TomTom Go Premium X SatNav The Art of Navigation IFTTT Wifi

I got this Tom Tom as a Christmas present and used it immediately to travel to the Republic of Ireland on Boxing Day. I also used it in Ireland and found it to be accurate and easy to use. I had no issues setting up the device and updating it before I travelled. I recommend purchasing a JRing 240v mains to 12v DC cigarette lighter voltage converter power adapter so you can download and update the sat nav inside the home rather in your car (£16). The sat nav worked fine and did not freeze at anytime. I also made use of the hands free and text message facility. I am very happy with the device and would recommend it to anyone. I would have preferred it if the Permium x came in the limited edition box for the cost of the device.

Its a good Satnav especially if you are dependent on traffic updates (like I do). Updates over WiFi are nice but not essential as the Satnav needs to be plugged into power to update. If it needs a cable plugged in, it might as well be plugged in a computer's USB port and update over the app.The good:Nice big screenTraffic updatesClear on screen instructionsWiFi updates for the uber lazy user who finds powering a PC to update too time consumingIFTTT for the uber geek - moi included in this category. You can easily live without itThe bad:Virtually no upgrade in terms of speed in comparison with my old trusty Tom Tom Go 6000 (over 6 years old). C'mon all mobile processors tripled in clock speeds and core counts since then.Slow to boot, slow to find the routeLags when given commands (e.g. <touch menu><1 second lag><menu appears><unit unresponsive for 1 sec><touch search><1 second lag>)... you get the picture. Really needs a processor/OS updateOccasional freezes - resolved by restarting - not so great in trafficLoses mobile signal (used for traffic updates) even in some areas in London - which makes it a "dumb" satnav (as opposed to "smart").The ugly:Still thicker than rivals. If most smartphones can pack 10x the processing power and memory into a packages 1/3 the thickenss one wonders why the "Premium X" still looks like it has been plucked from a musem of "electronics in the early 2000s".Overall I'd still buy it because there's nothing else on the market that does the traffic thingie in a way that is useful, clear and useable. I used Garmins until TomTom came up with the traffic updates and never went back. However if you have a smartphone that you dont mind using for nav and have unlimited data usage (so you dont' have to worry about the traffic updates eating into your data plan) an app on the phone will probably serve you equally well or better.

I have used this TomTom for 3 weeks now extremely slow so to start up extremely slow Show on the setup made me miss my turning several times as it tells you to turn after going past going past the road therefore Addington 12 miles to your journey on a motorway very very disappointed in TomTom I have used TomTom for the last 15 years and very disappointed in this go premier 6000

A replacement - like the internal chip connecting to services. Makes it easy to use and powerfully responsive.

The sat nav freezes occasionally and requires switching off and rebooting

A bit expensive... but very happy with Sat Nav... does what I want it to do!!

After looking forward to receiving my new satnav, I was disappointed to discover that upon opening every single item had either been swapped out or was missing. The packaged Satnav was an older variant with scratches and marks on the rear, certainly not the expected GO Premium unit; the double 12v adapter, TomTom magnetic mount and TomTom USB cable were all missing - in their place a ratchet spanner held in place by parcel tape; the premium leather carry case had been replaced by a generic nylon case and both the instructions manual and screen protector were missing. The associated photo shows a comparison of what I received in my first package against the contents of a second identical unit purchased directly from TomTom.

I have only had this unit a few months now, I was enticed to change to Tom Tom because of the screen and Graphics experienced using a Tom Tom unit on a recent trip abroad. The initial set-up went smoothly enough and most of the features work absolutely fine, most!The unit I bought, their top of the range unit had automatic traffic and unit updates by cellular connection, except it just doesn't work, performing the updates manually on a wifi network works fine but that really defeats the purpose of paying extra for the lifetime traffic support. The voice control usually takes a few attempts using the "hello Tom Tom" wake phrase before it drags itself into life but even once it's there it's almost laughable trying to get it to find an address although the success rate increases somewhat whenever the car is stopped and there is no wind noise. Lastly, there have been several streets that the unit refuses to find under verbal or manual searches even though it will correctly display the street name once you've arrived there. I know this has only happened on 5 or 6 occasions so far but I've only searched for maybe 50 or so addresses, absolutely frustrating to use, to the point I have re-instated my old Garmin unit, which is a little old and clunky by today's standards, BUT IT WORKS!