Best cheap Tomtom for Europe?

[derbyrama]

Apologies if this is in the wrong place but, I'm basically after a cheap tomtom with good european coverage and after doing some research am really struggling.

I almost bought an XL2IQ in halfords, but after reading up on it was worried about the whole 2 Gig, no SD card issue.

I can get either a used GO 750 Live or a refurbished ONE XL for a very reaonable price, both of which I beleive take SD cards (although the ONE XL takes 2 Gigs max). If I got a ONE XL could I have different maps on different SD cards or does it not work like that?

Any advice appreciated.

Thanks

 

[Andy_P]

You're right that tthe 'XL' can only take standard SD cards, not the higher-capacity SDHC ones, but there WERE a couple of 4GB standard SD cards made.
I don't know if they are still available, but look for the Transcend and TopRam brands.

You can certainly have different maps on separate cards on the Go950 and other recent models. I think that's the case for the XL too, but I'm not 100% on that..

But if you can get a refurb. G0750 for a similar price, I would say that is a much better buy. (Better mount for a start!)

 

[mikealder]

With the original One XL you would need a copy of the navcore and all other supporting folders in addition to the map folder, the One XL cannot share internal memory and SD card.

The Go devices 750/ 950 etc can indeed use their built in storage AND Micro-SD card, they support cards up to and including 32GB in capacity, get a good class 6 or higher speed.

I would go for a new Go-750 from Amazon (or similar) as you will get the latest map guarantee which you don't get with a refurb from TomTom. Couple this with a 4GB MicroSD card to overcome the memory vs map size issue and it will do all you require, circa ?168 for the Go-750 Live at the moment - Mike

 

[5tevie]

I just bought a Tom Tom Go 630 T for ?62 + ?4 postage on eBay.co.uk
It came with in-car charger and screen mount.
It arrived yesterday morning (Thursday) and works perfectly.
It was eBay auction # 280680213511

I thought that price was very reasonable but I bet the seller isn't quite as happy as me.
Cheers,
Steve