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November 19, 2008
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Fletch - I would offer easier navigation options (no ironic pun intended) within the review. Sometimes I want to jump to the performance or conclusion, and I can't tell where it is. It would also be easier if comments didn't add to the page count of the review - makes it hard to tell where the review stops and comments begin. Otherwise, I love the site and your reviews are top notch!
Good suggestion - I've actually already implemented that. When you see the pages listed for a review, those don't include the comments. All the comments are added to the Comments page. So you'd see 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Comments
How about even more glowing reviews of the Garmin products. You have never ranked a Garmin less than a 3. So let's have more 4.5s and 4.9s of 5. And more trashing of Tom Tom. There is not enough of that. You need to lower the ratings on them too. I mean a 3.6 is WAY too high.
Wow, another disgruntled TomTom user, I see (but it was funny). Yeah, I think Fletch obviously prefers Garmin, but his reviews are some of the most detailed in the industry. By the time he is done, people can get a great idea how to operate these things and can (and should) judge for themselves. I always recommend this site to new users for product reviews (especially Garmin users since Garmin's manuals are a joke).
Keep these long, detailed reviews coming, Fletch! They really help the novice user (as well as the more informed user).
I would do a side by side comparisons (with video if possible).
When choosing a GPS, I bought a Magellan 4250, TomTom Go 730 and Garmin Nuvi 760, placed all 3 on my dash and drove around for 10 days (with all three active). I tested them intensely in Toronto, Niagara Falls (both in Canada) and Buffalo, USA.
Both Garmin and Magellan would tell me to turn right/left when prohibited several times (especially in Downtown areas). Both Navteq devices would navigate me through longer (distance-wise) roads - ones that had more stop signs, speed-bumps and stop-lights.
I would not have realized of these GPS imperfections unless I had all 3 calculating routes for me. Also the quality of Map rendering and route re-calculation speeds were more obvious this way.
Video Comparison Reviews would be fantastic and very welcome.
I find this very hard to believe since NAVTEQ maps are better in the U.S. than TeleAtlas. Plus, Magellan and Garmin DO have better routing engines versus TomTom.
Fletch,
Coming from someone who sells GPS' for a living, you do a great job. There will always be people who rag on you for having an opinion but when it comes down to it, nobody in our office prefers a TomTom over a Garmin. Keep up the good work!