Newbie with questions

[mailmam71]

We live in Iowa and bought a Tomtom One about 5 years ago and have never updated it. We don't travel much but it has been very helpful when we did need it. But I tried to put in an address in Rochester, MN and it wouldn't recognize it, this is a house that has been there for over 10 years. I went to the Tomtom site and got a free update, tried to put in the address and it still didn't recognize it. So I'm thinking I need new maps?? What will it cost and is it worth it? I see that these devices have come down drastically since we bought ours. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Julie

 

[dhn]

Welcome to TTF.

You are most certainly correct in observing the drop in price of newer models.

If indeed you plan to use a gps more frequently than you have in the past, then you probably should consider a newer unit that comes with up to date maps.

For example, a 340M model with lifetime map upgrades and text to speech functionality is listed for $160 on the US tomtom web site. I suspect you can get it for less at authorized resellers of TomTom products.

Here's a link if you are interested.