Tom Tom One

i had a garmin for 3 years ...someone gave me a tom tom for a birthday gift first it is slow as hell to much useless info and for you to do anything you have to satisfie the what it wants WHAT IT WANTS baby you work for me then to try and down load the updates its been 3 weeks now and mine still will not do it if you want a vidio game get a tom tom if you want a fast direct GPS i can recomend Garmin since its the only other one i had sorry for the rough draft but i am to mad to care

oder this from ideal world on the 9th june todsy is the 28th june still waiting for the goods, very quick on taking my money told me 2 deliver dates they have passed don't intend to use them again rubbish company

I use this sat nav about 3 times a month on average, mostly in the summer. It is very handy and I would not be without a sat nav now. Easy to use with clear screen. Never let me down.

However I do think it was rather expensive for a basic model. Screen is a bit small. Also I have had problems downloading maps.

Finally the battery does not seem to hold its charge very long at all. I have to run it from the power source in the car and within less than 24 hours it is dead, even after a long trip. Not a major problem but I am surprised that the manufacturer has not provided something better.

From the internet I have established it is possible to change the battery but this is not simple. I could do it but will manage with it as it is for now until I can afford something better.

This review isn't about the TomTom One device itself, which I have to say is a great piece of kit, rather it is about the map updating service offered by TomTom. I own a TomTom One, and although having purchased previous maps/updates the map within device is currently not up to date. When I connect to TomTom Home software, I am advised that new maps are avilable to purchase at a cost of £19.80 for a full year (4 updates). However, in order to obtain these updates I must first pay £19.80 to update/upgrade the current map within my device. Only then may I purchase the 4 updates. This is a true cost of £39.60 to update my current map. Scandalous! It is clearly good publicity for TomTom to advertise 4 updates at only £19.80, however they're not so keen to advise of other costs. Be aware!

only used this gps six or 7 times and the sound quit. can not find replacement speaker any where. would never buy another tom tom

I bought a TT Go 300 about two years ago ~ I am a technophobe but even I found the instructions simple . I use the TT every working day to deliver cars all over the UK and in 99% of the cases I am at the doorstep , the other 1% gets me to within certainly 50 yards . The company I work for pays for updates even though the machine is mine .

I've installed a larger SD card just to be safe for any free additions that may become available

I have no experience of other makes but I would be more than happy to stick with what I know works rather than change

The product design and specification of Tom Tom One is very good. The only mounting cradle is the suction one that fixes to the windscreen,would be good if TomTom sold a cradle for mounting on the dashboard.

Clear screen when it works, good navigation but in my experience the sound stopped working after 6 months, battery lasts about four minutes when using as standalone. unhelpful website and back-up. Not very impressed with the customer service. I won't be buying another Tom Tom and going back to something we used for over 3000 years called "a map".

Also in my opinion the design is not very good, you put the SD card in the bottom and the amount of times it's fell out (i have lost 5) so I have to use Sellotape to hold it in!

I attempted to tell Tom Tom about a road near us that is actually a railway footbridge! Software seems buggy and full of glitches and doesn't seem to work on Vista without problems.

Overall, I found Tom Tom One a great device which performs pretty well. Good display, very easy to use.

A great device which meets my needs perfectly (I am a Taxi driver) idiot proof. If you cant work out how to use this device you may as well give up.

Takes too long to calculate long routes ie just travelled from uk to french alps but had to calculate route in stages as tomtom was taking far too long to work total route out.

Not bad but as said takes too long to calculate long distance routes out. shame.