TomTom One XL W. Europe Traffic

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- It would be better if it didn't plug in at the bottom, then it could sit on the dashboard.

+ Great in busy urban areas and where there are several lanes of traffic as it usually tells you which lane coming out of a roundabout to set you up for next turn

- in rural areas using the postal code system can be confusing as houses several miles apart can have same postal code.
initially setting a destination can be a bit fiddly but as I only use Tom Tom infrequently hopefully that will improve

+ It does what it syas on the tin, if you are genuinly lost you will get home always, the fact that our cities are changing is irelivent it still get you via Sat Nav to a very near point if not exactly. I found that people were using it areas they knew - not the point !!! when your really lost you wou wont be with this.

- It does put you off your driving a bit especially at first, i would not buy one for a learner driver at all.

+ good size screen, easily fits in jacket pocket when removed from car

- Routes can be circuitous and you should always have an idea of which direction you are going do not rely completely on sat nav

+ The actual unit works well and we find it very useful.

- User manual is not very informative and leaves much to be desired.
Not very friendly to Apple Mac users. The Tom tom Home application is very Windows user biased and some of the things which one is supposed to be able to do easily online (such as setting up a security code) cannot be done unless one has access to a Windows based computer.

+ Good display and accurate mapping.

- No car fitting kit included or carrying case. Very annoying voice!!

+ It has been accurate and easy to use, and my son likes the different voices available.

- As yet I have not found any

+ Very self explanatory on how to use it. Clear instructions when using on a journey. Brilliant abroad in France - travelled 1800 miles in 2 weeks and it only made a couple of very minor mistakes. Brilliant when there is a diversion or you go the wrong way - it just recalculates the route for you in a matter of seconds

- Only bad point was trying to understand how to download the updates. It took some time to realise that Tom Tom Home had to be installed on PC. Even then it is not the most user friendly tool but we got there!!

+ Took it to the South of France and when I eventually found out how it worked it was amazing. Our campsite was in the middle of nowhere but the Tom tom got us back every time.

- Took a lot of reading to find out how it worked.

+ Every aspect of this instrument is brilliant leaving all competitors in its wake!!

- None!

+ Clear instructioms, easy to set up, easy to update

- Rare but annoying misdirections and ocasionally gets totally confused.

+ The amount of detail

- None that I can think of.

+ Big clear screen

- Takes a long to to aquire all satellite

+ great

- Allways is! but overall good

+ there is only one word i can say about it brilliant,

- the only fault i can find with it is that it should have a setting if you are towing a caravan, it can some times take you up a road that is not suitable if you are towing,but if you use your loaf you should not have too much of a problem,

+ My wife can sleep instead of map reading.

- Irritating voice and have to pay for other voice

+ Easy to use and set up. Generally very accurate although some road junctions are missing.

- Voice instruction volume does not remain constant and needs resetting.

+ very accurate

- none

+ Large screen, Plug in and its ready to use.

- Some of its features are hard to find in the menu.

+ Compact, easy to use, update function useful.

- Widescreen doesn't seem to add much compared to the more square model. Possibly a longer vertical view would be of more use than the horizontal one.

+ All points are good, easy to update on-line connected to the PC. Large screen, very easy to use. Precise commands on how to get there. etc...

- I feel certain things that they want to charge us for should be free as is pricey enough, so speed cameras and things like that updates should be free not having to be paid for. especially when you already have to pay extra for extra maps if you need them. Bad TomTom ...^_^ naughty

+ I like the day and night screen settings

- Am not able to amend the time with with ease.

+ Easy to use clear screen, reliable postcode navigation , you can download latest maps,safety updates,for free

- none

+ As above

- No charger or case (all extras)

+ Brillant - took us straight to our hotel in a city we had never been to before.

- It has fallen off the windscreen a couple of times - but it is no major hassle

+ All of the above. The XL is very easy to use very intuitive. I havew also discovered on my carit sits inside a covered section of the dashboard which is not visible to people outside the vehiclebut still picks up all the satellites, this means there are no tell tale signs to outsiders that there ia a sat nav unit in the car.

- I have not yet found any

+ Occasionally a little confusing when a bear left or right junction is advised! Probably our bad interpretation of the instructions. It was absolutely brilliant in France and on many occasions saved us from going over our route twice - ie when going into and leaving campsites on our journey South and then back North in France. Would not like to be without it now!

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+ So far it's taken me where I want to go and it's quite easy to use.

- Supplied windscreen suction holder keeps dropping off! It was hard to input a friends route (which, due to traffic, is quicker than any of the tomtom generated ones).

+ speed camera warning
petrol station locations no longer lost in new destinations
a lot quicker and easier than using maps

- has fallen off window screen couple of times

+ I found it accurate and easy to use.

- Some of the directions given were unclear, e.g. exit a head, when no direction was required.

+ Easy to use
User friendly

- Speed limit info sometimes not correct

+ screen size, volume

- deleting

+ Can be used outside the car. Lots of information on the display.

- Battery life. Could use a mobile charger for city walks. Can sometimes use extremely farm roads, interesting but not appropriate for large vehicles.

+ Excellent easy to buy and go straight to navigating with minimum set up required.

- Bluetooth function could be better explained viz making it work!

+ Good sized screen

- Out of date maps, but guess this can be rectified using their website

+ Price & Usability

- Getting Positioning Faster. Frequently Hang Up!

+ i like its easy use

- falls off windscreen

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- no pin number for security

+ ALL ROUND EXCELLANT.

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+ Does what it says on the can

- None so far

+ Very easy to use compared to similar products tried

- Sometimes falls off the dashboard

+ i throught it was very good fist time i used it it got me ight to the car park i wanted to go to very impressed with it woth the money

- cant find any

+ Easy to use and to navigate round the menus and options. Easy to connect and does not fall off when driving.

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+ Very easy to use

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+ simple to use

- no security or pin code to deter theft.

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- The only problems I have had are with the mount not sticking very well to the windscreen and on one occasion losing the signal on a very busy roundabout, which meant I ended up taking the wrong exit and adding about 20 minutes to my journey as a result.

+ It's a great little sat nav! Clear and easy to use. Coincidentally it's also exactly the right size to fit in the dashboard recess of a 2007 model Vauxhall Astra (where the radio station is displayed) which is brilliant because i've got one.

- The socket for the charger is on the bottom of the unit so unfortunately when it's charging, it's no longer exactly the right size to fit in the dashboard recess of a 2007 model Vauxhall Astra.

+ everything about this tom tom is good

- none in my veiw

+ It is really easy to use and has given me the confidence to drive through central london, around the perifique in Paris and straight into Bordeaux, and all without a moments anxiety!

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+ Screen size and graphics.

- On-line application unclear at first but got used to it later.

+ The Tom Tom XL is very easy to programme and rthe oad maps are very clear. It has receives a strong GPS signal when travelling.

- You can accidentally change settings when carrying the Tom Tom when it is switched on. Also, it fixes on a route and will try and send you back on this route for a few junctions before remapping.

+ My first SatNav, idiot-proof & easy to use, accurate, navigated to Le Mans (France) no problems. Correlated the SatNav first on known roads - excellent performance, rapid route recalculations, very accurate location tracking, only lost signal in the Channel tunnel (surprise surprise....) quickly updated and had every feeder slip roads to trains in the Tunnel holding areas both sides of the Channel. Excellent database of street names/post codes and locations. I was a sceptic and used to prefer maps, but this is so user friendly. Maps are cheaper though.........

- Instructions on how to join Tom Tom website updates not particularly clear, a little slow to back up the OS and maps using USB2 connection to laptop. No opportunity for a good argument and sulking with the family member who is supposed to be navigating...........

+ all good

- taken me on a couple of long routes,but I have eventually got to my destination.

+ Simplicity of use

- None really

+ Ease of use. Clarity of screen and maps. ease of updating

- Traffic is ok but does not give enough advance warning of problems. You are in the traffic before the information comes through.

