I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 15:49:12 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

Is this the one?

http://www.amazon.com/TomTom-Portabl.../dp/B000H866BM

10-4.

I finally bit the bullet...
 

"JimH" ask wrote in message
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"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"JimH" ask wrote in message
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OK, OK, I am now a believer. A customer showed me his Garmin this
morning............all I can say is WOW, I GOTTA GET ONE.

So the question becomes...........Tom-Tom or Garmin?

Which is preferred by those having one of these units?



My opinion:

For the car: Tom-Tom
For the boat: Garmin

Tom-Tom is a user friendly, simple to operate auto GPS that requires very
little operator interaction to use. (Good when traveling at highway
speeds and need to pay attention to the road).

Eisboch





Which Tom-Tom unit did you purchase?


I have a "300" or something .... I've had it for at least 2 years. It's the
one with the SD card.
I bought Mrs.E the "700" model about a year and a half ago. It has a hard
drive instead of the SD.

The Garmins are fine also. I just like the simplicity of the Tom-Tom.

Eisboch

I finally bit the bullet...
 

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
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I can assure you he purchased the most expensive one. ;)

When you have Richards money, you buy the most expensive one.


Guess again, motor mouth.

Eisboch

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 10:20:44 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

I have a "300" or something .... I've had it for at least 2 years. It's the
one with the SD card.
I bought Mrs.E the "700" model about a year and a half ago. It has a hard
drive instead of the SD.

The Garmins are fine also. I just like the simplicity of the Tom-Tom.

The One comes sans card - the maps are embedded on 1 gig of memory
internal to the device.

I'll tell you one thing - I'm very impressed with the Quick Fix
algorithm. Update it once a week and the capture time is reduced from
a minute to 10/20 seconds depending on time of day.

Did you get the external antenna for yours? I bought one for mine and
that's definetly a plus. I don't think I've ever had less than 90/95%
signal strength on the signals (even under cover) on all the sats in
the constellation visible to me. That's something else that just
amazes me compared to my other GPS units.

I finally bit the bullet...
 

On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:34:07 -0400, "JimH" ask wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
.. .
I also forgot how to post apparently.

Dumbass.

Anyhoo....

I bought a GPS for my truck. TomTom ONE.

Man, this is a cool beans simple auto navigation system - no bells and
whistles - just straight navigation. If you want to add on stuff, you
can, but the base system is straight forward, simple and pretty damn
smart.

I live in a heavily wooded area and while driving around tonight to
see if I could give the GPS a headache, it was damn near impossible. I
could get it to start insisting that I turn around for about a mile,
but that was the worst - a mile later, it recalculated and presented
the correct route without prompting.

What surprized me was the sat aquisition time - less than 20 seconds
in my driveway and I had four satellites lock on and giving my
position. I compared the raw data (lat/lon) to my portable GPS and it
was spot on. I then took it to the boat and compared it to my marine
GPS - also spot on.

The night driving lighting is really nice - a calm blue scheme with
lighter shades of blue routes on a deep blue background - white road
lettering. Day lighting is crisp and clean with plenty of detail.

I was surprized at how accurate it was under tree cover along some of
the side roads I was traveling. The tracking was very accurate and
the directions were clear and precise.

My one complaint is the mount. I'm not big on window mounts. I'll
have to look around for a different mounting system.

Input is fairly intuitive with the touch screen. You will make a
mistake entering home the first time if only because TomTom is a Dutch
company and it's a very Euro oriented system. However, once you get
the base idea, everything falls into place quickly.

The 2D vs 3D display is personal preference. I like the 2D display
much better, but that's a personal preference thing.

For $200 is not a bad deal at all from Amazon.

OK, OK, I am now a believer. A customer showed me his Garmin this
morning............all I can say is WOW, I GOTTA GET ONE.

So the question becomes...........Tom-Tom or Garmin?

Which is preferred by those having one of these units?


My wife has the Garmin 330c. She absolutely loves it. Amen.