Not used a TomTom (they are supposed to be better for UK/EU though).
My first SatNav we can ignore (a cheap Binatone from Maplins) - Tim may remember odd comments from the LeJog trek when I used to argue with it on a regular basis.
I followed that with a 5" widescreen Navman Mio. Liked most of its routing, it came with traffic avoidance, but map updates / camera updates where chargeable. Unfortunately, it was a pig to update - not a problem writing to the Satnav, but getting the Mio software to work properly and consistently was another story.
In the end I gave up and bought a widescreen (5") Garmin with lifetime map updates &c. including traffic avoidance. Not so keen on it as a SatNav though, its routing can be strange at times.
Even with a SatNav I still prefer to do my planning with a good old Atlas, just using the SatNav for final close to destination instructions.
Good hunting!
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