The mode where it switches from daytime screen to night screen is very nice to avoid having a very bright daytime look to a black background that is not distracting. The screen is very clear and the touch screen is easy to work with. This is my first gps, so I took people's advice on the wide screen, but I'm not sure if it really matters that much. It was important to get the Canadian maps and a little bit to have the wide screen. I shopped and researched several weeks before picking this model. I guess I've been very pleased with the use of the gps. With GPS units, one has to buy to learn if the unit is worthwhile, as there's no way to test one for a week or two. It does not have a feature that allows one to choose 'major roads only', as a way to avoid narrow streets, where a single vehicle can trap all behind it. It does not store conveniently frequently used destinations. In short, this unit is better than nothing, but is not user-friendly. The word 'point' is very softly voiced, so it is not clear whether one is to turn in two-tenths of a mile or in two miles. The instruction, 'Turn Left in point two miles' needs to be changed, so that it is 'Turn Left in zero point two miles'. 2 miles and keep left.' Otherwise, the instruction needs to give the distance to the second left turn. If the purpose of the second instruction is to get the driver to stay on the left, after making the left turn, that's what the instruction should say: 'Turn Left in. 2 miles then turn left.' The problem: there's no indication how far after the first left turn, the second left turn is to be made.

An instruction, will be given: 'Turn Left in. This unit does do something that TomTom does, that seems wrong.

Unlike the Tom-Tom, this unit does not give misleading indications are to the next steps, i.e., showing a distance to a point, whereat one would think a turn would be needed, but at which no turn is needed. Perhaps it is the case with all GPS units, that when streets are close together, the unit refreshes too slowly for driver to turn, where s/he is supposed to turn. I was told to look through their FAQs, hundreds of them. But the extra-terrestrials in charge at Tom-Tom did not have on their home page, a place marked 'Fix Map Errors'. There is not - and never has been - any such connection. The TomTom unit - when new - showed my street connecting to another. This unit is no better than the TomTom, that it replaced.

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