after reading the thread on the issues with the nav 6 I thought I would post as honestly as possible, my views on my tomtom 400. It might help some who are considering moving from Garmin.
Caveat: I am a very light user of a gps, I put in the destination, select fastest or shortest, and off I go. I don't use basecamp or equivalent to plot routes
A big con for me is the TomTom screen. Compared to a garmin, the info on time and distance to destination is very small and on the right hand side of the screen. It's difficult to read and the garmin layout is definitely better.
Search is good. I was going from Dublin to Killarney, searched for the name of the hotel and it popped up. but, to search for a hotel in the area, you have to put in "hotel" into the search field. this brings up all hotels near you. Garmin's screen with choices for banks, petrol, hotels, restarurants, is better.
Routing works, I use fastest or shortest (with avoid tolls and motorways). does what it says.
the TomTom equivalent of basecamp is Tyre. It doesn't work on a mac, you have to use mydrive. Mydrive is basic but gets the job done.
importing co-ordinates and routes from google maps can be done, it takes a little time on google and gpx routes have to be converted to tomtom's format.
I started with a 2610 and bought a 350 lm 4 years ago. Wasn't particularly happy with the 350, issues with routing, so bough the tomtom last year. I'm happy with the tomtom.
I have a kTm so no issue with compatibility with wheels on a GS.
Above is not knocking Garmin or TomTom, just as honest a review as I can give.
Caveat: I am a very light user of a gps, I put in the destination, select fastest or shortest, and off I go. I don't use basecamp or equivalent to plot routes
A big con for me is the TomTom screen. Compared to a garmin, the info on time and distance to destination is very small and on the right hand side of the screen. It's difficult to read and the garmin layout is definitely better.
Search is good. I was going from Dublin to Killarney, searched for the name of the hotel and it popped up. but, to search for a hotel in the area, you have to put in "hotel" into the search field. this brings up all hotels near you. Garmin's screen with choices for banks, petrol, hotels, restarurants, is better.
Routing works, I use fastest or shortest (with avoid tolls and motorways). does what it says.
the TomTom equivalent of basecamp is Tyre. It doesn't work on a mac, you have to use mydrive. Mydrive is basic but gets the job done.
importing co-ordinates and routes from google maps can be done, it takes a little time on google and gpx routes have to be converted to tomtom's format.
I started with a 2610 and bought a 350 lm 4 years ago. Wasn't particularly happy with the 350, issues with routing, so bough the tomtom last year. I'm happy with the tomtom.
I have a kTm so no issue with compatibility with wheels on a GS.
Above is not knocking Garmin or TomTom, just as honest a review as I can give.