Thanks for posting this, at least a confirmation that the service is still working

I know it's been over a year since I'm now just looking at this video. But my GPS said it's gonna take three hours and 30 minutes for all the software and updates and it says to keep it connected. How can I keep it connected for 3 1/2 hours in my car? That would drain my battery I just do it in my house somehow? I am not computer high tech savvy at all. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

Thanks, great info. I’ve seen some strange traffic things and have experienced the gps crash. I do recall going into traffic on one unit and seeing no providers. On another unit I have European traffic, but US maps.

thank you really good review

good infos, thanks

Thank you so much! Great tip!

I don’t even have that option there is no bars coming up

Good to know. Thank you.

Do NSA, CIA and FBI cant track those

How is the power cord port, any issues?

Where can I purchase that fuse? Auto parts store?

Thanks, I have a NUVi 2599 that will not recognize any micro SD. I bought the unit new and never had cause to use additional memory until it did not have sufficient internal space for the latest map set. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Excellent video. Thanks. Really informative 👍👍

Very helpful. I used the "legacy version 4.2.5", with good 'ol Win7. It does not need Garmin Express.

Where can I get the drivesmart 50 arrow icon?

I noticed that when you create routes in Garmin Basecamp using its trip planner, made stops and assigned a "layover" time on each stop and then transfer that route to the Garmin, the device will not take your custom times into account. I tried this on a DriveSmart 65 and 66. I haven't tried it on my old nuvi 2597 LMT. Not sure what those custom times are for if the devices do not use them/take them into account. Also on my 65 and 66, it will only show you the departure time of the route if you use Basecamp's trip planner.

Thank you very much for this very descriptive and easy to follow and understand video. Helped me immensely.

Concerning DriveSmart66 Live Traffic: I have both DriveSmart55 & 66. Both have the latest maps and system updates installed. Drivesmart66 has only 2 route calculating options (Fastest | Shortest (by air). Missing Shortest (on road) option. No clue why there is a difference between both common devices. Lack of more route calculating options in DriveSmart comparing TomTom Go, iGo or many others apps for me is sick.

TomTom literally has a button on their UI that does this. Hopefully Garmin releases one on maybe the next firmware update. Or maybe the newer models if they plan on it.

Does this unit let you "edit schedule" like the Nuvi 51? I used that feature to let customers know what time I'd be in their area. But I don't see this option on the 66.

I have just mounted one on my bike and the power socket is mounted inside my bike seat.

You have no idea how much I friggin love you right now.. THANK YOU FOR THIS!!!! 😁👍

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Just did this myself. Im not very tech savvy so it was a pretty big undertaking for me. Thank you for sharing! I had watched other videos that were much more complicated and I could not get it to work right. Your method of direction is very step based and helped me make sure each part of the process was done right, thank you!

thank you so much

Good info to know. Never knew you could use voice to choose “along the route, near the destination, etc.” before saying the category. In fact didn’t know you could voice control that part at all and would always click/touch one while driving. Definitely like voice control better.

I'm wondering how this differs from a Garmin nüvi 255w. On the 255w there are different options. [Start Log] which triggers [Wrm Start], and then there is [Prdc Wrm St]. I haven't found any documentation for the (discontinued) 255w.

Thank you very much for your very helpful and clear instructions. Just moved into a newly constructed house and this older model Garmin Nuvi couldn’t find it. Thanks to your excellent video now I have set the home location. 7:13

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Some phones now will be able to copy text in the photo then simply paste into google maps etc

Thought that’s where you were headed. I use my phone and gps all the time …phone mainly for looking up location addresses. I generally find the phone faster. I don’t do that while driving for safety reasons and use the voice command on gps in those cases. Use the phone camera for all sorts of things …..very useful for repairs. Shows how something is put together before you take it apart. Also good if you need a part and can bring a pic of it to the hardware or big box store.

.. you get what you need.. or .. you call EMS and guide them to your location by simply reading the details off the screen... Take Care, Ed.

Hmmm, you know when dogs get puzzled and they rotate their heads sideways? Maybe they have polarized lenses 😂. Polarized lenses are good at rivers, lakes, streams and the beach. They allow you to see into the water so much better. Can have an issue with some matte screen GPS’s though.

