The more I use it (or attempt to....) the less satisfied I am.
Compared to a 10 year old Garmin 276C (with updated maps and firmware) the Tom Tom is in the dark ages, virtually unusable.
My dissatisfaction with the Tom Tom are due to:
1) No ability to change map detail displayed.
This is critical to a functional nav device. As it stands, the road names I need to see are not displayed until I zoom in so far that they are meaningless.
2) Absolutely TERRIBLE POI database. It is very incomplete. The garmin database has tens of thousands stores, etc. that are absent from Tom Tom.
3) Voice recognition is useless.
I speak english about as closely as possible to the dictionary pronunciation for most words. I have yet for the Tom Tom to understand anything I've said except for simple commands like "yes", "no" and "dial".
4) Auto day/night mode is useless.
The Tom Tom night display is completely unreadable until it is pitch black outside.
5) Maps are too "cartoon" like. Not enough detail. For example, a freeway frontage road (paralleling the freeway) is not displayed until zoomed in too close to be useful. The highway obscures it. The Garmin 276C offers much more map readability.
6) many minor functions are not customizable enough (or, more often, not at all). The 10 year old Garmin is light years ahead in this regard.
Do not waste your money on the Tom Tom GPS.
On the otherhand, the Mazda CX-5 is brilliant!