TomTom ONE GB Sat Nav System

[Jamesstone]

Hi all, i've been looking at sat navs for the past few days as i'm a sparky by trade & move from site to site & hav basically had enough of aa route planner & the a-z lol.. i've checked the tomtom listed above & halfords hav got it online for £160 delivered so i'm very tempted to pick 1 up, any one on here got one that can giv me the latest on this model, if so was it worth the cash? & secondaly whats halfords online delivery time?

Thanks,
James

 

[carcharius]

Been researching and today ordered up a Mio 510E. Stax of features, my pal's works a treat and not too much cash. Got al lthe speed (safety, ahem) cams on it, too

 

[MT AUDIO]

the site will have the delivery times,i work for halfords,worth the money,i have one,only thing is if it breaks then its a repair if its older than a month,whereas garmin is a straight swap brand new one,tom tom one atm comes with speed cameras until october 2008

goodluck if you have a problem with your mio,they have s**t aftersales service,hence why halfords stopped selling them

 

[Psalm23_(UK)]

Got Tomtom on my nokia N73 and it's great!(and FREE!!!)
Used my boss's Tomtom go when they first came out and never had any problems very easy to use.

 

[Storm_Force]

Is that the XL model with the larger screen?

 

[Jamesstone]

Thanks for the quick replys guys, i'll giv it sum thought tomorrow then decided on a purchase tomorrow night, really gotta get my self one, they seem to hav gone down in price big time too, i remeber seeing them £300 notes not so long ago.. just like every bit of technology, my m8 bought a 23" samsung tv last summer & i've just bought the 32" for half of what he paid for that lol... any ways thanks again

James

 

[DrR]

Go to www.tecno.co.uk and use the code TECNO3 can get it for £151 got my europ one from here, think it's very good.

 

[JMR]

I have TomTom one - its great.

If you buy one, register it on tomtom.com and install the latest update for the 'operating system'. The interface is improved, looks better and has more advanced features.

I've just downloaded the latest camera locations for June and got the brand new official maps. Er £32 i think.

James

 

[I R Baboon]

I purchased a tom tom 1 two months ago and its a good little unit. I have had some problems though. The map you get isn't the very latest and you won't get that for nothing if you want the latest it's about £40. I agrued that I thought it would have the latest map and John Lewis said they agree, but even they couldn't get it for nowt but refunded me the purchase of the map price from tom tom, what a con.

I still have issue's with the map but they are local back roads so can live with that and have placed map issues on their site.

I got mine for £148 at John Lewis and I think Dixons are doing them for £151

Nick

 

[huckin18]

hey mate, also work for halfords! and as he said get a garmin the backup is excellent! its electronic and portable, gets taken out your car and thrown in your bag or the glove box etc etc so if/when something happens garmin are quicker and cheaper to sort things,
ive got a 310d and its great bluetooth hands free etc
if your after just the basic jobbie the garmin 200 is pukka around 170 at the mo i think....
some stores will match internet prices (only off our website but its hit n miss and luck of the draw with which stores do it not strictly meant to do it...)
generally go for garmin....
tomtom are over rated becasue they hit teh advertising hard from the start they got the whole hoover = vacuum tomtom=sat nav...
garmin have more toys on them too

 

[MT AUDIO]

you will get the mapping thats on it from the day they produce it,they cant have it up to date by the time you buy it

 

[MT AUDIO]

hey mate, also work for halfords! and as he said get a garmin the backup is excellent! its electronic and portable, gets taken out your car and thrown in your bag or the glove box etc etc so if/when something happens garmin are quicker and cheaper to sort things,
ive got a 310d and its great bluetooth hands free etc
if your after just the basic jobbie the garmin 200 is pukka around 170 at the mo i think....
some stores will match internet prices (only off our website but its hit n miss and luck of the draw with which stores do it not strictly meant to do it...)
generally go for garmin....
tomtom are over rated becasue they hit teh advertising hard from the start they got the whole hoover = vacuum tomtom=sat nav...
garmin have more toys on them too

take it you work at tamworth?

 

[geordieracer]

you will get the mapping thats on it from the day they produce it,they cant have it up to date by the time you buy it

agree, cos the minute they put it in the box it will be out of dat cos there are a lot of roads in GB which get rerouted, new ones being layed every day etc.

I am pretty happy with mine, only issue i have is concerning the battery life and the length (or lack of it) of the car charger.

Battery life is 2-3 hours from a single charge, i prefer to mount mine on right of windscreen and the car charger that comes with it isnt long enought to safely reach the unit.

 

[MT AUDIO]

garmin battery life is 6 hours

geordie racer,do a hardwire of sorts,free up your cig and do it so the cable is nicely out the way

 

[geordieracer]

don't like messing with elastic trickery myself so think i will just start putting the unit on the centre of the dash

 

[MT AUDIO]

where you live?you only need a pin tester or multimeter and its pretty easy

 

[geordieracer]

north east scotland. Sure it probably is simple enough, but prefer to be able to remove all traces of the sat nav when its not in use. With a hard wire would i not have the cable lying up on the dash somewhere?
just have to learn to look to the left instead of the right when i glance at the Tom-Tom lol

 

[MT AUDIO]

nah hardwires are removeable,mine is,all you do is fit a new cigarette lighter to a new position and then you can just plug your lead in as and when

read my guide in the guides forum

 

[Sam21]

Halfords have a special offers page for SatNavs, something to do with Google and can be found here http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...&langId=-1&productId=260869&p1=38270&p2=31284

Also I've got the TomTom One and love it.

 

[Deeg]

I'd recomend the Tomtom one, cracking little unit, easy to use and been accuarate up to now.

I'd never had one before, and the tomtom one seemed the most complete and user friendly unit on the market for the basics.

 

[Jamesstone]

Thanks for all ur replys & feedback, went ahead & bought the tom tom one, v happy with it , although the guys at halfords were slagging it off big style saying the garmin was much better.. to b honest i've never even heard of garmin so i figured for the same money i'd stick with a well known brand that i've used before & been very happy with, bye bye aa route planner:approve: , my gf's dads trying to make a copy of his tom tom card onto a blank sd card that has the latest speed cameras & loads of other stuff, any one know if this will work? if not i'll find out friday lol

James

 

[coatesy]

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/TomTom-ONE-Classic.aspx 120 quid

 

[Jamesstone]

I was just about to cry when i saw that ^ ^ ^.. thats the old house brick one that my step dad has though, propa well old lol.. suppose its all the same inside at the end of the day:dapprove:

 

[marchowie]

any one know of a better screen mount for the tomtom one as mines keeps falling off the screen half way through the journey i like the mount on the go as it kinda tightens onto the screen tomtom one jst sucks and falls anyone else have this problem ???

 

[MT AUDIO]

its cheap in order for them to sell the product cheap

 

[marchowie]

i was lookin at the last tomtom one b4 the facelift and its got a better holder u think that would work with the new one
?

 

[MT AUDIO]

nope,different fitment just have to live with it,should have got a garmin

 

[marchowie]

im sure i seen someone on here mount the tomtom in the bit on the dash wehre ud put the like of mobiles phones and cigerates above the radio bit any idea how it was done ??

 

[MT AUDIO]

he had a custom mount made to do it

 

[marchowie]

do u no wot username was so i can talk to him about it ??

 

[MT AUDIO]

sorry mate cant remember it

 

[marchowie]

its ok bud il find it somehow

 

[Blue4Ever]

it was has

 

[simonwwfc]

go for the 510 traffic pack well worth the extra

 

[00blaze00]

just buy a tomtom 910 lol, i wouldnt have one round my area the window would be smashed b4 you can say "my tomtom".