Latest Which? tests

[Kremmen]

In the latest Which? tests Garmin have wiped the floor with TomTom

All 3 best buys are now Garmins
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Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
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[sussamb]

... and those 3 are ??

[M8TJT]

[sussamb]

Well I'd expect nothing more being a Garmin fan but it would be good to know which 3

[Kremmen]

1) Garmin 3597LMT (90%)
2) Garmin 2797LMT (88%)
3) Garmin 2598LMT-D (87%)
4) TomTom Via 135M (84%)
5) TomTom Go 400 EU 45 (75%)

Garmin won because of easy to read screens, straightforward instructions and a high level of polish to all key features.
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Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :

[sussamb]

Thanks. I'd have expected to see the one with digital traffic beat the other two, maybe they didn't compare that

Or if they did they were swayed by the bigger/better screens. Give me digital traffic over those any day

[Kremmen]

I agree, they probably just used them as basic SatNavs.
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Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :

[cwog]

Which do not give useful advice to "experts" they give advice to the person in the street who is in danger of losing their way.

[wibbley]

I can only think that tomtom have really messed up on the newer devices. My old tomtom go is far superior in ease of use compared to my new shiny hi-res garmin 3598.

Adding, removing & organising POIs was far easier on the tomtom. Personalising was far better. My new garmin shows me where all the macdonalds are. Why? I don't eat that stuff. The only option is to show all POIs or show none & garmin have decided that I must see where all the macdonalds are. tomtom allows for hundreds of POI categories and you can select which ones do/do not show on the map. Driving down the high street, garmin shows me cashpoints, restaurants, take-aways, garages. I don't want any of it, but have no option other than to display all this junk, which then covers the actual custom POI that I am looking for!

My tomtom allows me to opt for route preferences to be displayed before calculating. This is great, sometimes I fancy a scenic route (select shortest for a nice cross country dive) or walking, (when I have parked and need to complete the final part on foot) or limited speed (when I have a big trailer hitched up) Hey, it will even let me select a bicycle route.

tomtom will warn me when my route is on a toll road and give the option to re-route. Garmin will just stick you straight though it (unless you drill down into the option & select it as an avoid, and then it will not give the option to use the toll road)

I have not been able to play with a tomtom 9000, which I guess is the closest competitor to the garmin 3597/8. Would be interesting to see if this has all the useful functionality of the older tomtoms or if it now is as bad as the garmins.

[sussamb]

I agree, would be nice to turn off/on POIs as required but AFAIK Garmins have never had that option, so I suspect not enough people have asked for it.

You can easily ask your Garmin to recalculate a route should you wish a shorter, more scenic route or a longer/faster one. Most of my route selection is done on my PC and then sent to my Garmin, something I find very useful.

I like the idea of being warned if you're on a toll road, again though there must be a lack of customer demand.

Guess TT customers have espressed differing views to Garmin ones in the past

[wibbley]

I think the garmin softies must sit on their a*** all day, not using sat-nav in the real world, just getting fatter on the way home picking up a drive-tru maccyD & thinking it a jolly good idea that we should all be informed when nearing such an outlet

tomtom boys must get out more and use their products in the real worls.

[Kremmen]

I'm sure I've turned off McDonalds and the like. I certainly don't get told of them.

I get the cameras and what junctions or landmarks are ahead. I do agree that they should get customer feedback and act on it though.
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Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :

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