No more getting lost with TomTom (TomTom Go 720)

Member Name: starshine35

Product:	TomTom Go 720
Date:	27/07/09 (13 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Accurate maps and good features

Disadvantages: Route planning not as user friendly as it could be

We bought TomTom for our car because it was the leading maufactuer for GPS and had a very good reputation. Having used it for two years now i don't regret buying it. Lets start with the good points. It has a big screen, bigger than the other and older models. It's description of the road is accurate. This sounds like quite a silly point as it's what you expect from a system which is suppose to tell you were to go but what i mean is that on some GPS it says turn left when actually it means bear left or it's actually a really big turn. This can be a bit annoying as you indicate only to find that you don't actually turn left. So from that point of view it's quite good. It also has accurate maps which you can update online for free. It also has many useful extra features like a list of points of interest with contact details of restaurants and attractions. It has blue tooth so you can connect to your mobile phone and use it as your hands free and it has an mp3. You can also connect your ipod to it and play the songs via your radio. So it's more than just a sat nav really. You can also record your own voice and use that instead of the computer's. It's a lot more entertaining.

However, there are some bad points. For a start it has a really bad battery life. It can last a couple of hours but that's it. It's not really a problem because it comes with a charger that you can plug into the car. The main thing that is bad with it is the route planning isn't as flexible as it should be. When you type in your destination into the sat nav you get a choice of routes: the fastest route, shortest route ect. then you can view the route it's planned for you. But unless you are specific with which roads you want to avid you can't really change the route. Unlike on google maps where you can simple drag it to the route you want to take and it works out the way to go. The viewing of the route is exactly that you can't really amend it. Therefore in that respect improvements could be made. Overall it is quite user friendly and it gets you to your destination. The extra features are a bonus and having seen our friends who have different makes this is probably the best one to go with.

Summary: A great road companion