TomTom GO 630 4.3-Inch Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator

Works like a champ, very useful when traveling to areas that you are unfamiliar with as well as finding routes to avoid traffic and construction delays. Speed limit reminders are mostly accurate, only complaint there is not all roads have the data for speed zones. Display is large and readable in the majority of sunlight conditions. Database is good, a few mistakes noted after 60 days of traveling. Device is fast at re-routes if you miss a turn or decide to pass up a turn. Very few nags about "make a U turn" that is common to other manufactures software.

This is a great product at a very reasonable price. Has all the features I want. My old unit worked fine, I gifted it to my brother in law, and he's using it on his MA to FL and back road trip, and he thinks it is terrific. I have no need to pay for real time traffic info, gas prices or anything like that, so this unit is perfect for me. Large bright screen. Around $152, I think it was. I believe TomTom lists it at $299 or so. (few things drop in value like a 6 month old GPS does!)

Excellent model, for the most part, appreciably better than the Garmin 765T which I purchased from Amazon at a higher cost and tried for about two weeks, but which never was able to receive traffic reports as advertised. Garmin's technical support was weak at best and not able to solve the problem. Garmin ultimately determined that its traffic receiver was defective and told me that I had to return it for a replacement. Unfortunately, the traffic receiver was built into the power cord. I asked Garmin to send me the new cord/receiver first, so that I would still be able to keep my GPS plugged in and charging while in the car, but Garmin refused to do so, telling me I had to return its defective cord/receiver before it would send me a new one and that I could charge its model using the enclosed USB cable (through my computer). I took advantage of Amazon's return policy and returned the Garmin to Amazon for a full refund (Amazon's rep even e-mailed me a pre-paid shipping label). The TomTom GO 630 has a pretty vivid wide screen display (in your choice of 2D or 3D) and allows much more flexibility with respect to display options than the Garmin 765. For example, the TomTom permits you to display time to destination, miles to destination, estimated time of arrival, and speed, all at once or in any combination, while the Garmin model permits the display of only one of these parameters at a time. The Garmim model did have more categories of POI's (for example, it allows you to choose restaurants by type of cuisine) than the TomTom, so that might be of greater use to some people. The TomTom also occasionally shows streets that do not exist in real life, but I am guessing that may be an issue with all GPS models. Finally, it would be nice if, like earlier versions of TomTom GO GPS models, this model turned on automatically (when plugged in) when you start your engine. Interestingly, it turns off on its own when you turn off the engine. On balance, however, these are minor nits and the quality of the display, ability to set favorites, database of POI's (with the added ability to telephone a POI directly if you have your phone connected via blue tooth), connectivity and ease of use of the blue tooth - cell phone feature, and flexibility of display output make this a very good choice. There is also a nice feature that gives you the option to input your desired time of arrival and thereafter the GPS displays how many minutes ahead of (in yellow) or behind (in red) your scheduled arrival time you are. I have found this to be a pretty useful "at-a-glance" indicator, in addition to the ETA display that also can be selected in the set-up.

The Tom Tom GO630 is supposed to have great applications. The problem is with the touch screen. The unit automatically switches to the help mode. No matter what you do, the unit switches to this mode rendering it useless. This problem is not unique and should have been found by quality control, and a recall issued. Customer service is a nightmare! I was deployed much of the time I was trying to find solutions and the warranty expired. If you want to spend your time contacting customer service, buy a Tom Tom product. It will not work as a boat anchor so it is in the trash box. I bought a Garmin product and it functions great. I know now that I should have returned the item to Amazon right away.

We purchased the TomTom Go 630 because we were moving from Pennsylvania to California. As we drove cross country the tomtom would put little gas signs on the map when you were getting close to one. If we got off an exit to get gas tomtom automatically recalculated the trip to get you back on track. It was so easy to use and I would recommend this product to anyone who does alot of traveling and looking up directions. When we got the tomtom our screen was broken, but customer service has me send my tomtom back and replaced it for free and in less than 1 week. I love it and wouldn't want to be without it. It is coming in very useful driving around California.

Wast of money i wouldn't even recommend TomTom to anyone anymore (get a android/ios phone). This thing died and TomTom told me to get lost. i would have paid to get it fixed and gift it to some random person, but just got the two finger salute. Sorry TomTom your fail and its not like any of this stuff is useful with apps like Google Maps, Navigate and Waze. Disappointing.