Tomtom GO 6250 or Tomtom GO Expert ?

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But does that apply to the newer Truck Expert NAV5 model as on balance I'd prefer that over the older and less powerful 6250 or 620 models. It usually makes sense to get the latest technology unless there's a good reason not to.

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Well I bought the Truck Expert 6 device and it works well but whilst MyDrive connect recognizes it when I connect it via USB to my PC it's not possible to transfer any files. However, using the MyDrive web interface you can create individual POIs (favourites) which sync to the device automatically and import GPX route files or create routes and sync those to the device, you can import POI (ov2) files but they will not sync to the device.

I've raised a query with Tomtom support and the response has been that my query has been forwarded to the technical team.

I believe that the newer NAV5 Discover and Navigation models have the same restriction.

If I patch the device will I be able to copy POI (ov2) files onto it ?

I did read the posts, my Tomtom Rider 410 is a NAV4 device and I can transfer POI (ov2) files to it via MyDrive Web and Route (itn) files via an Explorer window and it's not patched.

I had read that Routes can be created within MyDrive Web and sync'd to the GO Expert and I've found that Route (gpx) files can also be imported into MyDrive Web and sync'd to the GO Expert. I thought that the same would apply to POI (ov2) files but it does not. It is possible to sync individual POIs to the GO Expert but I have lots of them so it would be tedious and I'd end up with a very long list in My Places. It would obviously be easier if I could sync POI files as well as individual POIs. Maybe they will add the feature with a future GO Expert software update. I'm waiting for a reply from Tomtom support. For me this is the only disadvantage at the moment.

@Orni, I well understand Tomtom's history relating to their devices having had several over the years. Transferring a POI file containing a particular group of locations to a device is not an unreasonable thing to want to do and in no way would require Tomtom to compromise the security integrity of the device. I can already sync both individual POIs and Route (gpx) files via MyDrive Web to the GO Truck Expert so why not POI (ov2) files. We tour Europe, mainly France, most years in our caravan, my car plus twin axle caravan is almost 13 metres long and over the years I've had some scary moments which I've more recently been able to avoid with the truck version on my trusty GO 920T but by today's standards it runs a bit slow and I just felt it was time to upgrade. When I arrange a tour I put all the waypoints for all the sites , stopovers, fuel stops etc. into one POI file for convenience. I plan the tours meticulously and use Google Earth to get the exact GPS locations of all the entrances as I've found that the built-in POIs in SatNavs are not always accurate. I once had to reverse my rig 400 metres down a narrow lane because of an inaccurate POI for a location. So although the Truck Expert supposedly has a massive POI database built in I doubt if I can rely totally on their accuracy in every case and I think Tomtom should recognize the need of some users to want to sync personal POI files. As I said, I've raised a query with Tomtom support about this and I'll report back on their response.