I'm ready to purchase a GPS. After discussing it on this forum and TomTom's official forum (at least, the discussion forum), I thought I had settled on an XXL540. Then for some reason, while looking on Amazon I became enamoured of the Garmin 2555LMT and the Via 1535TM.
I have done research on both, but I find the Garmin information and reviews tainted by extreme fanboy-ism such that the unit is stellar simply because it's Garmin. At the same time, the reviews for the 1535TM make all sorts of references to faulty displays, units going dead suddenly and trouble with the PC interface software.
My question: While trying to be unemotional as possible, how do Garmin units in general compare to TT- especially when compared to TT's IQ Routes, which I love? I know TomTom from using my sister's XL One. Are the bugs with the Via pretty much straightened out? For those who own the unit, are you pleased with its performance?
Any help you can offer would be most appreciated.
Regards, Kyuzo.
I have done research on both, but I find the Garmin information and reviews tainted by extreme fanboy-ism such that the unit is stellar simply because it's Garmin. At the same time, the reviews for the 1535TM make all sorts of references to faulty displays, units going dead suddenly and trouble with the PC interface software.
My question: While trying to be unemotional as possible, how do Garmin units in general compare to TT- especially when compared to TT's IQ Routes, which I love? I know TomTom from using my sister's XL One. Are the bugs with the Via pretty much straightened out? For those who own the unit, are you pleased with its performance?
Any help you can offer would be most appreciated.
Regards, Kyuzo.