I've the 910 which has Europe and the States on it. It saves me loads of time every week getting to sites.
I have no sense of direction and often forget where I parked the bloody car
Having gotten lost trying to get to site this morning i've decided that i can't trust my mk1 sense of direction, google maps and luck.
So whats the best sat nav.
Probably looking around 100 quid. Would like something that i can load speed camera database onto, that works, does full post code look up and if it
did the traffic re-routing that would be nice.
Preferably without having to spend lots of yearly updates.
TOM TOMS always fair well
I love my TomTom. Ive got the one version which i think is the cheapest. Doesnt do Europe but UK is great. Mine is 3 years old some some maps are a
bit out of date, hopefully new software isnt. Its very easy to use, does post codes and town centres as well as others that i never use.
Ive heard of other people getting cheaper sat nav units and loading them with tomtom software but dont know how to do that (Coozer is one person that
springs to mind).
I think some phones do it now as well.
my vote go to garmin NUVI 250w(i think) ive got the widescreen version with the whole of europe on it, best money ever spent
Pick me
[Edited on 21/10/08 by tomgregory2000]
I was after the same so bought a Garmin Streetpilot C 510t for £99. It works really well, has camera database, diversion etc. Its a bit bulky but the
upside is it is robust and the battery lasts ages on a full charge so I don't have to plug it in much in the car.
They are now about £70.
It also came with Europe maps.
Stu
[Edited on 21/10/08 by whitestu]
There's a new Tom Tom for £129 in Halfords at the moment with all the latest maps. Just looking for one myself for the wife.
I've the 910 which has Europe and the States on it. It saves me loads of time every week getting to sites.
I have no sense of direction and often forget where I parked the bloody car
Running Tom tom om my PDA.
and it has paid for itself in saved time and as for avoiding points on drivign licence !!!! PS dont by the camera updates from Tom Tom by them from
GPS world.
regards
[Edited on 21/10/08 by Agriv8]
I had a cheapo halfords own, and it was ace. I slammed it in the car door one day and had to replace it.
I bought a NUVI for best part of £180. Its rubbish in comparison. It doesn't announce the name of the A road or motorway, which is a real pain if
there are loads of exits from a roundabout. It only says the exit number off the roundabout, this is a problem if they have done a change and the
number of exits have changed.
If you miss your turn it often sends you down crazy little back roads, in the past I have ended up down little lanes with grass down the middle.
Apart from that its fine - good speed camera warning, as it only BONGS if you are near the speed limit, if your under it shuts up - much better than
sitting in a traffic jam with an air raid siren going off on your dash because of a 60mph speed camera 2 miles ahead.
My vote is for Navigo. Its a cheap sat nav that runs Win CE.NET 5.0 Operating System and can be unlocked and used like a PDA.
However mine is locked back up into sat nav mode as I didn't like the pda thing and only wanted sat nav anyway.
The navigation software is on an SD card so the pda version of Tom Tom 6 is on mine now and its very good imo.
Full 7 digit postcode, shortest or quickest distance etc, then there's photos, video capabilty as well.
I paid £50 for mine but its a little dearer now. Battery life is poor and the only annoying thing I've found is it looses thetime and date if you
shut it down or the battery goes flatter than a flat thing.
Navigo
Steve
Definitely a Tom Tom, the one models aren't expensive and will do the job!
[Edited on 21/10/08 by rost]
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
My vote is for Navigo. Its a cheap sat nav that runs Win CE.NET 5.0 Operating System and can be unlocked and used like a PDA.
However mine is locked back up into sat nav mode as I didn't like the pda thing and only wanted sat nav anyway.
The navigation software is on an SD card so the pda version of Tom Tom 6 is on mine now and its very good imo.
Full 7 digit postcode, shortest or quickest distance etc, then there's photos, video capabilty as well.
I paid £50 for mine but its a little dearer now. Battery life is poor and the only annoying thing I've found is it looses thetime and date if you shut it down or the battery goes flatter than a flat thing.
Navigo
Steve
quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
I have one of these Navigo's, I have TomTom and MioMap installed, both are good.
Coozer, the time and date does reset. It will automatically set itself when it get a GPS signal.
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Am I missing something? If I turn it off at the side it looses the date and time. When i use the standby button it keeps them but looses them agian when the battery goes flat.
Probably a bit above your budget but I have a Garmin Nuvi 310D. It has an amazing amount of features. Dont think you can go wrong with any Garmin.
quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
Having gotten lost trying to get to site this morning i've decided that i can't trust my mk1 sense of direction, google maps and luck.
My vote is for the standard Sat Nav fitted in my mates Audi A8
However as it isn't within your budget Tom Tom works ok for me.
Cheers
Mark
We we have have a a tom tom
So what is wrong with a map book then....
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
quote:
Originally posted by RoadkillUK
I have one of these Navigo's, I have TomTom and MioMap installed, both are good.
Coozer, the time and date does reset. It will automatically set itself when it get a GPS signal.
Am I missing something? If I turn it off at the side it looses the date and time. When i use the standby button it keeps them but looses them agian when the battery goes flat.
If i go into the sattelite screen I can see European time but it doesn't update the main screen. Is there a setting anywhere to enable it?
I'm going to have a go upgrading to V7 with the latest map as mine is V6.
big vote for garmin here. got the 300T (with free traffic updates via RDS)
was less that £100 in tesco a few months back, but was on offer, but was a few months back, so price shold be down a bit by now, and chrsitmas coming
up, so maybe on sale again?
[Edited on 21/10/08 by blakep82]
quote:
Originally posted by Triton
So what is wrong with a map book then....
quote:
Originally posted by TOO BADD
quote:
Originally posted by Triton
So what is wrong with a map book then....
Bit of a job finding an address in the dark and the rain with traffic up yer arse. Thats whats wrong with a book.
well normally i hate sat nav, I've always been able to find my way, its just today i tried to turn right at a roundabout coming off the motorway
to find out that it wasn't a roundabout and i was stuck on the motorway again.
I then managed to find my way from 1 junction down to site with no maps (so i guess i don't need an upgrade to mk1.01 sense of direction, just a
reboot).
TomTom One V3 - UK and Europe for £100 - Ebuyer. But I see there is a V4 out now.
So those that swear by sat nav never went anywhere before it was invented then....
Garmin nuvi. found it better than my old tom tom.
Dave
You are all being tracked by aliens and big brother....
quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
I then managed to find my way from 1 junction down to site with no maps (so i guess i don't need an upgrade to mk1.01 sense of direction, just a reboot).
