By Joe
I was torn between a TomTom Go 930 and Nuvi 755T/775T. I needed both North American and European maps and liked the idea of lane assist, while traffic information was not that important. After reading many reviews and comparing prices I decided to purchase a TomTom Go 930. I was a little concerned because some of the very negative reviews I read about the quality of the maps and of problems with updating maps or contacting service representatives. In addition, I purchase a 4 GB card because a reviewer commented that he could not install the updated European map on the internal memory and a holder that attaches to vent.
So far this has been a great unit. It started up fine and is easy to use right out of the box. It locked onto seven satellites even inside my house. On my first test drives, the 930 calculated sometimes a different way than I normally drive, but it recalculated the directions very quickly if I chose a different route. I am not sure if the TomTom route was better or worse, but it certainly got me to the right location in a timely fashion. It is also very easy to choose an alternative route either through a specific location, choosing a specific road, avoiding a road (I have not tried this) or having the GO recalculate another route. The directions are clear and given well in advance and then right before making the turn. If you miss the instructions you can press the turn arrow and it is repeated. I selected to have the street name pronounced which is only possible when using the computer voice. It works very nice and I had not problems understanding the directions. So for me it did the most important thing, get me where I want to go. It also seemed to work well with one-way streets. I had an issue once with using a Garmin in Boston where it suggested that I should go against one-way streets, it was not my gps so I do not know how old the map was or what the settings were.
