TomTom GO Comfort

The real decision is which is better-TomTom or Garmin (I have both). Both are good gps devices and each has some good points that the other does not have. For the way I use a gps, there is no real comparison-TomTom is more suited to my needs. Granted Garmin does a bit better job of lane guidance. However there are far too many pluses for the TomTom. It has much better/more detailed maps. It does a better job of finding the best route. With TomTom itinerary/trip planning is much easier, especially if you want to choose an exact route to follow such as Route 66 or the Lincoln Highway.The final straw was this morning. I typed in a local address (major street in town) on the Garmin and got the message, no such street. Did the same with the TomTom and it took me exactly where I wanted to go. Also the TomTom uses a regular cable for power and traffic to power in the car....Garmin requires that you use their cable.This is an update: My wife and I made a road trip from North Carolina and back. We used both the TomTom and Garmin to make a comparison on a long trip. We were on the interstate most of the way out except for last 300 miles. I input the exact route I wanted to go (north of Los Angeles). TomTom took us exactly the way we wanted to go. The Garmin insisted the shortest and fastest route was going through downtown LA. This was neither the shortest nor the fastest route. For some reason it appeared that Garmin insists that using the interstates is both the shortest and fastest. Never could make it go the way we wanted to go.On the way home, we drove through the Rockies. The route we wanted to take was done for both. TomTom worked flawlessly. Gramin stayed confused, insisting we use the interstate by wanting us to go far out of the way and not the route we wanted to go. At one point the shortest and fastest route was the way we wanted to go (verified by both TomTom and Google maps) while Garmin said another route was faster and shorter....It was 4 hours longer and 200 miles further. Still insisting we travel by interstate.After this trip there is one thing good I can say about the Garmin-it shows the elevation of our current location. That is sort of neat but not really necessary for travel. Without a doubt, for both local driving and long distance road trips, TomTom is head and shoulders about Garmin. I totally recommend TomTom to those who want a GPS that is easy to use and takes you where you want to go

TomTom Go Comfort 6" review. March 2020Historically I am a Garmin fan. Over the years I've spent thousands on their products and the last few year have had me frustrated with everything about them, hardware, software, poor cases, clunky performance, horrid apps, etc... So out of desperation I began looking at TomTom.I was already familiar with the TomTom MyDrive web App so I decided to buy a TomTom Go Comfort 6" to see if it could possibly be better than my collection of big-dollar Garmins.* I am pleased to say that upon delivery I soon realized that the TomTom Go Comfort 6" was an outstanding GPS especially considering its very reasonable price.* The TomTom Go Comfort 6" has a smooth and predictable touch-screen, a seamless interface with web based MyDrive. and an impressively durable feel to the screen & housing.The menu selections are all of what you need and none of what you dont. I am truly stunned that a GPS at this price point solved so many of the issues I have with my collection of high-priced Garmin products.No more working thru layers of confusing menus, clunky touch screen handling, frustrating & unpredictable search results, and painfully slow response to my inputs. The TomTom product solved all that and more!NOTE: Thank you TomTom for the fast processor!* I dreaded fumbling with custom routes and GPX import/export issues on the Garmin interface. Now with my TomTom Go Comfort 6" I can do all that in a quick, simple, and sensible fashion either on-line or on the GPS itself.* For people like me that do a lot of custom multi stop routes and frequently make route changes in the middle of a journey the TomTom product is exactly what I recommend.

Its got a nice big screen, easy to use, pretty accurate, it took about 3 hours this charge the first time and would not connect to our home wifi until it was charged.PROS .Big screeneasy to useYou can set up a trip on your home computer and download to the GoCONSThe TomTom site is comfusing and hard to navigateTomTom shut down their Q&A open board- you have to dig thru pages and dead ends to find any answers.The MyDrive app used 48% of my phones battery in about an hour!!!!you can bluetooth link you phone to the Go and get traffic updates etc. but. you need to keep ypur phone plugged in or it will die.It didnt recognize "Lowes" and only gave grocery store addresses. ugh. No i didnt try Home Depot but should have.FINAL THOUGHTS.If you are planning a trip its nice to load everything on computer and download it to the Go.very shocked to see MyDrive kill my phone battery in <1 hour. uninstalled program from my phone because it kept working even in the back ground.My drive also asks for permission to access your contacts - Im guess its because the Go acts as an interface for your phone calls