Thank you good sir!

Checking back on this. Does your DriveSmart 66 experience any lags/delays while navigating the menu? Mine does and I don't know why. When a tap some buttons sometimes it will take about 1 second for the unit to respond. I tried to reproduce this isssue on my DriveSmart 65 and the 65 was more responsive than the 66.

Yep, still using that "thing" as a backup device on my motorcycle with Osm maps. Works like a charm.. Ed.

It sucks

Nice find

Like the Up Ahead and Along My Route features. In the past was frustrated on long trips when say I searched for gas and it would show them from 10 miles back from where I just was. Yeah, I’m not going back for that. Up Ahead and Along My Route make that so much better. Still wish I could set distance parameters from the gps on Along My Route, like you can with custom poi’s and the poi loader.

Another great informative video thank you 👍🏻

i have bought the DS 65 because my 61 broke, got a really good deal on ebay, only 50$. overall i am very satisfied with this unit

Thank you for this video (and the others on the 52 that I have yet to watch. I have a 52 on its way to me now, from Amazon). I also just bought the guide book you wrote on the 52 (Kindle). Based on this video I think I am getting the right GPS for me. (After many years and many models of Tom Tom)

I used a regular mini usb plug into my Garmin 54LM. It powered on OK, but it would not find sats. Soon as i plugged in the official Garmin 12v car plug it worked fine. Is that a common problem? I wanted to share the lighter socket with a bluetooth dongle, but that caused the issue. I have another 12v ciggy socket but was just wondering if the generic usb was the issue? Thanks!

Hello, I just bought this model and I couldn't get a definitive answer from Garmin automotive support if it's free US maps and traffic. Would you happen to know? Thank you and great informative videos.

Awesome, thank you!

Great use case and would not have thought of that…..I’m going to try it out. Really is great in very familiar trips where you already know where you’re going. It allows you to overcome your selective perception and explore. Selective perception…..it’s said we only pick up on a small amount of things that are going on around us at a given time. May be as little as 5-10%. One of the best examples of this is if you are shopping for a new car. Before doing so you likely didn’t see many of that particular model car on the road. While shopping all of a sudden you see that car a LOT on the roadways. The same amount of that model car was always there. Now while shopping for it, you selectively perceive it and see more of them on the roadways. We tend to have a narrow band of what we focus on. This can expand that band.

Thanks. Great video and like the editing where you switch from the Nuvi to the Drive. I’m guessing the difference noted between the nuvis and Drive/DriveSmarts, etc., is due to processing power. The same demarcation exists in those units in the Up Ahead feature. In the nuvi’s you see just the icons for gas stations, banks, and restaurants. If you want details you have to touch the icon. In the Drives/DriveSmarts and forward, you see the actual name of the establishments in each of the three categories…..and it dynamically updates as you drive. It’s a quick update too….literally as soon as you pass the exit where a gas station was listed, it shows the next closest gas station. As mentioned previously I REALLY like that feature on long trips in unfamiliar territory. By seeing the name of the upcoming restaurant it may help gauge how rural the next area is. I recall seeing an upcoming Cracker Barrel in an area where I would have expected something like Cleets hot dog stand.

Thanks! Good info to know. Was playing around with it and oddly it didn’t do a good job finding Costco’s along the route. It DID find things where those letters were in sequence such as “Cost containment co” or similar. So search seems different in this way versus just searching “where to” on normal startup screen. Makes me wonder what the distance parameters are for “along my route”. Based on above I believe it has to be VERY close to route. Years ago before before GPS’s got much better at searching with the advent of things like Foursquare, I used to add custom poi’s ( points of interest) for things like Costco, Walmart, etc. It was then possible to set a proximity alert and choose the distance. So, if you were driving and within say 2 miles of a Walmart the gps would notify you and you could choose to go there. Funny, I’m remembering one I had setup for Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives ( aka Triple D) and with that I used a further proximity alert as they are not as common. Fun thing to have on a road trip and I may set those up again. What’s old may become new again 😀 Would be nice if you could choose your own distance of what along my route means.

It didnt work in the philippines