Mounting Bracket and operating Speed (530 / XL IQ)

AlanK

I can get either the Go530 or the XL IQ for about the same price.

I already know I dont need the voice or mps stuff since my car does that and hoped to find two units to compare in local shops but so far no joy.

So from anyone having used both these untis can you highlight if one has a better mounting system over the other (doesn't bounce about, easy to remove, reasonably small) and if there is any difference in operating speed?

I am assuming they are both pretty much the same size and apart from the MP3/phone dialing identical in every other way (same speaker, same screen etc?)

Cheers

AndyVaughan · Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject:

Go to a PC World store or a Halfords - they should have them both on display.

My preference would be the XL IQ over the 530 any day - the speaker is better, once you get used to it the Easyport mount is very good.

But, I am biased after very poor experiences with my last half dozen or so GO devices!

If you can stretch to it the XL LIVE IQ is a cracking device - Halfords do a version with UK&ROI maps instead of the W&CE 2GB maps and it is a little cheaper.

AlanK · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:21 am Post subject:

Well I tried but in PC world they were in plastic surrounds so couldn't really tell what the bracket was like, also noticed the icons were not the more 'cartoony' type I have seen elsewhere which makes me think this was a v3 (or perhaps an One XL rather than XL IQ?)

Saw only a 540 in currys which although again in a case had what looked like a much more solid bracket.

Having read the reviews on the XL the bracket and power connections seem to be a bit hit or miss so may get the 530 or 540 - do these have the same bracket and is the 540s only improvement the addition of live?

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:39 pm Post subject:

Why not look on the TomTom website?
If you look at each model and select "In the box" or "Accessories" you get decent images of the mounts.

The XL has the fold up easy-port mount, the x40 and x50 models have an active mount based on the same tighten-down sucker, and the x20 and x30 models have the old passive mount with just a push-on sucker.

AlanK · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:53 pm Post subject:

I have been looking at thier site today and noticed the slightly differing shapes but was unsure what the differences were.

I like the bracket on my old Go that had the turn to tighen thing so I think the 530 is out. Saw the 540 for £200 instore last night as clearance stock so may upgrade to that (mind you that would be paying over the odds for just a bracket but I cant work out how fiddly the XL IQ is)

AlanK · Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 1:55 pm Post subject:

AndyVaughan · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:53 am Post subject:

It is, it has the LIVE Services (HD Traffic, Google Search, Weather, TT Safety Cameras - use the cameras from here though as the TT ones are useless)

AlanK · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:54 am Post subject:

fekn uselesss shop

The 540 has was still on display, clearance price stickers etc etc.. I'll have that one - "oh we dont sell that anymore, how about this one instead" (XL for the same price)

Been on display for at least a week like that and still is.... chancers!!

Think I will just go with the XL as its going to be about 60 quid for the bracket although I do prefer the active bracket set up. Saw the 520 at CPC - I am guessing it is the same bracket as the 530 so a little better than the XL but not as good as the 540.

Andy_P · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:30 pm Post subject:

Yes, x20 and x30 are the same style of mount.
I actually prefer that mount to the XL one for ease of getting the TomTom on and off, but I have sawn one up to make a custom mount for my car so I don't have any issues with suckers falling off at all!

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