Very happy with the Tomtom ONE XL-S Having carefully weighed and compared the Tomtom ONE XL-S and the Garmin 650, I settled on the Tomtom. I paid about $268 for the unit. Prior to its arrival, I had a bit of buyers remorse thinking that perhaps I should have gone with the Garmin 650, because I found more reasonably priced units at Costco. Additionally, I was told by various sales people that that the Garmin was more user friendly, and it was the best selling - blah, blah. Having actually used and played with the Tomtom for abo...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/20/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (26 of 26) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A very annoying piece of equipment with many many problems I bought the TomTom One XL-S for the larger screen and text to speech capabilities.
I first tested a Garmin 260 text to speech model, but the screen was too small to see at windshield level.
I was very surprised at the ease of use of the Garmin and the problems with the TomTom.
Both acquire satellites and plan routes with good speed.
However the TomTom One was full of undocumented software problems, omissions, inability to find correct routes and ordinary popula...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review by C. Ashley "avid reader" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | C. Ashley "avid reader" | | Review Date: | 07/17/2008 | | User Location: | USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (21 of 21) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great GPS The unit comes as a complete system that plugs into your computer, like iPod with iTunes. It gives access to maintain, add maps, and functionality beyond any of the others - I think they call it "best-in-class". And it doesn't chat on and on like Magellan. It recalculates routes without fuss, and offers lots of different voices - just avoid John Cleese!
It synchronises in 20 seconds or less in a new location - much better than Garmin. It uses the same maps everywhere on any model....
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review by Clive Winkler can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Clive Winkler | | Review Date: | 12/24/2007 | | User Location: | San Diego | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (15 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A very good unit for it's price Large, wide screen with great graphic. I love the computer interface and the ability to make corrects to POIs directly to the unit. There are a vast amount of POIs and voice options. I love the unit, the mapping, and the speed. The maps are accurate and dependable which is the most important factor in choosing a GPS. Using Google maps with the unit is a big "+".
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/24/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (14 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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So far, so good! After seeing some friends with the TomTom One I started doing some research. For the money I have been very pleased with the TomTom One XL. I purchased the XL primarily for the larger screen ...a product of getting older ... the larger screen is very nice. I really like the simplicity of operation while traveling. The only downside is finding locations without having exact street addresses but that is fairly easy to overcome with a little practice. I haven't used it on any really long trips...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/17/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent GPS If you are like me, you have read the GPS reviews. Again if you are like me, the reviews offered little help. For every article touting Garmin, there are just as many for TomTom. I had the opportunity to compare a friend's Garmin with the TomTom I had recently purchased. Here are my observations.
The first thing I notice is the Garmin is simple and intuitive. Logic instructions and prompts guide you through the menus. The Garmin turns on automatically if it is plugged into your car's ...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 05/09/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Very Pleased I had debated which unit to purchase but am very pleased with the XL-S. I was using it in 30 seconds out of the box. I never once had to look at the directions (although, I do work with computers for a living). I love how it gives plenty of warning before a turn and different views of the route so you can review it ahead of time. If you don't like the route you can have it figure an alternate.
Some have complained about no external volume control. There is no need for one. A simp...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/29/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Units are OK, but Customer Service is the WORST. The unit worked well for the 2 weeks I had it. Then, the TomTom "Home" software downloaded and installed a software "update" for my One XL-S, however, the updated software was for a different model. The unit malfunctioned from then on. TomTom Customer Service (when you could get someone on the phone) was of no help. The Customer Service agents had not been trained on the One XL-S. Finally, by my 5th call, someone lead me through certain reset procedures that deleted all of my maps. I had t...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/07/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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TomTom has no customer support This product worked fine initially but the battery appears to be defective. That should be no problem. Contact customer support, exchange, or repair the product. However, TomTom has decided to hide its customer support. They put you through a bunch of dead ends and then give you a phone number that does not answer. They promise e-mail support but give you a dead link. Be forewarned.
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 4.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/16/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good First GPS Just like the instructions say "you can use right out of the box".
As I like jumping over fire, I purchased the TOMTOM One XL-S two days before venturing out on a 2000 mile road trip (Michigan to South Carolina). All in all I was pretty impressed with the directions provided, however in busy city traffic it is easy to get ahead of the unit. An annoying trait of the unit is if you intentionally get off the path (e.g. for gas) the unit keeps telling you directions to get back on course (a pa...
[TomTom 1S00082 (1S00082) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/22/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
97% (35 of 36) Users Found This Review Helpful |