Re: [OT] Anyone got a Tom Tom One?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Tom Tom's OK for straight-forward getting you to a destination ... but
'real test is when things go wrong ... ie: 'in a jam, and need to find a
way out ... then it's not so good ... we've a '700 and it's not a patch
on our five year old DVO system in the other car ... brightness,
reception, screen-size, ability to track ahead, view of the alternatives
... the reviews were good, but we've been very disappointed ...

Chris



David Chapman wrote:

> Yes,
>
> Bought wife one for Christmas, she loves it, very easy and intuative
> to use,
> can upload speed camera database and custom voices (she likes John
> Cleese)
> good battery life so don't always have to plug it in to charger. We
don't
> use the screen mount - instead it's held on to the dash with Velcro -
> much
> quicker and easier to move between cars and still plenty of satellite
> reception. Accuracy is excellent. Full postcode and address search -
for
> instance type in 316 London Road and it tells you "you have
reached you
> destination" when you are parked outside number 316.
>
> Like all sat nav it will occasionally try and send you the wrong way
> down a
> one way but it quickly (and silently !) recalculates. Shows road
> speed, ETA,
> distance to destination etc.
>
> All in all a clever and very well thought out bit of kit - highly
> recommended !
>
> David C