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There are better units at a lower cost. But they want more money to get updated software. This is my forth GPS. The mapping has many errors and I've sent corrections back to the company. The routing is poor, such as making a left turn, drive up a hill, then turn right to go down the hill whereas the best route is to turn right on level ground then left to get to the same point and on better streets.
Prices sure have come down. And it would stop working just for no apparent reason. When it worked, it worked very well. That's all I ask.The problem has been that it worked only about 75% of the time. So I would put it in my glove compartment and then a week or so later I would plug it in, and it mysteriously started working again.This pattern has repeated itself again and again. Finally it has died, and this time, I think for good. I loved the different voices you could choose from, and the speaker quality was excellent. Just find the address I'm looking for, and get me there the shortest route.
It would be operating great, then the next time I started up my car, it was dead. The frustrating thing is I didn't drop it or anything.I took it to the Geek Squad at Best Buy, and they said to just replace it.So I'm going with a Nuvi this time. I've had this TomTom 910 for 3 years, and I paid $800 plus tax for it. I never used the many extra features it has on it. I hadn't moved it or the wire or anything.
It would be satisfying to smash this thing. Do not waste your money on a frustrating piece of junk that has you literally driving in circles, freezes up, does not start up, takes forever to acquire a signal, and just shuts down for no reason at all. This is the biggest, clunkiest, most expensive-yet worthless, piece of crap I've ever bought. TomTom)in Aug. I purchased my DumbDumb 910(a.k.a. 2006 for way too much money. I am going to purchase one that costs much less and will be reliable.
I'll look at Garmin for my next navigator. When I called the customer support, they seemed to know immediately the battery was shot. Pretty soon it wouldn't hold a charge at all and then wouldn't even operate when plugged into a power source. BTW, they won't ship to an APO address even though the unit was purchased from an APO address. I've had my 910 for just over two years. Some time ago I noticed the battery charge wasn't lasting as long as when it was new. I will have to send it in for a repair.
A very expensive lesson. Tom Tom is manufactured outside of the USA and does not maintain factory repair services for out of warranty products.With light use and less than 2 years from date of purchase on my Tom Tom 720 it froze up and Tech support could not correct the problem. I recommend buying from a USA manufacturer.Gary
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