Jan 08
Thanks to a bunch of email / IM and a couple of comments on my initial entry on portable GPS systems, I ended up going for the TomTom 910 and although I wasn’t impressed before buying it, I have been mildly happy with it.
The arm works well so far, is easy to use and take on and off, and very solid.
The voice system does a decent job. I like it when it tells me things in advance (take a left and then the second right), and the key is that it tells you road names, so instead of having to just get good at knowing what 300 yards is, you can look up and see ‘yes, this is Foo St’ and turn there.
The funny point so far: When sending me on County Rd MM it said “Take a right on county road millimeter”. Trying to be too smart for its own good.
January 8th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
I would have gone with Garmin, but the TomTom 910 is currently the cheapest way to buy a navigator with both US & European maps.
I’ve been pretty happy with it so far. It’s a lifesaver (a few times almost literally) for those of us new to driving on the other side of the road.
January 9th, 2007 at 11:38 am
Good to know that you are happy with your new purchase. Did you take advantage of the free map upgrade? From now until March 31 you can get a DVD mailed to you with the most up-to-date maps for free which originally costs $149.99 which is pretty great. I would definitely take advantage!
February 1st, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Where do you go for the free disk, I didn’t see it in they’re web site, I sure would like one.