TomTom vs Garmin. Your 2 cents please.

[st art]

I'm thinking about the new TT Rider 400. It doesn't seem like there is a lot real reviews of that in english. I'm finding a lot of copy and paste of the same text in diffrent places.
So I'd like to ask you here.
Why not?
It's cheaper by hundreds of $. I just don't know what do i get from Garmin for that extra cash that almost equals the price of new set of tires.
Cheers. Thx.



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[BravoBravo]

I have had a number of different Garmin motorcycle GPS units over the years, and still have a couple of Garmin training watches as well as one designed for bicycle use. I found the motorcycle GPSs to be kind of glitchy over the years. My TomTom Rider has been trouble-free and seems quite accurate. I also have a TomTom for automotive use. The TomTom is very intuitive and easy to use. As you have mentioned, it is also considerably cheaper than Garmin units with comparable functionality. I like my Rider very much.

Cheers,

Bruce

 

[tomatocity]

Waiting for 'pteppic' to reply. We were talking tonight and he is very pleased with the Tom Tom Rider 400.

 

[Checkswrecks]

After going to Osmand+ on a used android phone, I'm no longer interested in Garmin OR TomTom.

 

[Bryce]

After going to Osmand+ on a used android phone, I'm no longer interested in Garmin OR TomTom.

My Samsung Galaxy S4 active and Osmand+ worked flawlessly on my recent 4300 mile trip through 10 states.

 

[groundhog]

I have the Tom Tom Rider, my first sat nav and I'm very pleased with it

 

[st art]

I have the Tom Tom Rider, my first sat nav and I'm very pleased with it

Groundhog,
If you don't mind a question, pls.

How far can you zoom out and still see more than just national highways?
My Garmin pretty much loses all local roads if I zoom out in attempt to see more then 5 miles ahead. This drives me crazy as i usually just want to see the grid of local roads so i know more less where I'm at.
Thx.

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[oldbear]

I'll have to +1 on the TomTom. I've had Garmins and they were "ok" but my experience with them on a bike has not been especially great. The TomTom I got for my birthday has been faultless...

 

[Millman]

I have the Garmin 390lm. I bought it for the water resistant capabilities and blue tooth. Honestly the blue tooth sounds staticky compared to using waze on my phone. I do like base camp to plan trips. It does need a hood though for the sun glare even though you can brighten it up quite a bit.


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[RED CAT]

All my pals claim the Montana is the hot setup.

 

[Davesax36]

All my pals claim the Montana is the hot setup.

That's because it's $$$$

 

[Brick]

I've never used a TomTom so can't comment to them. I have however owned a few Garmin over the years. I do www.ridemsta.com rallies where the organizers have GPS routes for us to ride "the good roads" while in the area. They are .gdb or .gpx files. I also do some pretty long rides and create my own routes on my laptop with Basecamp and load them into my current Garmin 660. Works well for me. The 660 can also be blue tooth to my Sena headset for the turn by turn and with music loaded can play your tunes. I don't bt to the Garmin but to my iPhone from my Sena for my audio and intercom. I do need to look at the Garmin when riding but having it mounted on the cross bar on my 2014 ES that's not a problem as its in my line of sight.
So my question to you TomTom users is how do you make at complicated ride route to use on your GPS?


Let's Ride!
Brick

 

[.]

Hi there
I don't use either of these two because of the $$$. Just curious, did you consider other options? What about iGO?

 

[Dan winters]

Garmin 660 love it !

 

[Madhatter]

love my tom-tom...

 

[yoyo]

I like an old post coming back to life! I'm also thinking of changing from my Zumo 660 which is a bit slow compared to new models but I'm torn between a Tomtom 550 and a Zumo XT. The XT is more expensive but is it worth the money? Even if its got the better name

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[Boris]

A modern Sat Nav is something I’m going to need for my, solo, big Scandinavian and Baltic States trip, in 2022. I don’t usually lead when on tour, one mate has a current Garmin and one has a current TomTom, and at times they disagree over routes and directions. The mate with the Garmin, previously had a TomTom and I reckon he routed better with that. The journey was certainly more fluid, less stopping to re-check.

I’m currently favouring the TomTom.

 

[Madhatter]

my phone has gps maps also , but on the bike on a trip I like the tom-tom ,easier to see and it is motorcycle specific as to routes etc.

 

[yoyo]

I did think about a Quadlock mount and using my phone but I've seen horror stories about broken cameras etc.

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[Mak10]

I have a Garmin 396 hardwired with the key. It works well, except it’s glitchy charging. I use the speed limit shown on the display all the time.