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TomTom ONE XL Satellite Navigation + Case + Traffic + European Maps | 
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| Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy New: £119.99
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 35
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.9 x 6
MPN: XLWEV1KIT
Model: XLWEV1KIT
EAN: 5019439122356
ASIN: B001FB5GZW
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1 to 2 months
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 Excellent - but you still need a brain, you know. November 20, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
We've been using Tom Tom for years on a PDA. We recently bought the Tom Tom XL UK for my mother (age young 75) and she can use it easily, the screen is big and clear and the controls are easy to understand.
Yes there are occasional map errors but just so long as you haven't given up using your brain altogether then these aren't usually a problem. We programmed it with the address of a new Ikea. When we came off the motorway junction there was a big Ikea sign pointing right but the sat nav said left - my husband turned left (I kept my mouth shut for once) and we came across a street that had been made one way after the store was built! Also just be a little extra careful if you tow a caravan or drive a lorry it may very occasionally send you down a short cut that isn't suitable (very rare though!).
The thing I always say is that it's like a much better version of a map (which you can't read whilst driving anyway) - but you still should try and have an overview of your journey and keep a eye on road signs - it's not like putting the car or your brain on automatic pilot.
I find it particularly useful when I have to go to meetings in unfamiliar places. Sometimes in city centres it isn't always easy to work out which lane you should be in but it does help. The best thing is that you are confident that even if you do take a wrong turn it will recalculate the route and get you back on track in no time.
I particularly like the estimated time of arrival which I find very accurate. It takes away the panic and urge to drive fast if you have been held up as I usually find I am still going to make it in time anyway - alternatively I can ring ahead (pulling over first of course) and give them a pretty good estimate of my arrival time.
I also love the speed and limit indication. I'm particular about not breaking the limit but sometimes in unfamiliar areas it's hard to know what the limit is. I think this technology should be standard on all cars with a warning when we go above the limit because I believe many people who speed don't do so intentionally.
I also really like the Tom Tom from a passenger's point of view. If he gets it wrong my husband now shouts at the Tom Tom not me! ;o)
I've got the XL Europe on my wish list for Christmas as I'm fed up of borrowing everyone elses.
Good Value. November 20, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This item is Good value when there are so many sat-navs out there at the moment, it has clear and understandable turn on and go touch screen instructions. All most fool proof. Be aware though Amazon tries to get you to buy a windscreen fitting and car charger seperately and it all ready has one in the box.
Well pleased November 19, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Bought this for my partner,found it very easy to use for a beginner,
I borrowed it to go with friends, from Devon to Bury St Edmunds,although it wouldn't take us via the M5/M42 it was easy enough to do 2 route plans & it took us there easy.
Nice to have the warning when speeding & the camera alerts also nice to have choice of male/female voices.
TomTom One XL October 19, 2008
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I resently bought the TomTom One XL with the extras (case, traffic & european maps) This is the first sat nav ive owned and so far I cant fault it.
I have read a number of reviews of problems with the XL's window mount being difficult to put the sat nav on and off, but the simple solution I found right away was to turn the mount head 90degrees one way, slide your sat nav on, then straighten back upright.
Am very glad to have gotten the case with mine as is something I would have had to buy and am always using it to store in.
The traffic extra I didnt realise that you have to pay a subscription fee to get this. So even though I have the cable I wont be using it as Im not going to be paying 30 a year for traffic updates or 35 a year for traffic and speed cameras. If I had realised this I wouldnt have bother with that so much.
The European Maps will be good but I cant see me using them much at all.
The thing that confused me the most when shopping for a sat nav was that TomTom seem to have changed the One XL from a yellow box to an blue box. One is called One XL GB and the other One XL Classic - basically the same thing but the 'Classic' is the new name and box. Had to go into a shop to find out I had been looking at the same thing just old and new packaging as couldnt find the information anywhere!
