Garmin Nuvi 265T v TomTom GO 730

[crash013]

I see both of them for the same price at Bestbuy.ca but I'm a total newb when it comes to GPS devices (this would be my first one). What would you recommend is better?

I think the Garmin has traffic which is something I'd like, not sure if the TomTom does. Is the traffic information updated constantly or can it be out of date by hours or days?

[l69norm]

Garmin free traffic (Navteq) is mostly for the US and isn't very good for CAN right now. Only GTA coverage for incidents and DVP for traffic flow, but hopefully it will improve in the future. You have to buy extra coverage (TTN Clear channel) for GTA, Ottawa, Vancouver or Montreal (400 series hiways, Gardiner, Lakeshore, DVP).

BTW, TTN is still not the greatest. The alternative is Microsoft MSN coverage, which is actually much better now.

[maniacshopper]

I've used the 265wt before getting a mio c520.
The traffic is by radio frequency. On the 265wt, you have to click on a button to see the traffic report. One programming fault is that if the destination involves a road that is affected by traffic, garmin will not reroute you to take side streets. You need local knowledge to do that. Not necessarily garmins fault.

No gps is perfect. I've not experienced TT go 730 yet.
Garmin 265wt is a fine gps, just was too expensive, which is why I returned it and go a mio c520 which was almost half the price, and hacked with iGo.