So what brought us to the point of asking, "Do we buy the Garmin StreetPilot c340 or do we buy the TomTom One 3rd edition".
Maybe you too are in the store for a movable vehicle Gps system. We were seeing for one in the under three hundred dollar range. This description tells a miniature of our story and how we went about narrowing our quest down between these two units.
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This past summer we had the opening to use a movable Gps on our trip to the coast. I was not especially impressed the first some hours of use as we were primarily traveling on Interstate roads, and those of which we were quite familiar. As we got closer to our vacation area, the Interstate stopped and we were forced to take two lane country roads the rest of the way to the beach. This was an area we had not specifically gone to before and had it just been me and our map, we would have been quite lost! Our Gps delivered us directly to our hotel, going so far as to tell us which side of the road it was on (that, I think I could have figured out).
Later in the week the "hook was set" when we decided to try out a new restaurant about one hour south of where we were staying. Not only did the Gps "find" our restaurant in its Poi (points of interest) data base, but it routed us there, telling us how far it was and how long it would take to get there. I was quite skeptical of the time element, knowing the credit for bumper to bumper tourist traffic, but our new Gps friend proved to be right and strategically routed us nearby the heavy traffic on some back roads we would never have taken on our own.
We returned from our trip and began the quest for our own movable vehicle Gps systems to keep in our cars. These are the guidelines we used in our search.
Size of unit -- Portability was prominent to us. The size, if too big can hinder you challenging it from one car to an additional one (or if too big, keep you from using it in a pedestrian situation) Does it allow you to select between shortest routes, fastest route or toll free routes. Shortest is not always fastest if every other car is trying to use that road. Does it have text to speech capability, i.e., the audible voice well speaks out the road names instead of "take next right". This is beneficial when streets are close together and keeps you from being confused or distracted from your driving. "Turn at Main Street" is preferable to "turn at the next right turn". It is also nice to be able to change the "voice" of the computer generated speaker/guide. Is the face plate readable and glare free--from dissimilar angles and in challenging sun light, as well as at night time; can you adjust the glow of the display at night. Does the unit have an internal rechargeable battery. Is there a car adapter for recharging as well as an Ac plug to use inside your home. Preloaded map databases should be included. Most come with all of Usa preloaded, but the degree of detail may vary from one model to another. Real time traffic reporting is a nice feature; unfortunately the current technology is dependent on the timeliness of local traffic reporting networks. Watch for included extra features such as bluetooth capability, Mp3 player, Fm transmitter, and iPod connections. You may want these, or you may want a less high-priced unit without these. Check out the ready mounting hardware -- look for this to come with the unit.
When trying to rule which Gps law to buy for our vehicles we found both of these units, the Garmin c340 and the TomTom One to be pretty similar in their features. The TomTom lacks text to speech capability, but also runs fifty to eighty dollars less than the Garmin. The TomTom has Home software so that you can update your unit database through your own computer. Both are touch screen driven and small sufficient to carry with you if walking nearby in an unfamiliar town.
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