TomTom One Europe or Snooper Indago? - Advice please

[sdesign]

Hey guys,

I was all set to buy myself a Snooper Indago Euro Plus for £499. My main reason for this was the NAVTEC mapping and the way in which the Indago handles speed camera alerts, for example:

- The speed limit is on the screen when approaching a speed camera
- It gives you voice warnings (not just silly alert sounds)
- Updates only cost £99 for lifetime subscription

I have now seen that the TomTom One Europe (v2) is only priced at £269 and has much of the same features (except maybe a shorter battery time). The only thing that concerns me is the way in which TomTom incorporate their speed camera database. Can anyone tell me the following:

1) Are speed limits reliably displayed on the screen when approaching a speed camera?

2) I have read that for some TomTom units the alerts can be changed for voice alerts. Is this true for the TomTom One V2? If so, does this work for TomToms own speed camera database? How well does this hack work?

3) Does the Pocket GPS World speed camera database work on the TomTom One V2?

I have seen many people say that Snooper Indago subscriptions are expensive but £99 for a lidetime seems good to me. After 5 years this would make it cheaper than TomTom's and about the same as the Pocket GPS World database.

Infact, for comparisons sake, the Snooper Indago would cost a total of £599 over 5 years, whereas the TomTom One Europe will cost a total of £469. Not a great deal in it really (I guess you could argue that the TomTom using this sites database would only cost £365 though which is far cheaper).

Any advice would be much appreciated.

One thing though, before anyone replies - from reading various posts I get a feeling that because the Indago cannot load third party POIs, and therefore cannot use this sites speed camera database, that the opinions expressed often appear to be biased towards those that can. I guess this is to be expected amongst the community that has helped create and maintain the database.

Cheers!
Alex

[Macbobby]

1. On the TomTom ONE v2 speed limits are reliably displayed when approaching a speed camera

2. Yes the voice alerts can be changed for the TT ONE v2. Its build 7390 see here http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-poi-alerts.php

3. Yes it certainly does.

I am biased but I have to say the TomTom ONE v2 is the best TomTom device I have had. Small but compact, nice and loud, highly portable with a sturdy mount and a nice shape that fits in my wifes handbag hence why I am left with my old the GO 300
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[sdesign]

Thanks MacBobby.

So really, apart from the manner it is displayed on the screen, the TomTom and Indago don't really differ when it comes to speed camera alerts and speed limit notifications.

[Tomo]

[sdesign]

when I look at the screen shots on this page I don't see the speed limit or actual speed displayed at all.

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/tomtom-go-poi.php

How/where is the speed limit displayed?

[sdesign]

also, do you still get the speed camera icon on the top left of the screen, as that is quite large, as I haven't seen this is more recent screenshots (they tend to be placed on the road itself).

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