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4.5 stars
"TomTom (vs Garmin)"
Pros: TomTom won: Maps, signal acquisition time, recalculation time
Cons: Garmin was too slow
Summary: I borrowed a friend's Garmin Nuvi 360 for a weekend. I later borrowed a friend's TomTom One XL. At the end of day (actually, at the end of two weekends... ha ha), I greatly preferred the TomTom.
The Garmin took too long to acquire the necessary tracking signal (maybe 30+ seconds), and too long to recalculate a new route (maybe 10 seconds) if I "missed" my turn. I very intentionally tried to NOT take the turns it told me to take, just to see how it would handle recalculations.
TomTom acquired a signal within 10 seconds of turning it on. And it recalculated a new route within 5 seconds.
Garmin would say, "Recalculating." TomTom would just shut-up and do it. I liked TomTom for this.
Several reviews sing the praises of the text-to-speech feature (the Garmin had it; the TomTom did not). I found this feature to be insignificant. TomTom clearly told me, "In 100 yards, turn right" (for example). I could easily see on the display where to turn, and the street's name. I did not need the unit to say, "In 100 yards, turn right at Okemos Road" (which it really butchered anyway because Okemos is a local Indian name in Michigan, and no unit can handle some of our names... try Michilimackinac on for size, then get back to me).
Also, I thought TomTom's maps were easier to read. I also thought TomTom labelled EVERY cross street as I approached and passed it. Garmin showed the cross street, but didn't label it unless it was a major street.
I ordered a TomTom One XL for myself yesterday.
I'm Alexander Zkczyk, and I approved this message.
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I, too, live in Michigan and was debating between the ONE XL and the ONE XL-S, which has the ?text to speech? feature for the street names. Your review helped me make my decision to go with the less expensive ONE XL. I don?t feel the need to pay the extra to have it butcher our hard to pronounce names here! LOL! Thanks for the review and the humor!
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TomTom One XL:
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