reviews

+ Great allround product, I downloaded speed camera's and low bridges onto it. great product for work (Truck Driver).

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+ Excellent features all round with lighting fast calculation of routes. Its additional features MP3 player etc are also brilliant. LOvely clear instructions using the computer voice.

- Real heath robinson cable management. Everything is so well designed in all other respects it looks like they ran out of time when it came to this aspect. Looks realy untidy and it is a real pain connecting up the cables every time you jump in the car. It needs a docking station to simplify affairs.

+ how small & compact it is,also how easy to use it is.

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+ Always picks up satellites quickly (unlike the returned model - Garmin Nuvi 250w it was hopeless).
Lots of extra features. Safety cameras not so easy to set up as the Garmin though.
Instructions very accurate in UK.

- Inland areas of Costa del Sol the instructions were quite wrong at times - i.e. telling you to take the 4th exit of a roundabout when there were only 2 exits. This happened more than once. I expect the maps are not quite up to date in Spain? It also took me the scenic hairpin bend route in the dark over a mountain when I could have followed the dual carriageway and motorway!

+ Good design, some good functions...nice design.

- MP3 music is cut off by instructions which is very annoying! And this si even when you set music to come through the radio via FM transmitter and instructions through TomTom.
That really bought this great product down...apart from that its good.

+ Brilliant Sta Nav; kicks my slow unreliable PDA version into touch!

- None so far!

+ Great design and features. Mapping is excellent and screen size makes it easy to use. Hands free kit works flawlessly although it could be louder. MP3 transmission over FM is very good. If you keep it updated it fins the satellites instantly. Screen mount supplied is surprisingly good. SD card slot accepts HCSD cards.

- Battery life is nowhere near the quoted 5 hours. TMC receiver interferes with the FM MP3 transmission and affects the quality. TMC data has rarely been right. SC card slot only recongises and formats to 4GB. However, if you format the card in a suitable reader you can use 8GB cards and the Tomtom will access all of it.

+ large size screen

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+ Easy to use with accurate mapping for UK and France

- Have not found any

+ Very easy to use and touch screen very responsive

- The microphone for the handsfree phone could be better... sometimes people have trouble hearing me!

+ it got me there every time even in the middle of nowhere

- the price will come down

+ Quick, easy to use, very clear maps, flexible

- Traffic only covers main roads and shows longer delays than it shoudl for roadworks

+ Superb !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- As yet the traffic does not work

+ Very clever piece of kit. Good blue tooth with phone.

- Having to stick it on the windscreen. Marks are a dead give away to theives.

+ easy to view while driving. the hands free phone is very safe to use

- voice micro phone needs to be better. sometime when using the hands free the other person has problems hearing.

+ The voice recognition is surprising good - it copes with my Scottish accent no bother.

- The only downside is the length of time it took to download the latest map of the internet when you only have a slow connection.

+ Large screen with clear maps, easy to set up and use, touch screen works well ans good safety features including speed camera database with free updates.

- Battery life poor between chargeshich maes it apoor prformr if you are on foot or cycle

+ Easy to use...does exactly what it claims to do, invaluable piece of kit for those who spend a lot of time in traffic.

- None!

+ its neat and easy to use

- It doesnt know where its going!! it take me on silly detoures which kind of defeats the object of using it.. Also it isnt very accurate with the traffic updates, it always adds an enormous amount of time if there are road works on a motorway even if they are free flowing.

+ Really easy to use, clear instructions. Love it.

- Struggles with some addresses, and haven't managed to find out how to put in a house name instead of house number.

+ Size, accuracy

- Lack of remote control.
Difficulty hearing person on phone when connected with bluetooth .

+ Fast, responsive, reasonably easy to use

- quite a few map errors, not so good at finding the best route in cities

+ Navigation is simple to use and accurate.

- Traffic coverage (via TMC radio receiver) is patchy in the UK

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- shuts down regularly

+ Easy to use, Straighforward and accurate

- Haven't found any

+ Good screen and audible voice effects.

- Windscreen suction cap is not reliable.

+ Easy to use,quick to reroute if you miss a turning,great for POI,great even in Spain.Like the record your own voices facility.

- Having to purchase seperate protective case and home charger.

+ options

- windscreen mounted

+ Good design, much smaller than previous model (710), easy to use.

- Does not come with a case. The MP3 player requires you to go through Tom Tom home package rather than being able to copy straight from the computer onto the SD card

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- No written comprehensive instruction book which could be kept in car, CD being impractical for this purpose.

