It's easy to get lost where I live. I moved to Columbus, Ohio during the beginning of the year, and I was surprised by just how many roads there are. My boyfriend had lost his Magellan RoadMate, and it won't be long now until I get my car up here, so I decided to buy a GPS unit for the both of us. I ended up buying the TomTom One 130 because it was the cheapest unit they had at the Wal-Mart we stopped at and we didn't know where any other stores where because we didn't have a GPS... This is the first car GPS device that I've bought, but I've had experience with other units including a Garmin Nuvi and a Magellan RoadMate.

Out of all three units, I liked the Magellan RoadMate's navigation menu the most. The sound effect that plays when you select something on the screen actually makes it feel like you are pressing a button. However, it gets confused by road construction. Imagine the horror of trying to get out of a large city while your GPS tells you to turn around and go through a blocked off road over and over again.

As many great things that I hear about Garmin, I frankly think that it's average at best. It does get you where you are going most of the time, but that's about all I can say for it. It's pretty accurate but it's pretty boring otherwise. I'd recommend it if you want a bare-bones solution that works.

The TomTom One 130 outclasses both of the other units I've used. The menu isn't as great as the Magellan's, but it works pretty well once you get used to it. The refresh rate on the map is much faster than the other two units I've tried as well. There's no hiccups at all once the destination is loaded. When we where first testing it out, there was a few banks that it took us to that had closed down, but I blame that on the economy more than on the GPS. One neat feature that I love is that it automatically grabs the speed limit for the road that you are on and will show red once you go too far over that limit. That's great for people like me who miss signs. This GPS also has something called Map Share technology where you can correct your own GPS and have others approved corrections downloaded to it as well. The giant speaker on the back makes the navigation instructions super easy to hear. I also like the "EasyPort" window mount. It's the most non-intrusive mount I've fumbled with and it sticks on the windshield as tight as a bolt. The only bad thing about this unit that I've noticed is that it doesn't navigate us directly to our apartment, but it's a familiar area and it at least takes us to the complex.

I would recommend TomTom over any other car GPS manufacturer just because you get the most bang for your buck.