Once bitten, twice shy.......
 

In other words: Tom Tom never again.

After the debarcle with the original Tom Tom Rider (cr*p design and the couldn't care less customer services), I won't buy another Tom Tom product out of principle.

My Garmin Zumo 550 served me well for a couple of years of every day use until I wore the touch screen out. Until I get a replacement screen off ebay, I'm making do using my smartphone with Google Maps (pre-cache map areas of where you intend to go incase of no 3G signal when you get there) and Co-Pilot.

Im a Garmin 550 man, old mans a Garmin 660 man.

But i remeber reading around when i was buying my Garmin that the 440/500 version is very similar to the 550 just older version and cheaper but just maybe not as flash/up to date/quick etc etc

but i was able to get a second hand 550 off another forum member on here fore i think �400 about 4 years ago now. Still working strong, dropped the main GPS a few times from about 1.5m (aka bike height), been through enough rain to claim at being the most waterproof product in the world, never up dated the maps since the orginal owner bought it and still does me fine. I now am working i use it most in the work van with the supplied car cradle, works great, sound from speaker can be super load if required.

Only problems ive had is the orginal cradle for the bike was 10 years old and in my 4 years use was on the bike which was used all year round and abused quiet alot and one of the pins failed so had to buy a new cradle at around �50. When i use it in the work van i can do alot of start stop driving (on off engine stuff) and can confuse the sat nav and it will not switch on as it thinks its not getting power (solution keep a small allen key and remove battery and replace, works fine after that)

Love Garmin... excellent company...., their customer service is incredible and tech help is second to none. they also do a lifetime map update pack so long as you keep your curent zumo for only �74.99 had my zumo 660 for some time now and it great on the bike as well as in the car.... if you have a mac then then great coz garmin fully support it ... lots of free goodies like crazy vehicles to download to...hope this helps...:grommit: