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23 out of 23 people found this review helpful
4.5 stars
"Overall, an excellent product."
Pros: Price, size, ease of use, great 3D view
Cons: Doesn't always give one the best route.
Summary: I purchased my Tomtom Go Plus in December and have been very satisfied with it.
When I first ordered my Tomtom (Tom for short), I received an Email that they were out of the Tomtom Go, but did have the Tomtom Go Plus. The Tomtom company gave me a free upgrade. The Plus has a major advantage in that the maps are all preloaded on a 1GB SD card. If you don't opt for the Plus version, you could purchase an SD card for under $100 and load the maps yourself.
SETUP: Very easy to use and set up out of the box (although I did have to call Tomtom before I figured out that one has to change the region when first using it (Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, etc.).
MOUNTING: I read one review which mentioned that the mounting base damaged the car's interior. I used the suction device which comes with Tom and allows one to stick it on the front window. This suction device is very secure and is removed very easily when one needs to. It is very easy to transfer from one car to another.
POWER: So far, I haven't needed to use the car adapter. I charge up Tom and it is good to go for several hours at a time. For longer trips, one would need to use the adapter.
ACCURACY OF DIRECTIONS: The one thing that I noticed is that Tom doesn't always give one the quickest route. If you are going on a long trip, you should have an idea of what the best route to take is. However, Tom WILL get you there. I have used it in New York, Washington DC and in Florida. I found the directions to be excellent, especially in Florida where I frequently had no idea where I was going!!
I did find that there were some streets missing in Florida. However, I was surprised to find some short dirt roads with only 3 houses in Maine.
DISPLAY: I love the 3 D display!! That is one of the features that many people who have seen my Tomtom admire the most. It gives one such a realistic view of the upcoming road with its curves, etc.
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I recently purchased the Tom Tom Go 500 and have since found this product extremly useful especially in large cities which have a non-grid road network (London, Zurich, Paris, Dublin etc.)
The product sometimes does not take the fastest route but the time saved on frequently used journeys easily makes up for this.
I have yet to try the live traffic and weather monitoring services but will get these shortly.
Shame that this product does not work on ski slopes.
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