+ easy to update,good design,very accurate, able to update poi any time, mobile phone connection through tomtom,, picks up signal inside my home. good value for money. would buy another tomtom any time. pin code to stop unathorised use.

- volume control not easy to adjust .remote control on side of tomtom would be better.the cost

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- none

+ Easy to use - picks up GPS signal quickly

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- Traffic unit is a separate lead

+ good voice directions. Great in Europe (Impressed).

- Unable to see clearly the TOTAL chosen route.end up on motorways in rush hour !! Route not able to change between motorway, and will advise No Route Found, but if you turn off anyway, it can find an alternative.

+ Too many variations on price around UK

- Case holder could be vastly improved

+ It does a good job, gets you there very accurate.

- no bad points

+ Functional, handy, Easy to use

- Maps needs many Corrections

+ It is excellent that it can give me wireless phone access when I am driving. It is also very good that it takes a full postcode.

- It seems a bit out of date and I am having trouble updating the maps.

+ Simple to use, rapid correction to generate a new route if driver makes error, to date appears accuate, ease of updating by internet.

- None worth listing. But to show public toilets as points of interest might be really useful in a new town.

+ easy to use , good design and features

- show come with a case when bought , maps out of date and places of interest poor accuracy

+ Menu system is very good, easy to use
Option availability is very good

- No option for road number voice - I hate "A 2 thousand 2 hundred and 32" - I'd prefer "A 2 2 3 2 2 and can't have it....
Not easy to prepare a route avoiding more than 1 specific place (eg bottlenecks I know better than TomTom)
Western European Map has a number of inaccuracies, even with latest update
Traffic feature not as good as I hoped

+ its a great little machine which does a great job. the bluetooth handsfree is easy and clear, its easy to navigate the menu system, favorites are useful (although could have better function - perhaps i just haven't read the manual though. lol)
I've seen people with a Garmin and just can't understand why they didn't buy a TomTom... they are just superior!!!

- No point in getting the 'TRAFFIC' version really, unless you regularly do long long journeys as i have used it going from one side of london to the other, and got stuck in traffic without it telling me it was there! It works through radio stations so the only info you get is when there is a big change to traffic on a road, thats why if your going far, it might be useful, but i wouldn't buy it again... buy the TomTom 720 alone instead!

+ Very user friendly - easy to use.

- Mounting could be improved.

+ Just very good at what it does and found the additional of the traffic input impressive.
Also like the mobile phone integration

- FM Transmitter not powerful enough to achieve good results.
Battery life is relatively short so need to have power connected for longer journeys.

+ Seems to work as expected, although I have not yet used all the features.

- The manual is NOT as complete as one would hope.
Some fine details (how big an SD card will it take) are omitted.

+ This widescreen version allows the user ease of use and clearer mapping. Easy to use step by step instructions and postcode mapping. All in all a very great product.

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+ Ease of use.
Additional information.
Screen size.
Graphics.

- Types of safety cameras not named.
Choice not given for direction of safety camras, i.e. show only cameras in direction I am heading.

+ with tomtom home maps are always up to date, you can download other users p.o.i.s and you can programme your route including waypoints on your computer. if you stray off track it reroutes in seconds.

- i find the touch screen a bit too sensitive, but thats probably my big fingers. in common with all sat navs you need to check your route but so far it,s not sent me down any dead ends

+ Pleased with almost everything except the one point mentioned below

- Wish it would tell me which road i am turning onto instead of just saying "take the next left turn onto the motorway"

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- does not have any information for coach or lorry drivers ie: bridge heights and weight restrictions

+ Easy to use and intall

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+ very user friendly, good battery life

- no mains charger, takes up to 10 mins to find itself sometimes when you turn it on

+ Touch control makes for easy use.

- Not easy as it should be to navigate all the options, but not a big problem.

+ User friendly, overall excellent

- None, can't say anthing bad

+ Much smaller and neater than previous models and very easy to use. The ability to have the route read out is a bonus.

- Price, new attachment for window not as reliable as the old one. It is very easy to drop off if not pressed very hard

+ This a great product, well designed and easy to use.

- Comes with already out of date camera locations (so you need to pay for the latest). Windscreen mounting is fiddly and it often falls off. Apparently most of them do!

+ Change from day to night colours/brilliance, mobile handsfree.

- Does not provide accuracy to house numbers, at least the ones I've tried.

+ A good purchase - have used it abroad. Bluetooth connection is good as well, although a bit fiddly to get to work properly initially. General driving directions are good and quickly re-routes if necessary. Speed camera warnings very good.

- making calls through bluetooth was a bit tricky initially. Quite a lot of options on it so took a bit of time to set up and get used to using.

