| TomTom ONE XL V1 Europe | 
 enlarge | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
Buy Used: £145.00
New (2) from £198.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 7555
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7 x 6.9 x 3.5
Legal Disclaimer: Layer One UK does not offer any warranty other than the one imposed by the manufacturer. Consequently, the warranty conditions proposed by Layer One UK will be an exact copy of the manufacturers.
MPN: 1XL0001
Model: 1XL0001
UPC: 636926010009
EAN: 0636926017725
ASIN: B000PS68ZS
Release Date: April 23, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: In used but ood condition. only selling due to sale of car. is boxed and has all the stuff it came with. fast postage.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Perfect March 26, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have simply used the item out of the box, not read the instructions or anything!
It hasnt gone wrong on me at all, is very quick to re-route if necessary, and isnt off putting or difficult to understand.
I have not plugged this into my mac for updates, so did struggle with the rerouted A5 between Aldridge and Tamworth, but this was only recently completed.
I have recently moved from North Birmingham to Dorridge near Solihull, so it also been great in helping get around the country roads here to varying train stations and houses!
Superb purchase! March 25, 2008
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I've only had this TomTom a few days & it is brilliant! I'm going on holiday to Italy later on this year so I can't wait to use it over there. Using it in the UK has never got me lost and the Mapshare function is fantastic. My Dad borrowed my TomTom ONE XL Europe off me yesterday as he was buying a car in London. It got him there no problem and my Dad didn't get lost once. I had a little trouble using my 2GB SD card in the TomTom but TomTom sent me an e-mail and told me what to do in simple, easy, step by step way. Fantastic. Word of warning - The TomTom ONE XL Europe will only accept up to a 2GB SD Card. On the whole it is a brilliant piece of kit. Even the radio said it is the number 1 accessory to buy which will help with relationships. What I mean by that is, you won't start arguing with your significant other about getting lost. Buy one and you won't be disappointed.
 Tom Tom one xl europe February 29, 2008
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I am on my 2nd TomTom in to weeks the 1st one did not work after
1 day no maps I have just got this working fine after some
software problems spent abount 2 hours on phone to tom tom
helpline spoke to 4 people 3 could not solve my problems
but the 4th person was very helpful phoning me back twice
and solved all the problems. I was going to take it back to
shop for another make but it works fine now use an old camera
case to keep it in motarola charger 5.2 volt with small usb
works fine to charge at home
A great buy February 25, 2008
46 out of 47 found this review helpful
I live in the south of France and will be travelling to various friends and relatives both in the UK and Europe. I thought that having a GPS would be easier and cause fewer arguments, tantrums, door slams etc than having my partner map read (with me having all of these, not my partner).
I have read several consumers reports on several GPS brands and was quite put off by all the negative comments and so delayed any purchase. The negatives being - unable to find satellites, the unit falling off the window, crashes, lack of support, impossible upgrades, out of date upgrades and the best use for a GPS being a paper weight.
I then re-read several of them and realised that there were just as many positive comments as there was negative for ALL brands and so decided to take the plunge and bought a TomTom One XL Europe.
I have been using it for just over two weeks now, and cannot fault it. It worked straight from the box, it has no problem finding satellites, it doesn't crash, it continues in a long tunnel near where I live (without satellite connection) and picks up again as soon as I am in open air.
It doesn't fall off the window as stated and as far as I can make out, the only thing it doesn't tell you about are the bumps in the road (and the roads where I live are bad). Perhaps the person who made this comment should remove the protective cover from the suction cup.
On a recent trip, I did the usual and ignored the route instructions to see if I could confuse the system and was told within 50 meters to turn round. I didn't and within another 50 meters it had recalculated a fresh route. I then turned round onto the original route and again it recalculated within seconds.
The only negative comments I can make, are that the battery only lasts a miserable two hours, so it is no good for ramblers or using it to find a route on foot or bike, the lack of a home/mains charger and the fact that it tries to put me on a motorway at St. Andre-de-Sangonis which isn't yet opened, (so much for the out of date upgrades).
I have taken on board the consumer comment about the small and very full memory and have bought a 2Gig chip and reader as suggested. I haven't tried to download yet (I am still on dial-up and I think a download will take too long), I am still waiting for an engineer to install my WiFi connection but that is my fault as I only ordered it two months ago!! c'est la vie as they say here. I will then try the download.
My advice to any one who is thinking about buying a GPS is as follows.
Read all the comments and the technical details thoroughly. Talk to anyone that has a GPS. Visit several shops and handcuff yourself to an assistant and make he/she go through each and everyone of the GPS's in the store, after all, you could be spending up to 300, so make sure you have the right system and the system that is right for you.
 Minor Flaws but a Good Buy February 22, 2008
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I've been using this for about 3 months now and am generally happy with it. I've found that I often need to add a waypoint to suggested routes as it usually wants to take me the most direct rather than the fastest route. I've used it in the centre of Edinburgh and it hadn't a clue about some one-way routes or even the most practical routes, but it always got me there in the end, even though some of it's suggestions were illegal. I've also noticed that sometimes what it says are roads are actually closed-off forest tracks and the most annoying feature is that out in the country it seems to think that every grouping of 2 or more houses is a 30mph limit, even though it's 60, and it keeps bonging at me. However, I've just taken it to France and used it from Beauvais to Disneyland Paris and it was spot on the whole way, which was just as well as I didn't have a map. Now I'll never drive in Europe without it and wish I'd had it ages ago, when I think of all the times I got a bit lost abroad.
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