+ TomTom has proved invaluable to us while touring remote parts of Italy and France recently. Generally the instructions are clear and the maps very helpful. It has been a source of fun in planning alternative routes and seeing new ways to get to a destination.

- My main moan: I find it impossible to find a named or described building rather than a house number, for instance "Fenton Manor", especially when I do not know the street it is in. Similarly a noted feature of a town, such as La Rochefoucault Chateau -- large and evident, and a point of interest, but no listing of chateaus or castles. How do I find the visitors information centre in a town -- that is not found in POI, either. Minor niggles: The menus are somewhat obscure when I am roaming the features and I know that there is information I could call up, but do not know how. Sometimes I find a new screen that I have never seen before has popped up, and I wonder how i got there. I can never find how to get there again to explore that feature. There have been a number of instances en route when the TomTom has suddenly decided that we are no longer on the Motorway, but have leapt 300 metres to one side into the middle of a field and need to be reconnected to the M'way. Once it tried to make me turn sharp right onto a non-existent road which would have plunged me into a sheer drop down the mountain side. And it regularly gets the direction of one-way streets wrong. The progress on the display map lags slightly behind our actual progress, which has led to either missing a turn, or incorrect anticipation of a turn. Common sense and experience should deal with these things.

+ Accurate & reduces stress

- Battery life lower than expected. Should come with a case

+ lane assist is excellent, maps updated first time

- no extra room for adding more maps, wish I had known that you need to take off a map to add one.

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- It is a bit too heavy to carry confortably in a pocket

+ Very easy to use, directions very easy to read, makes me much more aware of speed limits

- Wish I had ordered mains charger.

+ Ease of Use, Wide Screen, VFM

- none

+ so simple to use and easy to follow

- none

+ EASE OF USE, GOOD CLEAR SCREEN

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+ Easy to use

- You ned to check which route you are being taken - not always the quickest

+ Very easy to use.
excellent graphics

- non I could find.

+ Getting MR T voice

- tells you 3 times before r/about where to go

+ nothing bad to say about it, brilliant bit of kit!

- None so far

+ I would prefer to hear road name, when I need to turn( turn into A4041), which is really down point of my Tomtom.

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+ Easy to use,

- Software uploading is tiresome, and TomTom will not help youfind good alternative routes in a jam.

+ Easy to see screen, non-annoying voice providing directions in good time.

- Navigation of menus a pain, computer link-up clunky and time-consuming.

+ lots of good points - although I am not allowed to use it!!! - 99% accurate - recently used in Spain excellent

- can't work out how to use phone through it yet

+ Easy to use and fit. Accurate, but will test it more fully when in Europe.

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+ Ease of use. Clarity of map instructions.

- Lact of a planning option to avoid narrow roads. Stick-ability. Maps (especially France) a bit out of date. Exact ,meaning of vocal instructions not so clear.

+ Screen size and clarity. Range of options for finding places.

- Unfortunately failed to find a couple of destinations initially whilst in Portugal.

+ easy to read maps and use.

- slightly bulky in pocket when walking around a town centre.

+ ease of use and clear display

- screen is too sensitiveie,when trying to zoom in or adjust volume the screen goes to main menu.

+ Very easy to use. Easy to read display with a lot of additional information like time, distances, speedlimit etc.

- So far none!

+ Very easy to use straight away.

- Falls of windscreen occasionally with the standard attachment.

+ Easy to use, large screen size.

- Not quite accurate as far as one-way streets are concerned.

+ Bought it for my elderly parents who have found it very easy to use

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+ Easy to use and set up

- Not always accurate on small roads in Suffolk where I live

+ Quick, easy, clear, very simple! Overall good value after using a PDA with TomTom 5, this is by far quicker and easier to use.

- It's not really slim enough to go in a pocket so you either have to carry it, or hide it in the car

+ It's got lots of great features and menu options. The design looks good.

- Occasionally it's not that clear which exit to take on a roundabout. The bluetooth doesn't actually enable hands free calling so what's the point!

+ Quick to lock on to satellites compared to my previous satnav.

- not initially easy to download updated maps

+ Not had it for a sufficiently long time to give an accurate opinion

- Same comment as above.