Do You Prefer Tom Tom Or Garmin Gps Systems?
i would like to know who prefers a tom tom and who prefers garmin. im trying to buy one and it would be helpful if someone has both and prefers one over the other, or people who have either garmin or tom tom and tell me the pros and cons of your gps system. thank you so much!
I have both. I got the TomTom as a backup because I needed to send the Garmin in for service (headphone jack) a few months after I got it and was already hooked on it.
The Garmin computer is more reliable. It can be counted on the boot up every time I need it. The TomTom has failed more than once and required it to be hooked up to my computer to “refresh” or whatever it does when I connect to it to the computer.
The maps are similar in appearance. The Garmin voice prompt is more descriptive than the TomTom. The TomTom maps and satellite positions are updated every time I hook-up to my computer (probably contributes to less reliable performance). There is also an annual master map update for purchase. There are no interim map updates for Garmin — only the annual purchased map update.
The TomTom display is much MUCH easier to read at a glance while driving.
I find the voice prompts on both to be very irritating after a very short while, so I much prefer the easier-to-read TomTom display. But I don’t completely trust the TomTom to boot properly every day, so I keep the Garmin as a spare while on the road.
Garmin is a best gps system. I suggestion a Garmin nuvi model is a 255W, 760 for the higher model is a 755T, 765T, 785T, 885T.
255W: same as 205W but has text-to-speech (you get turn by turn spoken directions with the real names of streets (e.g. “turn left in 50 feet at Nebraska Way”, rather than merely “turn left in 50 feet”)), 4.3-Inch diagonal touch screen color display, etc.
760 : has text-to-speech, 4.3-Inch diagonal touch screen color display, bluetooth, etc.
765T : has text-to-speech, 4.3-Inch diagonal touch screen color display, bluetooth, lane assist, free real-time traffic updates from Navteq, multi-destination routing, Where Am I function, etc.http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ELJ…
885T : has text-to-speech, 4.3-Inch diagonal touch screen color display, bluetooth, personal travel assistant, Get Enhanced MSN Direct, send addresses directly from Google Maps or Mapquest, Where Am I function, etc.