TomTom 720 or Garmin 760?

mikealder · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:29 am Post subject:

You cannot turn IQ Routes off but in use I have found them very good, the 930 is the first nav unit that actually uses the same route as I drive for the commute to work every day, this is most welcome, if it routes this way it is using more local knowledge when plannng a route than other devices.
You also seem to be interested in the next turn ahead indication. the x30 units have 'Lane Assist' which is very handy on motorways and A roads, I found it very useful recently while driving straight through Manchester city centre.
Both the devices you have shortlisted will get you from A to B, for me the TomTom has the edge, a more intuative interface and a history of providing new software updates to use new features when the hardware you have is superceeded. - Mike

mikealder · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 10:33 am Post subject:

john877 · Lifetime Member Joined: Mar 16, 2007 Posts: 468

If you wish to charge by mains electricity ( ie you have no access to a computer ) you have to buy an additional charger at about £ 17 on amazon

colossus · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 79

Right. Have just been to Halfords and this time found a very helpful chap who let me look at both machines. He suggested that as I already have a garmin that maybe that's the best to stick with. Pros and cons to both. One thing that seems like a real selling point with the garmin is that you are supposed to be able to plan your route on Autoroute then programme that into the garmin. That seems to me a good idea and would perhaps avoid some of the more bizarre cross country excursions. However I have never used Autoroute so I don't know if that's as much of an advantage as it sounds.

gatorguy6996 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:48 am Post subject:

It is an advantage. You also aren't doing the planning on a small "psuedo" screen as on the TomTom.

gatorguy6996 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 11:54 am Post subject:

By the way, the topic started out as TT720 v. Garmin 760. I guess it's turned into Garmin 760 v. anything TomTom has to offer? It's should be obvious to most that the Garmin is a much better value than the TT720. I assume the comparisons to the 730 being posted here is an admittance of sorts?

colossus · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 79

I am not convinced that the 730 represents any real improvement for the majority of people. The main things seem to be lane guidnce and IQ both of which seem great ideas but how effective they will be in use remains to be seen.

mikealder · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:25 pm Post subject:

For PC based planning of specific routes you can use Google Earth and Tyre for the TomTom, this is free to use unlike Autoroute which you will have to pay more for.

If you are happy and used to using th Garmin then another Garmin is probably the best bet, when you question the effectivity of the IQ Routes, my comments earlier in the thread are based a few months of use - Mike

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

kuyler · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 12:45 pm Post subject:

Thanks john and mike, as long as it charges via USB then that's fine. I wish I could come over to the UK to buy, but I'd like to get one within the next few days and would rather buy it from somewhere where I could easily exchange it, i.e. in the same country. For instance, say I get the 760 first but then soon realize I want to exchange it for the 720 - or vice versa! Smile

I still have this impression that overall the TomTom 720 has the higher theoretical long-term upgrade potential (if I go for TT I would eventually think to get HD Traffic), yet if it's literally a comparison of the units when fresh out of the box, the Nuvi 760 seems somewhat more complete. I don't know if by now all TomTom 720T units ship with the new antenna? Would be irritating if I still had to go through the whole procedure of exchanging antennas! With the 760 of course there won't be this additional annoyance.

Also, I can't believe we're currently at a point where some users on the TomTom forum advise against connecting to TomTom HOME due to the risk of the buggy latest software update being forcibly installed. Can't understand why TomTom don't just withdraw it!

colossus · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 79

Swinging back towards tomtom. Very interesting pictures Andy. If you can do the same sort of route planning with tomtom without autoroute garmin is starting to lose judging by those maps!

colossus · Regular Visitor Joined: Apr 03, 2006 Posts: 79

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject:

Tyre - "Trace Your Route Everywhere" Smile

It's damn good, and it now works with Google Maps OR Google Earth

http://www.janboersma.nl/gett/index.php

gatorguy6996 · Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject:

Tho it still won't optimize your route for maximum efficiency. You'll have to manually move destination points around to find the fastest route.

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