Tom Tom ONE XL Regional

The power connection on the Tomtom XL is a small plug which has to be fitted into a deep socket in the base of the unit. It's difficult to fit it in, and thus prone to damage.

Once it's in place, it's best left there, unless you want to spend ages reconnecting it every time you wish to use it.

I had a couple recently, with rented cars. One was useless. The connection was so badly damaged that every time the car hit a bump, the power connection was lost.

Definitely one to avoid.

I have had had my unit now for over two years. Some of its data is now out of date, however I know of several instances where the inacuarte date preceeded the date I bough it including quite a few,and potentionly costly, speed restrictions. I cannot for instance input my own house number, accordingly it doesnt exist. dispite my living here for over 40 years. A niggle I know but fact. My biggest problem is the cost of updating this data. you cant miss a year. No, you have to pay the cost of the backdate than buy for the following, Its a high cost not revealed in the initial purchase, I could go out and paractilacy bui a new unit for Tom Toms update asking price. Why cant we compare the updating costs accross all the brands? like you would naturaly compare day to day running costs of a mobile phone operater.

What would I do without my Tom Tom ONE XL Regional. it's the business, I visit France three times a year and it takes me right to the door of my destination,. Thanks TomTom

Easy to use, I paid a hundred pounds for Tom Tom One. I do many calls within a city so guides you around one way systems etc. Also use it dark evenings so pin points addresses very accurately.

On the whole the Tom Tom One system is well worth the money

I've had the Tom Tom One XL Classic for a few months now so I've really got to grips with using it.For the money - this was on offer for about £120 back then - it was really good value. The screen is large and easy to use. It has all the normal features you would expect from a Satnav and I'll go through a few of them for you now.Navigation - the heart of the Satnav of course. You can enter your destination in many different ways and the Tom Tom One is not really any different from other devices. You can store your favourites, enter a postcode, address, point of interest or pick a point on the map. Simple stuff.There are facilities for planning an itenary, altering your preferences etc so you can pretty much customise the journey and the whole look of the device.This device also has the ability to subscribe to a traffic service and speed camera warning update. Now, a word of warning about this, and this is the only down side I have for the device. If you want to subscribe to this, make sure your phone is a) compatible b) has a 3G sim (you will need it for speed of download) and c) you have an 'unlimited data' package on your phone tarrif.The problem doesn't end there and I have found that sometimes my device conflicts with the phone if I have my bluetooth headset on at the same time... then the thing reboots itself! Nightmare because it loses your journey. Simple to solve, turn off your blue tooth headset and don't take calls when driving!When it's working ok, the traffic service has diverted me around various jams in the past and I'm sure the speed camera update has probably saved me points on my licence.Overall, this is a good bit of kit. It won't let you down (barring the problem above) and gets you there everytime. It has only once sent me a little out of the way but out of countless trips, I can cope with that. Would I recommend it? Yeah, definitely. If you are a long distance lorry driver, delivery driver or rely on a Satnav for a living, you're probably going to invest a lot more than this. But for the rest of us who use it to find places occasionally, this is the very thing.