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| TomTom GO 510 4-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator (Factory Refurbished) | 
 enlarge | Brand: TomTom
Category: CE
List Price: $559.96
Buy New: $177.99
You Save: $381.97 (68%)
New (5) Refurbished (6) from $125.18
Avg. Customer Rating:  39 reviews
Sales Rank: 2773
Platform: Not Machine Specific
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 480 x 272
Display Size: 4
Includes MP3 Player: 0
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 4.3 x 2.5 x 3.1
MPN: RF GO 510
Model: RF GO 510
UPC: 636926015578
EAN: 0636926015578
ASIN: B000LT0JOM
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Save your money! November 22, 2007
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This product is crap. The routing sucks, the traffic display is useless, and there is little support for U.S. customers. I would never buy another product from this company. I've gone back to my trusty Emap.
 My favorite little travel buddy. November 21, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I felt the need to wait this one out before giving a review because I was waiting for it to disappoint me, but.. so far so good.
I spent hours and hours researching GPS's before choosing this one, and while TomTom was recommended to me by people I know, the Garmin was looking pretty good too. At the end of the day, this just had more to offer, more customization (i'm big on that), the bluetooth phone feature, and a little social network (tomtom buddies). I paid $220 refurbished, which was way cheaper than what I could have gotten in a Garmin for that price.
I'm inlove with this little guy. Like, not romantically, but close to it in a non-awkward sort of way :)
The only issue I've had with it, is that sometimes I like to fight with it and tell it to go a different way than it would like me to go, and it ends up bringing me a different way, but it's probably because I don't have the latest map software. And I must say that whenever I try to take my own way, the "time of arrival" changes and I end up going "the long way". DRATS.
Also, the wireless bluetooth phone feature doesn't work as well as it could.. but I think it has more to do with my piece of garbage Motorola Razr than the GPS. And the issue, btw, is not that I can't hear them, but that they can't hear me. Static and whatnot.
Edit on that: It comes with a microphone. Ooops. It's been cleeear sailing since I found it in the box :)
But despite all that nonsense, I love it. LOVE IT. It syncs up super fast, and I'm kind of a tech nerd, so I love how customizable it is and you can find all kinds of free downloadable voices online (I have "dr. evil" haha). I also like that you can have TomTom buddies, which is why I've convinced my boyfriend, my mom, and a couple of my friends to get one too :D
 Good basic unit, not perfect. but it works... August 25, 2007
19 out of 21 found this review helpful
Good unit and it routes well.
For $299 refurbished its a pretty good deal.
However I used to have a Garmin Nuvi 660, which was stolen from my truck.
That was expensive so I thought I would try something different\cheaper.
This is a good unti for the money.
But when compared to the Garmin, its not as easy to use from an interface perspective or use in a brightly lit car.
The good:
Cheap. Gets job done.
Good unit for money.
Routing engine is very good. It does not get confused like Garmin does.
Its syncs up fast.
Things that do not work as well as the garmin.
1)Dim display, its very hard to see in the sunlight on the dash. Polarizing sunglasses also make it hard to read.
2) Windshield mount sucks. This is because the unit is pretty bulky and heavy for the bracket provided. It cannot hold up the unit without sagging in a few minutes. There is no adjustment. I ended up putting it very low on the windshield and let it rest on dash board.
3) Interface does not learn from usage. So if you are searching for a destination it provides a list alphabetically not by the closest state you are in. I live in MA....so I have to scroll through all the other states to get to my destination. Poorly thought out. It should start from the state you are in or your home location. It does a poor job of remembering the locations you reguallry search in. I am a computer tech...so I am on the road goign to different houses\businesses in same town. I have to keep putting in same town every time I search. Its annoying.
4)Points of interest are terrible. I was in NH on vacation. It could not locate most interesting things, like Mount Washington resort, restarunts, camp grounds.
5) Display info is not great. It uses the smaller fonts for things like destination duration and when to turn.
It doesn't display speed, or arrival time at destination. WHich I fine to be the most useful feature of any GPS. What time will I get there and then I will know if I am gong to be late or early.
It just says you will get there in 40 minutes,. You have to figure out what time it is and do the math.
For $300 its pretty good for a basic unit. I will get you there.
I would buy the cheaper unit though. If you are ok with spending the extra $80 or so, buy the Garmin 360 or 660.
The software patches released recetnly supposed fixed the routing issues on the Garmin.
Tom Tom GPS August 7, 2007
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
The product seems fine however the price, after comparison, was satisfactory but not as great as I thought.
Not bad, but not perfect July 22, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I used to have a garmin 350, which was stolen, and this unit replaced it.
The TomTom showed up, and came with more than the garmin unit, pouch, etc. However, right off the bat, the unit needed an "unlocking" code, and it took several tries over a series of days to activate the map that shipped with the unit. Tech support was great, they answer very fast, but it was still annoying.
Compared to the garmin, the TomTom has many more features. It has more voices, more options, it calculates routes much more quickly, and it finds the satellites much more quickly.
However, the maps provided with the TomTom are not as good as the ones that were provided with the garmin. I have found several annoying map errors driving around rural wisconsin, and it doesn't seem to have a very good database of local stores; i can't find several of my favorite restaurants, and it doesn't know where the nearest target is.
The device does update with my mac, which is great, but it has a problem with my dual-core macbook pro.
Entering addresses is in some way better than the garmin, and in some ways worse. It has a superior completion mode, but you can't restrict the area as easily, so you may have to wade through a lot of similarly-named towns.
The simm card is easy to pop out, so if the unit is being used in anything but dashmounted mode, you have to be careful to leave it in place.
In short, this is a nice full-featured unit, but not as plug-and-play as the comparable garmin.
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