dollars was worth it.The unit has tons of points of interest such as restaurants and gas stations. The "Where To" screen is also customization in terms of icon placement and the items on there! For example I added a shortcut to the "Fast Food" section in addition to the standard restaurant icon as I frequent those the most (hey, don't judge me).I was able to export my old 2720 favorites to a program call MapSource from Garmin, but that program couldn't see the new GPS, so I exported the MapSource database and installed a program called BaseCamp by Garmin. I was able to open the database file in BaseCamp and drag my favorites into the new GPS. THEN I installed Garmin Express which is the current software and from there you can backup your favorites to a single file.This thing acquires Satellites in a fraction of the time it took my old GPS. The only two things I found that I wish I could change would be (1) having a north indicator (red arrow or letter N with a pointer) on the screen at all times. My old GPS had this. There is a field in the bottom right that you can use it for, but that leads me to (2) only being able to display one extra data type. In the bottom right you can display arrival time, time left to destination, driving direction etc, but not more than one. I would gladly sacrifice a bit more screen space (of which there is plenty) to be able to display two fields. But overall its not a big issue.I would highly recommend this to anyone who still wants a "real" GPS.