Customer Reviews
TomTom XL 
2008-07-07
I really like the TomTom XL over other units that I have purchased.TomTom ONE 3rd Edition 3.5-Inch Portable GPS Vehicle Navigator
Great product 
2008-07-06
I was surprise when It came 3 days after I order it. I was not expecting it that fast. Thanks The product is great, accurate, and easy to use. I will be having fun using it. Hopefully no more getting lost.
Love the Tomtom one XL product but found it for WAY LESS elsewhere (more info below) 
2008-07-06
This is such a great product. It gets me exactly where I need to go and has yet to mislead me. However, when I realized how much cheaper I could get them from u2buy4less, I wish I had checked there first.
TomTom one XL-S 2008-07-04
It does everything i expected and more. Simple to operate, and the support over the phone is excellent.
Love TomTom, Despite Flaws 2008-07-02
Although I only give TomTom 3 stars for this device, I really like it and I would purchase ONE XL again.
For city driving, there is little to fault. This is my 3rd GPS, and compared to my archaic Garmin III+ and previous TomTom for Palm Treo, this is a beautiful unit. It is also one of the first electronic gadgets that my wife likes as much as I do. On a trip to San Francisco, it enabled her to leave me in meetings and set off alone across the Bay Area to visit her 90 year old aunt. The TomTom was wonderful, guiding her through freeway lane changes and complicated interchanges. Then it brought her safely back to the hotel -- all in an area so foreign to her, she did not know north from south, east from west.
My problem with the TomTom surfaced on a recent road trip from Texas to Utah and Idaho. First, I noticed problems with the map around a couple of Texas State Parks in the Panhandle, Palo Duro Canyon and worse in Caprocks. The TomTom was insisting I route down roads clearly marked 4 wheel drive only, and when I went around Caprocks to the main entrance side, the TomTom indicated roads that were not there, and took me down a labyrinth of dirt roads through agriculture fields. I reached the destination, only to realize there is a nice paved road into the park that TomTom didn't route.
An even worse problem surfaced in Northern Idaho. I lit out from Idaho Falls, assuming Yellowstone was further north on I-15. Wrong. I turn on the TomTom after driving half an hour, not figuring I needed it, but wanting to determine an arrival time. The TomTom quickly revealed I was on the wrong highway, so I routed East towards a little dot on the map - Kilgore, Idaho. That's then the trouble started. Once you get out on dirt roads, even those carrying state highway designations, the TomTom fell apart. Between Kilgore and Winter Park Idaho, the TomTom would have killed me if I paid any attention to it. Non-existent roads were prolific, and the voice prompts to turn become nagging. At times, when a road was present, it looked like something heading off into a cow pasture. Luckily, Idaho keeps the main road well graded and maintained, so it was obvious where to go. In fact, there are a lot of nice vacation homes in the area, so no real concern. But the TomTom database was a mess, so bad the features to allow users to give feedback on non-existent roads were utterly useless because errors were simply overwhelming.
In balance, I highly recommend the TomTom if your travel plans don't include dirt roads.
Also, I'll note that TomTom provisions to download map updates and application upgrades has dramatically improved over my previous GPS units.
Major point for me: Macintosh support is excellent, totally first class. The Mac software is polished and easy to use.
Other than outback map problems, I'd give the TomTom 5 stars!
Beat the drum for this one 2008-07-02
The TomTom ONE XL has everything you need to make your trip safer, more relaxed and more fun. TomTom's award-winning plug-and-go navigation software, a 4.3" touchscreen and access to real-time traffic services make navigating even easier. With a large choice of route options, complete maps of the US and Canada and millions of useful and fun points of interest pre-loaded for your journey, you're ready for worry-free navigation from A to B. TomTom ONE XL makes getting there better than ever.
bang for your buck 2008-06-30
If you are looking for a system you can rely on, then this is the one for you. It is my very first GPS. I am 50 and was worried that it would be too difficult for me to figure out. ITS NOT, and it works. Super simple, spot on directions. It doesnt have a lot of bells and whistles but all I want it for is for accurate directions period. I got that and a low price tag too. I am thrilled. I dont have any complaints right now.
If something should change I will update my review but I dont see that happening. Enjoy!
GOOD BUY 2008-06-29
My husband and I have been enjoying this GPS. We like that it is portable. It is usually in my car but when he travels to a city he does not know he takes it with him in a nice padded carrying case that came with it. I have been amazed that the suction cup that holds it to the window has never come off. We have been on some jarring roads and it stays put. It has been a help to both of us in finding new places without the hassle.
TomTom One XL review 2008-06-19
For a Brazilian, a GPS like this is a must, driving in the USA. Except for an afternoon in Atlanta, where it put me in a loop, making turns between I-75 and I-85, it guided me safely during four weeks. It is really a big help.
Turn right in 200 feet 2008-06-13
While this is not the best GPS navigational system out there with tons of bells and whistles, it gets the job done. Newer and more expensive models include voice recognition and text to speech features. I feel that these are overkill and not really needed, especially text to speech. How often are you able to actually read street signs before the intersection anyway? It is much easier to just be told right or left. A quick glance at the screen also shows the street name and your exit is overlayed in red. This is great for confusing highways with multiple ramps in one place.
I do have two issues I do have with this device. First, it would be nice if it told you which lane you need to be in. There were several times where I did not realize the lane I was in suddenly became an exit or split into another highway. The device does try to help by instructing to exit left or right far enough in advance to get you to move in that direction. One nice feature that I really never thought about before is that depending on your speed, the device gives you more or less warning on turns. At highway speeds it gives at least 2 miles warning. But at city speeds it gives yards or feet.
The second complaint is that the device saves your personal information on volatile memory and sips on the battery to keep it stored. If you do not charge the device regularly, the battery will eventual run out and your home information and preferences will be lost. I have no idea why this can't be stored on flash memory with the maps.
