I've owned several GPS units now, including one of the earliest TomTom units, the Magella Maestro 1470, and the Garmin C340. The Nuvi 855 is by far the best I've owned.
Pros:
1. Voice navigation. The voice navigation is simply amazing. It has no trouble understanding my commands, and makes using the GPS so much easier, especially on busy freeways.
2. Lane assist. This was probably as important to me as voice navigation when I decided to buy this unit, and it's another big plus.
3. Fast and accurate routing. It's especially quick at rerouting.
Cons:
1. As many other people have said, the volume is too low. Even after reading those reviews, I was surprised at just how low it was. I got around that by running a cable from the GPS into my minivan's audio plug. And with a splitter, I'm able to run both my iPod and GPS into the audio plug, although the Ipod's sound quality suffers somewhat when the GPS is also plugged in. But it's worth it to have the GPS provide commands through the automobile's speakers. The built-in FM transmitter provided very poor sound quality.
I don't have a cable to get FM traffic yet, but I plan to get one. But so far, this unit has worked very well. It did lock up on me once, but I have since updated the firmware (as well as the map, which was free).
The Magellan 1470, by the way, had a beautiful screen but was horrible at routing. The most recent TomTom I tried had serious keyboard problems; I would press the letter "A" and would get "AAAAAAAAA" on the screen - not helpful when you're on a busy freeway.
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