Garmin 12V Angled USB Vehicle Power Cable

My old TA20 car cable for Garmin Drivesmart 65 was frayed and this is the perfect replacement. Works perfectly and unlike cheap compatibles it doesn't enter file transfer mode. I wasn't sure if it was right cable as the compatibility models only lists Nuvi but I thought I'd try it anyway, safe in the knowledge I could return to Amazon for free if it wasn't right. If you are looking for a replacement TA20 Garmin cable for your car to Satnav this is the perfect replacement.

Not the cheapest, but at least it works correctly with an older Drivesmart 61 (not listed as compatible). Non genuine (not Garmin) power leads generally go into data transfer mode as they are not wired correctly for a power cable and are a waste of money. Purchased this as a spare power cable for using my older SatNav model in other vehicles, having safely thread the original through my dashboard.

I’m very pleased it’s a original Garmin charging cable for a Garmin Sat Nav I had the original for about 5 years now so it lasted well. This one is built very well if anything the cable looks slightly longer which is always handy. The only difference is this one has a blue light to let you know it’s plug in the first one one was red but I found it a bit bright the blue is not bright which is good when driving at night.

My Garmin started behaving very erratically before finally refusing to charge. There were cheaper suitable chargers available but I settled on this one. Very happy that I did. Garmin now working as before including the traffic information function (up coming roadworks etc.).

Not really much to say here, it fit the Satnav perfectly fine, charging too which is a bonus. My only issue is that there was a lot of extra cable, I had to feed it into the compartment to reduce the hanging cable. It makes me wonder why there is so much when you consider the fact that from the 12V supply to the windscreen, the distance is pretty much universal across all cars (as far as I'm aware).

At first, we thought our sat-nav had failed as it always seemed to be fading and loosing the picture and getting a flat internal battery, when we thought it was running off the car battery. We were constantly having to wriggle the connection to get it to work. But we decided that perhaps it was a fault in the lead rather than the sat-nav itself and took a chance and bought this lead for it. We now have a perfect sat-nav again. Poor connections had meant that it was having to use it's internal battery which did not have enough capacity. This one is very secure - does not loose power if the lead is jogged, or you go over a bump! Both ends connect very snuggly and it has a long lead. Can't fault it.

Brought as a spare to keep in the other car - so not having to plug / unplug all the time. Looks good and good quality.

Arrived on time and works perfectly. Like the way the cable end connector that goes into the back of the Garmin has a built-in 90 degree angle so that it doesn't get worn over time - that's what happened my original cable. Don't be fooled into buying a cheaper standard non-Garmin recommended cable that looks identical, it won't work at all (found that out to my cost when I thought I had got a bargain, €5 cheaper cable that looked identical to the Garmin one). That's how Garmin make sure you buy their cable I suppose....

Simplemente conectar y permanentemente se puede llevar el GPS en funcionamiento, otros cargadores no funcionan, ya que es como si conectaras el GPS al ordenador y no se puede navegar con él.

This is an original GARMIN vehicle power cable, known as type TA20 with the blue LED light and suitable for different GARMIN GPS models using a mini USB connector, and equipped with build in traffic control. Pitty that this inormation is not explicitly mentioned in the ad !!

Works very well! I really like it.

Great quality product from Garmin.

Habe das Ladegerät als Ersatz für mein Garmin DriveSmart 61 gekauft. 100% Kompatible. Der Verkehrsfunk empfang über TPEG/TMC funktioniert ohne Probleme.