I've recently found myself preferring the Lonely Planet guides over my old favourites, the Rough Guides. Does this mean I'm getting old or something?
Maybe the Lonely Planet maps are better, or they're just more readable, or perhaps because the Lonely Planet web site is better (with on-line updates to the print books).
In town the Lonely Planet wasn't great, but it was invaluable outside of San Francisco itself for exploring and finding places to stay.
The related eKno service for picking up voice mail and calling home worked perfectly. I'll use that again.
My rating: Good