Have owned this model for about a month now. Started with a Refurb, then eventually returned it and got a new one. The problem with the Refurb is, it comes with maps that are a year old, and refurbs don’t include the New Map guarantee. Ordinarily, this wouldn’t be a problem, BUT. There is a HUGE difference with what is on the refurbs and what is on a new updated one. One of the selling points of the Go 630 is Advanced lane guidance. A feature that more clearly shows you what lane you should be in. I found, through experience that the older maps have only a SMALL fraction of roads that support this, while the update adds MANY MANY more. With the old maps, it only came up ONCE in my travels, now it comes up in many more. This GREATLY enhances the usefulness of the device.

Other considerations: If you are buying this unit for the Bluetooth, look elsewhere. It is simply NOT reliable, and TomTom CS is useless. When it DOES connect to my phone, it repeated and randomly announces it is connected throughout your drive, and then, also randomly, it just sometimes decides that it is not going to connect. You get in your car, ready to drive, and boom, it just does not connect. Doesn’t even try. Just says “can not connect to your phone” A call to CS, and they tell you that your phone isn’t on their list, which is Baloney. That only means they haven’t taken the time to test it. They have only a small handfull of tested phones. This allows them to get away with saying it’s YOUR fault. I have found that I can restore BT functionality by re-syncing it to the Home software, but of course, this doesn’t help you when you are sitting in your car ready to go somewhere and it decided not to work, or if you are away from home. Just pathetic. Bluetooth is pretty standard, there is NO excuse for it to be this flakey, and it’s not on my Garmin.

The on-screen buttons on this unit are ridiculously small. In fact, dangerously so. Try and hit the correct one while driving and forget it. What’s amazing is, this screen is bigger than my Garmin, yet the Garmin has easier to use buttons. TTS? hahahahaha. It is ATROCIOUS. Most streets are pronounced wrong, not even CLOSE. I will say the “IQ” routing is somewhat good. It has found some interesting routes I wouldn’t have thought of that have been efficient. But, as with all GPS’s, this is not consistant. Some routing is not so good. I have also found that sometimes when it gets a particular route in it’s mind, it locks onto it, even when you have gone a completely different way. It keeps trying to take you back to its original intention, which can include and even LONGER route. You should also note that the display washes out in daylight, and this is made worse if you use the dash mount. The mounting arm is FAR to short to make sense, and it makes the unit angle upwards, into the light. I find it hard to beleive that this flaw wasn’t obvious to the designers. A longer arm is all it would take. Duh! As for the resto of the display. Colors seem to change randomly, most of the info is in letters and numbers that are difficult to see without a magnifying glass, and the mapping is a bit cartoonish. Also missing is a warning tone before turns.

In summary, there are some nice features this unit has that other brands don’t, like the Map Share and IQ routes, but also a lot of flaws. If you buy it, go for a new one, not a refurb, and if BT isn’t a major need, go for the cheaper 340
Rating: 2 / 5

Had tow Tom Toms in the past, this is the best of the bunch. What I like is this model states the name of the road that you are going to turn onto. Also the icons show what lanes you need to be in on a freeway. A lot more user friendly then my prior units. The bad side is battery life is only about one hour when not plugged into external power. Your POI’s must be loaded on a Windows PC & not a Macintosh. With a Mac you will get a “ghost” POI for some unexplained reason.

There are many more pro reason to own it than con. In fact I purchased a few as Christmas gifts this year.
Rating: 4 / 5

I read several reviews on buying refurbished TomTom’s. Some said you get a coupon included for a free update and others said that they just called TomTom and they reluctantly allowed them to get the most current map update. I bought a refurbished one as a gift for my sister because I loved my TomTom GPS.

Beware! The refurb unit did not come with a coupon code and when I called TomTom they absolutely would not give me an update. I even talked to the main supervisor and even when I explained that I loved my TomTom and recommended their GPS unit to everyone, he would not budge. I even sent him a webpage from “[...]” which said that every refurbished unit comes with a coupon code for a free update. He said that website is not affiliated with TomTom and they are not responsible for their misinformation. He said he could not make an exception, even as a matter of good customer relations.

Bottom line is that TomTom offers a very good GPS product that I would still recommend to anyone. Just beware of buying a refurb. The unit worked and looked new but if having the most current map update is important, be prepared to spend the $80 or so to get it. Also, hopefully you will not need to count on TomTom to do the right thing if you need customer service.
Rating: 3 / 5