TomTom Question

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Hi, I was thinking of buying a TomTom ONE V3 Classic. I need a satnav for when I visit my girlfriend up in West Yorkshire and I was thinking of this one because it fits the £105 budget I have, I don't need anything fancy, just something that'll get me there and back. If anybody has used this can they comment on the quality of it? I have read a few reviews and they seem to be favourable, but I'd just like a second opinion. :)

Also I noticed some Garmin products were similarly priced. Can anybody give me some advice on what to buy?

Cheers. :)
 
I have had one of these and once updated online found it to be bloody good. So a definte here mate.

I read somehwere on here that the Garmin's have problems when they decide to update but you'll need to search to find the details etc.
 
AtlanticP said:
I have had one of these and once updated online found it to be bloody good. So a definte here mate.

I read somehwere on here that the Garmin's have problems when they decide to update but you'll need to search to find the details etc.
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Cheers for the quick reply. I'll probably end up buying one of these next week then. Any idea how much the updates cost? Or are they free? :)
 
Some of the bigger online webstores that are competitors of OcUK sell very cheap satnavs that you can easily put Tomtom 6 on. They start from about £50 and from the one I have I don't really see the benefit of paying more unless you want a giant screen.
 
TomTom is by far the best satnav. I manged to buy the whole of Europe for £130 with the unit, never skipped a beat and it knows every single road.
 
Okay. Thanks for the heads up chaps. :) The updates, do they update the map with roadwork information, temporary roads etc? The mrs lives in Hemsworth and when I drove there last time I used a friends satnav, at certain point due to the roadworks and diversions the map actually dissappeared offscreen. Do updates fix these problems? :)
 
Sorry to go a little off topic here; What happens when a new road pops up?

Can you download updates for the sat navs? Do they update themselves? Do you have to buy a whole new model?

Edit: haha OP asked the same :D
 
TomTom home uses Mapshare which is basically updates made by the general public who own a tomtom unit, edit the road then upload it back to TomTom for everyone else to download onto their unit. You can also purchase the latest map packs within tomtom home but I found that the mapshare updates worked just fine.
 
Tom0 said:
Sorry to go a little off topic here; What happens when a new road pops up?

Can you download updates for the sat navs? Do they update themselves? Do you have to buy a whole new model?

Edit: haha OP asked the same :D
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The Sat Nav comes wiht a CD, install that, plug sat nav in through USB and follow on screen, they usually come with 6 months free updates, but after that its a small yearly fee.


Tom Toms are awsome got my dad a Tom Tom One XL a few years ago, its awsome, compared to any other satnav i've used currently.
 
Tomtom is the standard among satnavs, and new features are being added, but the maps are old, really, really old (for example Chatham town centre reverted to two way traffic in 2006, three years on, it is still one way on 830.2305 maps from May this year) and so you end up spending small fortune on map updates every freaking year.
 
Tom0 said:
Sorry to go a little off topic here; What happens when a new road pops up?

Can you download updates for the sat navs? Do they update themselves? Do you have to buy a whole new model?

Edit: haha OP asked the same :D
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With TomTom you get the fresh map guarantee, so, if a newer map than your unit shipped with has been released (or is released within 30 days) you can update to that one for free.

They then offer the yearly update service which is around £20 - £25 which gets you 4 quarterly updates. The MapShare updates (corrections entered by people directly into their unit and then shared with all TomTom users when vetted/reported by enough people) are free. Speed camera DB update is also £19.99 a year.

If you just decide to buy a one-off map it normally comes to more than a yearly sub, so it's not really worth it (I think the yearly sub allows them to alter their accounting more favourably, which is why they offer such a discount).

AtlanticP said:
The TT One V3 I got never came with a cd but the software can be downloaded from TT's website anyhow :)
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the software is also on the mass storage device that TomTom identifies itself as (and on Windows it will autorun when plugged in). A clever way of doing it, cuts down on packaging and a cd you'll bin after getting the latest version online anyway.
 
i bought a TT One V3 and a windscreen attachment and charger. Found it came with these anyway so i wasted £10 not too bothered just worth noting. And yes its v.good, even for small little journeys where you dont know where to go, pop in the postcode and away you go
 
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