fuck tom tom... garmin is WAY better... and yes, i've owned both. tom tom took me to more non existant locations than i ever care to go to. got a garmin and that problem went away. i got my garmin a couple years ago and it came with 6 months free traffic updates (before it was included) and it saved my ass from being late to work a couple times (i work all over atlanta). my vote is garmin and YES the traffic updates are worth it.