TomTom ONE Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator by TomTom
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Digital camera reviews of TomTom ONE Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator
Digital camera Review: Dependable GPS
Summary: 5 Stars
I live NJ and went to a ball game in NY and it took me a different way i would not ever went but believe or not it got me there and quicker ! Overall I like my TomTom One anyone looking for GPS for the first time, you can`t go wrong with this one !!Digital camera Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
Beware of customer service support. My unit was defective out of box. It seems flash card not readable. Manufacture customer support facilitated return. However, unit came back 2 weeks later with same problem.Digital camera Review: Disappointed
Summary: 1 Stars
I HAVE FOUND THIS UNIT TO HAVE VERY AVERAGE BATTERY LIFE. WE AR UNABLE TO POWER THE UNIT UP AFTER ANY PERIOD. OTHER COLLEAGUES HAVE MAGELLANS AND SEEM VERY SATISFIED.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THIS UNIT AND WOULD SUGGEST ANOTHER MANUFACTURER.
CHECK OUT OTHER UNITS BEFORE YOU COMMIT CASH
CHEERS IAN
Digital camera Review: Disappointment
Summary: 1 Stars
We were disappointed in the TOm Tom and returned it and purchased a Garmin Nuvi 350. I am very pleased with the Garmin since it has more audible assistance than the Tom Tom did. It also recalculates the intended path when you chose to use another route than the one set up on the Garmin. It is very flexible..Digital camera Review: Do Not Buy This Unit
Summary: 1 Stars
BE WARNED - Many of the folks reviewing this GPS are giving it high ratings but are listing many faults. Others are probably first timers and have never seen what a real GPS can do. READ THE REVIEWS - Don't trust the stars on this one.
This GPS spent more time getting me lost than taking me to my destination. I used it for a 1 month period and was thoroughly dissapointed. I returned it and got a Garmin NUVI 350.
Want some examples?
1) My home was built in 1920. The town is just as old. It could not find it! It took me to the town and sent me everywhere but my house. I decided to follow it and it send just looped me around for over a mile and never reached any destination.
2) I was traveling to a party with my wife and luckily she had her GPS (Magellan 800). I put them both on in the car because the TOM TOM went nuts. I had less than a 1/4 tank of gas and it was sending me 20 miles out of my way to get to someplace the Magellan told me was only 7. Guess which one I followed.
3) I used the "locate" option which allows you to lock down the location of a place you would like to return to when you do not know the address (for example a restaurant or a store). When I got home I told my wife about this great restaurant I found and we got dressed to go, but when I chosed this saved location on Mr. TOM TOM, it kept saying "No Route Possible" and would not even begin to get me in the area. I tried it with all my other saved locations and same story.
Some other bad features:
1) Battery life is pathetic.
2) The unit only comes with a car AC adapter, which has a USB pin that is very easy to bend and brake (believe me I found out).
3) You will NEVER and I mean NEVER get the quickest route to a destination (I found this out using it with 2 different GPS systems which gave me quicker routes). Isn't part of the point of a GPS to save gas?
4) The unit does not signal you when you need to turn. When you get close to your turn, all you hear is "turn ahead in 300 yards" then the system starts to count down with no audio so you have to look at the screen while driving. The system never announces the street name or offers a bell or signal to indicate this is the corner you turn on. I had to do so many u-turns I lost count. If you miss your turn, rerouting is not a given. A few times it just kept on letting me get lost and never even rerouted me so I thought I was OK. On another occassion it almost let me down a one way street. I almost feel as if the Tom Tom was not built for the US because it does not seem to recognize streets that have been around for decades.
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Outside of the GPS systems I own, I do alot of business travel which requires me to rent cars that often have GPS systems installed. In all honesty, the best GPS I have used is the Garmin series. They are extremely customizable and durable. I have used multiple Magellans and they are durable, but when they break, they really break because the case is so hard it leaves no room for flexibility of shock. Their customer service was a little better than Garmins, but they are overpriced and to be fair I only had to call Garmin customer service once, while I had to call Magellan several times to get my issue resolved. I tried a newer Tom Tom again about a year after this review (my daughter got it as a gift from her boyfriend), it was no improvement. It was really frustrating to customize and she called me on 2 different occassions because she was lost. It was returned. I did some research and discovered my earlier feeling on the Tom Tom not being made for the US to be accurate. They use another mapping system that is more popular overseas. Spend a few bucks more and get a Garmin.