Only other thing is I wish that when you add a favorite address you could put the name of the place of that address in, and share that information as part of map-share. For eg - two of my local cinemas arent listed and when Ive put in the postcodes, although it finds the place I cant then add 'Odeon'. And i noticed that it still has listed postoffices that are no longer open (as part of all the smaller ones getting closed). These sort of updates would be very usefull to share too.
All in all great sat nav, and cant wait to use on a long journey.
Superb but touchscreen a bit touchy October 18, 2008
66 out of 67 found this review helpful
Apologies for a long one.
I can't comment on J.E.Preston's problems but my brief experience after my first long-ish drive have been very good.
It took me there and , after telling it to avoid M5 near Bristol on the way back, brought me home flawlessly.
Map Errors? In my limited driving I found one or two traffic-light controlled junctions were not indicated (in Gloucester) but if you casually look at the on-screen distance-before-next-turn value then it's no problem. The need to use my 23 working brain cells didn't stress me too much! And is this worse or better than any other makes? I can't imagine it possible to keep maps 100% up to date, especially with daft Councils fiddling with minor/village roads. See MapShare below...
I found the TomTom ONE XL easy to use and (after memorising what the on-screen things mean) was perfectly clear.
The screen/backlighting was very good. Voice quality and auto volume control was impressive.
All aspects are better than my last one and better in many ways than the wife's in-car one.
MAPSHARE: The shared Map Corrections feedback feature is an excellent idea assuming it is used properly. No doubt there are many minor map glitches and being able to feed it back for other users is excellent. I hope others use it and provide feedback for others (inlcuding me) to share!! So, don't moan, do a 'Correct a Map Error' instead :-)
My ONLY niggle is the screen press-to-next-press time is too quick and on several occasions , when going over a bump, I inadvertently pressed twice/thrice and went 'too deep' into a menu, then had to get back and have another go. This is NOT GOOD when driving.
This really SHOULD be user-adjustable like the double-click speed is on PC Mouse drivers.
If you don't know what I'm on about, I'll try and explain.
Normally, you press the screen and then release i.e. a brief touch (or dab) and up pops whatever e.g. 'Main Menu 1 of 3'.
Then you choose your option and you do another brief dab with your digit. And so on until you find what you want - PERFECTLY FINE on the kitchen table.
HOWEVER, in the Real World, you have the unit on a slightly wobbly stalk and you are driving down a bumpy old road (e.g. the M5). You quickly glance to the TomTom and press the screen, and darn it you go over a bump, your finger twitches and the TomTom thinks you've pressed three times. I ended up in 'Avoid Roadblock' several times!! And so you have to do 'Done' / 'Back' your way back to the start and have another go.
This is the LAST THING you want when you are driving.
If the 'buttons' on the next menu/screen were disabled for, say, a quarter of a second between presses it would reduce this pain. Or make it adjustable you clever TOMTOM firmware writers.
On only one occasion (in 6 hours) did my sucker fall off the windscreen - maybe an extra cm in diam would help as the unit is quite heavy. Or maybe I didn't press it on properly, so who knows, maybe operator error. Yes, I did make sure all was clean before pressing it on.
2 WIBNIs:-
1.Switch between day and night screen mode automatically.....
2. Warn of speed cameras at some distance BEFORE you see them - as opposed to beeping as you pass them - but as I always keep to the speed limit I wasn't too bothered .
Summary.
For 'performance' in my brief 6 hours of driving and for the MapUpdate facility I would give it 5 out of 5. I was impressed enough to recommend it.
But I shall knock off one for a slightly too fast screen-button response time (as in ooops-I-went-over-a-bump and pressed it 3 times). It is a pain - are all SatNavs like it?
An inter-dab delay should be included and I strongly believe TomTom should have a look at that. It would improve safety as you would spend less time dabbing and more time paying attention to the road. I tried their on-line 'support' to ask about it, but their website has gone potty.
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