I know this has been discussed before but I searched and it's been a long time since we had this topic and new products keep coming out. Tonight I bought a Garmin Nuvi 660. The guy at Best Buy said it did multiple destinations. This was not a cheap one. This thing cost me about $850. It's awesome except I can't find any way to do multiple destinations. Does anyone know how? I'll be REALLY ticked if it doesn't because I told this guy that this is THE most important feature for me.

I have one,not quite as advance as the one you have, however map your first destination, then put in the next she will then ask something like is this your final destination,hit yes or no. She will then give directions to each. I can only do two,and it takes you to the last one first.(hope this helps)

Type in your address then hit go. After it finds your route, click menu, then click "where to". Find your address and insert it as a way point if you wish, or you can make it your final destination. Theres a downside to it though. If you type in a few addresses, it will not find the fastest route from your starting location to the last location. It will take you to them in order that you typed them. Theres only one garmin that offers that, and it was made for a motorcycle (it will work with a car though). I have a garmin nuvi and it is awesome.

its not the answer to your question, but one of the magellan models (i think the roadmate 760) will route you the quickest way to all your destinations, up to 20. i think it goes for around 350 or 400. ive used it a few times and it works pretty well.

I have a Garmin - not the model you have - I put in an address, hit save, continue on until all my addresses are programed in. Then, when I'm ready to roll, I touch "recently found", chose my destination and I'm off.
"Jill" has shown me some really good short cuts. (I have her programmed for shortest distance.)

This is different than the way BPOBill described and puts you more in control of how you want to go.

I have a Garmin C340. Love it!

I also have the Garmin C340 and love it..and I do what Shamrock does. I put all the addresses in then when I am ready to roll I just go into the recent found and go from there.

I have a Garmin PDA/GPS... actually I'm on #4...(one was a lemon, one was stolen, one died of old age... the batteries are not replacable)... anyway, it does best route and I can't imagine that the high end Nuvi doesn't... on the new one go to tools, route details, edit route and add the extra points, then sort button on the bottom.

If all else fails call their tech support Tues, they're good. That Nuvi is the most expensive unit out there... if it doesn't do what you want, how you want it should go back. Sorting and setting up the route is mission critical.

By the way the new PDA... the Garmin 3000 is a total piece of crap...I called to complain and they RMA'd my old one (3600) and will fix it under warranty, even though it's past... I've a service history (besides the dead units I've mentioned, I bust screens and paid for the repair twice).

I like Garmin, just not their latest low-end unit.

How does it put you in more control? All you need to do is input all the addresses at once and it will take you to each one without having to touch it again. The only time your way is better is if you change your mind about your route and want to go to a different address than what you programmed in. Some times I do it your way, but most of the time I dont want to sit in front of the house I was just taking pictures of to choose my next address.

I have a Magellan RoadMate 3000T. Bought it at Costco for just under $400. I can program up to 20 destinations, hit optimize, select trip option (shortest distance, shortest time) and I'm on my way. It stops after each house and gives me the option to continue to next house or cancel the trip. If you miss a turn it automatically re-routes. Never been lost and don't have any complaints.

I have TomTom Nav and a bluetooth GPS receiver for my Treo. No automatic routing but it's a pretty solid system for a one-device life.

Makin Money, I had the same thing happen to me too. I just bought a brand new Nuvi from a reseller on Ebay. As this was my first purchase on Ebay, I wanted to speak with the seller personally and ask specific questions. Well, I STRESSED REPEATEDLY, that I needed to be able to type in multiple destinations, and have the unit automatically route the stops for me. As Gary put it, this was mission critical. Well, lo and behold, when I get the unit, guess what, it doesn't route multiple stops. I confirmed this from Garmin Tech support. The only models that do this are the Street Pilot, and the model that is designed for motorcycles, the Zumo.

Well, the IQue 3000 does it too... and cheaper... but I don't like the new interface, it's clunky... and the damn thing is slow as molasses to calculate a route.

But it does get the job done, and it's cheap.

I can't believe the top of the line Nuvi doesn't... what the heck are you paying for??????

Rising's stuck with his... but if I were Makin'Money I'd put that thing back in the box. (Well I am makin' money, but I don't look as good doing it as she does.)

Makin',
Here is a good reference for you regarding features of many GPS units.

http://www.thegpsstore.com/Automotive-GPS-Compare/

I used this to be sure of what all the unit could do, multiple destinations was numero uno on my list. I have a Magellan 6000T which as worked remarkably well. There were two different occasions, however, where the unit did freeze on me and I had to restart it. On the restart it picked up right where I left off so it wasn't too bad. Hope this helps.

Well, if I take this darn thing back, it's going to cost me a 15% restocking charge ($120)! I love everything else about it but this is a big feature it's missing. It's got Bluetooth and says the street names (which many of them don't do). I don't know. I guess I'm going to think about it a couple more days....

Does anyone have suggestions on which brands has the best update? I am borrowing one from my friend to check it out (Gramin c330) but it does not show many of the newer areas. I mean like 2 years old. I checked to see if there are any updates and the website said no. It works good for my rural BPO's but the new ones stink.

I bought my Magellan late last year. According to their website they are updating maps again in August and do it annually.

i have a tom tom that i bought in december last year and it is AWESOME! i love it! so far it has been right on in pretty much every situation. plus, they have updates pretty much all the time (although I still havent updated it yet).

There are updates annually. The latest version is version 8. Updates are not free, so your friend may have not wanted to spend the $75.00. If yours (theirs) is 2 years out of date, they are running version 7.

The map updates are available annually at a cost (like Garmin). The POI and stuff like traffic camera locations are updated more frequently, not new addresses & maps.

I'll have to say though, that my next GPS will be a TomTom, even though I currently have a Garmin C320. I want spoken street names and bluetooth.

My Garmin has spoken street names and bluetooth.

I didn't mean that all Garmin units didn't, I just kinda like the Tom Tom better after using one & my current Garmin does not have those features.