Sat Nav
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Topic: Sat Nav
Posted By: winging it
Subject: Sat Nav
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 10:44am
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Chaps, can you recommend a decent sat nav for around £100? I am needing one for her indoors as she goes all over the place for her job. It has to be small windscreen friendly - we're talking MR2 size here. I am working on the theory that personal recommendation is better than advertising hype, and for some strange reason I figured you guys would know about such things. ------------- the same, but different... |
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Posted By: Hengest
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 10:53am
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Go for a tomtom, I've had one for about 4 years with no problem, Just bought my wife a tomtom one for circa £100, but since buying it have seen some widescreen ones on offer around the same price. She "manages" to use it, which means it will be simple for most everyone else. hth |
Posted By: n12fun
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 11:40am
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go with tom tom, dont go for a tom tom one xl its awful but the standard tom tom one, the new model with iq routes is fantastic i have used garmin before and proved a bit more trickey to operate and didnt always provide great routes |
Posted By: laser4000
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 12:05pm
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Posted By: womble12345
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 12:10pm
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I reckon TomTom is the Nokia of the sat nav world, ie easy to use. I have a garmin nuvi though as I could get a europe wide one for the same price as a uk only tom tom. The Garmin is easy to use as well but not quite as easy as the tomtom. |
Posted By: foaminatthedeck
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 2:04pm
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I was given a Garmin Nuvi about two years ago and so far havn't had any propblems. Its intuative to use (I have never had to use the instructions). I much perfered it to the Tom Tom I browed. Mark ------------- Lark 2170 |
Posted By: AlexM
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 2:08pm
I got tom tom classic 1 xl 4.3 inch screen. Excellent to use and very clear. Deffo get the bigger screen ones(4.3 not the 3.8 i think those are the measurements) , i think it makes a lot of difference.  ------------- |
Posted By: jeffers
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 2:14pm
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I borrowed my dads Garmin Nuvi a while back and was pretty impressed with it. Never used a Tom Tom but as you can see those who do highly recommend them. The only thing I will re-inforce is get a wide screen model (the 4.3) as the other screens are just too small and are useless! ------------- Paul ---------------------- D-Zero GBR 74 |
Posted By: Merlinboy
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 4:43pm
| My old cheap Navman satnav is fantastic, i have owned it for 3 years now and use it everyday. its super easy to use, small and with the upgrade its a blue tooth hands free for the blackberry (work won't supply us with hands free) |
Posted By: Steve411
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 4:57pm
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I have used both Garmin and TomTom. I think the latter is easier to use and I've used it all over Europe with no problems (hasn't taken me down any dead-ends etc.). ------------- Steve B RS300 411 https://www.facebook.com/groups/55859303803" rel="nofollow - RS300 page |
Posted By: zzzz
Date Posted: 09 Dec 09 at 6:14pm
| I can recomend a TomTom One its easy to use, gets you to the destination and does the job. As with any sat nav you still need to use your common sense when driving, its not a magic gadget that means you can't go wrong or get lost... |
Posted By: Contender 541
Date Posted: 10 Dec 09 at 8:16am
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I travel a lot in my job (Spian, Portugal, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands so far this year) and have looked at buying a prat nav, but I have always just hired one with the car - so I can honestly say I have used a good number of those on the market. They are all similar in constructon and method of use (I agree with James that finding how to change language can be fun). My recommendation would be to have a play with a number of them and then just buy what 'feels' right. ------------- When you find a big kettle of crazy it's probably best not to stir it - Pointy Haired Boss Crew on 505 8780 |
Posted By: ifoxwell
Date Posted: 10 Dec 09 at 8:21am
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Ive had both Garmin and TomTom over the years and my own
observations are that... The Garmin is better if your planning a holiday. Easier to plan routes and save them via the PC but for daily, getting from A to B stuff the TomTom is quicker and easier to work with. Horses for courses I guess... but I have a TomTom again at the moment! Ian |
Posted By: winging it
Date Posted: 10 Dec 09 at 10:13am
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James, she loves her car more than I love my boats....the drama of the weekend was her completing a full 360 spin on a wet A1 sliproad - much more concerned about the car than she was for herself (fortunately both relatively unscathed) so a new car just isn't going to happen any time soon.... The sat nav is mostly to get her to meetings in the UK, but I'm guessing it would find its way into the super Sub for the occasional boat trip to Europe. Since she's also an ergonomist and therefore puts the needs of the end user first, I'm guessing a trip to Hellfords is on the cards, though I'm definitely mindful of the strength of feeling in favour of Tom Tom. Thanks guys  ------------- the same, but different... |
Posted By: tmoore
Date Posted: 10 Dec 09 at 11:06am
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i really didn't like the tomtom i borrowed. I have a garmin nuvi and its simple to use (even my mum finds it ok!!!!!). Always gets you there and the times are usually slightly overestimated so you always get there on time even with traffic. They are also very cheap, i saw one new for £60 the other day. ------------- Landlocked in Africa RS300 - 410 Firefly F517 - Nutshell Micro Magic RC yacht - Eclipse |
Posted By: chrisg
Date Posted: 10 Dec 09 at 12:09pm
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I downloaded Nav n Go iGO8 for my mobile which works very well. Have used various different makes of sat nav unit and tom tom is easily the best. Much better than the built in Alfa sat nav that wont allow you to enter postcodes! ------------- |
Posted By: kevg
Date Posted: 10 Dec 09 at 2:30pm
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Just bought a Tom Tom from Comet and got 5% off using the code MVC5. This code gives 5% of everything. Kevin |
Posted By: Xpletive
Date Posted: 13 Dec 09 at 2:35pm
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This one's good for shortcuts........
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Posted By: Xpletive
Date Posted: 13 Dec 09 at 2:38pm
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....or, depending how brave you are, you could get her this one:-
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