TomTom ONE v3 Europe Satellite Navigation System (Without Bluetooth) Best Buy

It works with reservations - 20 Sep 2007

2 out of 2 found this review helpful.

Ok it works, but the supplied windscreen mount is useless, trust me on this... budget for an improved mount...
I am still learning how to use this gadget.. I still cannot take to being given directions so a steep learning curve here..
It does not overdo instructions thankfully however at a couple of traffic light junctions involving turns it said exactly... nothing! Particularly on motorways it tends to tell you to bear right when all you really need to do is stay on the present road, confusing...
It arrived equipted with the latest maps, which is excellent however it still managed to fall into the trap of trying to take me down a dirt road in a local town, and literally 100m away in my village it thinks an old track is a road... wonderful.. not!...
The interface to TomTom Home worked fine although it was slow to do a map backup... hopefully not a comment task... and via the internet you may download updates and mapshare ...
It has also managed to lock up on a couple of occassions... fortunately a switch off, and after a pause switch on has achieved a recovery..
The speed limit feature would be more useful if the unit had more accurate information.. it seems not to know some limits or has the wrong start and finish which leads to false alarms... however in my limited experience to date the speed camera feature did work well....
In summary it is a good unit however some effort will be required to learn how to use it. It will assist navigation however it will not replace good route planning and knowing where you are going.