Garmin USB Power Cable

For years I've had my Garmins plugged into a "cigarette" style outlet on my motorcycle. Due to the location of the outlet I had about 4' of wire bundled on my handlebars. Vibrations would cause it to occasionally come loose, and once during a rainstorm the gps quit working because of water collecting inside the outlet. When I saw this was working for some folks on their car-style gps units I figured I'd give it a try. It arrived quickly and had about 5' of wire, which was perfect for my installation. I tested it before mounting and it works great. After wiring it to a switched accessory wire it now comes on when I start the bike up, and goes off when I turn the bike off. Garmin 50LM. The wires are decent gauge with the ends coming already tinned. The majority of the wiring is covered in a wrapping that looks great, protects the wire and looks nice. It also comes fused. The output reads "5 volt/500ma".

You get what you pay for. I wanted to hardwire my Garmin Nuvi and thought I would try and save a few bucks with a cheaper imitation product. That product was a complete failure and would cause my Nuvi to cycle on and off. I used my multimeter to measure the voltage and found out it was outputting less than 1V (nowhere near the required 5 volts). I sent that back and purchased the this Garmin power cable. Right away the quality difference was obvious. This uses much higher gage wires with an in-line fuse. The cheaper product didn't have a fuse and was very thin gage wire. Hooked up the Garmin Nuvi to this adapter and as expected it is working flawlessly. Highly recommended.

I bought myself a new Garmin GPS for my 2009 Ford Ranger FX4. I don’t like the look of wires hanging around all over the place do I decided to hard wire it in using this Garmin cable. I have heard bad things about using the aftermarket kits like the unit powering on and off so I decided to play it safe and order a Garmin kit. I have no complaints - a clean install and a product that works every time. The little box that is only about 3-4 inches away from the connector that plugs into the back of the GPS is difficult to conceal. They should’ve put it farther back. That is my one and only complaint.

Works well with my Nuvi 2557LMT - except the traffic function does not work, but I knew that before I bought it. For a motorcycle this allows the cigarette lighter socket and Garmin cord to be eliminated, saving space and a poor connection due to vibration.

Finally! This pricey little cord finally did the trick. I’ve had near constant power issues over the years with my older Garmins using USB power. Apparently Garmin has proprietary wiring that is required to keep your GPS running. So I bit the bullet and paid $40 for basically a $9 cable with Garmin’s same on it… and suddenly I am running problem free! With the extra $$ for sure.

This cord was JUST what I needed. I use my GPS at work in rough, off-road conditions every day. The plastic square GPS end of the plug mates perfectly with the Garmin 62 Series GPS and prevents damage to the sensitive electical connections from bouncing and the weight of the cord- pretty nice. Easy to wire and has an inline fuse. I have mine always "hot", so if my truck is off, the GPS stays on.

This is a well made cable and the Dash Cam functions properly with this cable but I had to give it three stars because it's too short for installation in a full size pickup. I had to splice in about 2 feet of wire to reach the fuse box. I researched the Garmin site for an exact length on this cable but didn't find it on their site. After reading Amazon reviews I thought the cable might be too short but the fact that the filter is close to the device was a selling point for me so I ordered this cable. Since it's well constructed I would probably order it again and deal with the splicing issue if the need for another cable arose.

My husband installed this in my old Subaru Forester 7 years ago. We recently had to retire that vehicle at 160,000 miles with a blown engine but the GPS charger was still working! No problems with it in 7 years. Yes, the traffic feature on the GPS does not work but luckily that was no problem for me. I just placed an order for another cable for my new Subaru.

Made installing the gps into my work truck much easier than having wiring all over the dash

Hola, el cable ha llegado con mucha rapidez. Dos días y en casa. Sobre el cable decir que es el segundo que compro ya que el primero que instale no me ha durado ni un año. Lo tengo montado en una moto de enduro y lo utilizo para navegación en montaña. Esta claro que se lleva golpes, barro, agua y algúna pedrada que otra. El tema es que ha dejado de cargar el gps creo que por que se a fastidiado el mini usb. Mientras ha funcionado ha ido de perlas. Ha durado una temporada de offroad. Veremos este que dura.

Es el segundo que compro, el primero solo a durado un año, espero este dure más, mientras a funcionado, sin problema

Once again Amazon has saved me money. Cheaper by $20 bucks over GPS City. And free ship it. The wire is great!

Exactly what I want Fits nicely on my hat