+ Really intuative, user friendly system. Works right out of the box.

- The in car holder is not great but does the job OK, I've not had problems with it falling off the windscreen as some people have reported. Have decided not to bother getting a better holder but there are plenty of options on the market if you think it's necessary.

+ Quick location sensing and re-routing. Good maps. MP3 player useful. Voice input saves a bit of time.

- Using itinerary function awkward to use. Bluetooth hands free function not brilliant. Depends on noise in car.

+ Looks good and its pretty accurate

- The menu is difficult to surf through and the instruction manual is
not that helpful

+ Easy to use. mapping quite accurate

- Traffic feature seems to be a bit "hit and miss". Not convinced it's worthwhile.

+ Easy to use

- No bad points

+ small, practical, self explanatory. appealing colour schemes.

- when it doesn't pick up a satellite signal,and you are lost...

+ Fairly accurate directions

- Hands free phone is poor quality doesn't work on FM Transmitter - better to invest in a proper hands free kit
Bought a SD card for it but the tomtom doesn't recognise it - no response from tomtom support (probably because they have no idea themselves)
Should have just bought a SAT nav because this works quite well - all the other services it should deliver are very poor quality indeed!

+ Slim , Elegant Fast & accurate.
Free Map Update will be very useful

- Not as compatible with Mac as it is with PC
Free traffic not that accurate

+ Easy to use. Clear instructions.

- Won't connect mobile phone.

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- For some reason when I switch off the tomtom and switch it back on again it seems to always start up the talking books- it drives me crazy

+ Overall ease of use and the ability to travel without having to stop and look at maps

- Have to pack it all out of sight and remove marks on the windows to avoid possible break in and there should be an option for size of vehicle when choosing destination as we are always towing a caravan.

+ ease of use, screen size

- mount is a bit fiddly

+ fantastic on planning your route, we didnt have a clue where we were going when we went to norfolk, did it perfectly, took the stress off completely, very easy to use and very stylish

- the traffic is not really worth it, kept repeating all these different things so we turned that off, overall very good

+ Clear diction.

- Size is a little too big for hand held device.

+ Excellent graphics, easily understood directions and can be really fun to use with the range of voices

- Nothing bad to report

+ Easy, clear, accurate, multi functional

- Battery life perhaps!

+ Easy to use does so many dif things i am still discovery new bits of info that it has on it. Excellent purchase and i think well worth the money

- None

+ Easy to read and follow

- There are map some map errors that remain uncorrected in spite of reporting - including one very near to home, which I experience every day!

+ Everything works and it gets you there painlessly and efficiently, even to some pretty obscure places. The Bluetooth phone facility works; the voice-recognition works (surprisingly well); predication of arival times is pretty accurate; if you drive 'off-route' it gets you back on effieciently and without getting grumpy; and so on. The bits that haven't been tried work probably work well, too. Routing by post-codes is soooo . . . simple!

- The programming logic's a bit confusing . . . and my grilfriend's nicked it for her new job so you probably have to buy two at once if you're 'in a relationship' (as she tells me I am), which is expensive. You tend not to form a mental map of your route, which could be difficult if it ever conked out.

+ Can pick up and correct driver's mistakes very quickly SOMETIMES!

- Can get totally lost if a road is closed for some reason.

+ EASY TO USE, WITH MINIMAL SETTING UP REQUIRED.

- POI SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO FIND.

+ Easy to use and gives clear instructions.

- Has tried to send us down 2 dead ends when giving directions to a psotcode.

+ Very good at navigating to your destination & recaculating if you take a wrong turn.

- If not plugged into the battery charger when driving it seems to go flat very quickly, or keep turning off for no reason.

+ Clear screen, continuous mapping, quick to redraw route if you deviate from directions given.

- Didn't realise have to pay extra and link to mobile phone to use Traffic element (would have purchased item without Traffic if I had known this).
A lot of the newer roads aren't on it - haven't been able to successfully download any updates without having to pay more.
Dash mount not included.
Alternative routes (for example when encountering traffic jams or roadworks - which it never knows about) deviate too far from original route - I'm looking for a minor road that will bring me back to my original route, not a completely different direction. I am aware of the facility to avoid particular roads or areas but this is too fiddly when sitting in traffic.

+ Easy to use adn very accurate with postcode and house number.

- Can't think of any!

+ Large clear screen. Good battery life (new). Clear speech.Customisable screens.Easy updates.

- Bulky car adapter. Subscription for extras. Not all of Europe as standard. Home charger extra. Case extra. Speech recognition variable. Maps at least 18 months out of date in places.