Sat Nav?

[grantfk10]

Can anyone recommend a decent Sat Nav system I can use in the car?
I'm looking for something relatively cheap, for use in the U.K. only, and easily transferrable between cars.

[Steviec]

As much as I dont like to say it, tomtom is probably the best bet.

With the old tomtom one, I went through several of them, do to dodgy software and dodgy batteries but now that they have made several newer versions, I think this is not sorted.

The new unit with map sharing sounds quite good.

[grantfk10]

Is the software available to download?

[DaveD]

not had any trouble with my garmin

[m-dtech]

i got a blackberry 8300 curve on vodaphone and the sat nav came free (part of the phone)

you can get them on the nokia phones too.

both are tomtom software i believe.

[tomtomiS]

ive had two garmin units and have been happy with my purchase. first had a streetpilot i3 but i upgraded to a nuvi 310 as its got a bigger screen and can play mp3s. i need to update the mapping software on it now but i dont seem to use it much now im not a delivery driver.

[Moz]

Garmin Nuvi 610t has been fine for me.

Moz

[StuBeeDoo]

Wor Lass bought a Navman F20.
It lasted less than 2 weeks.
Came up with error message "Return to your dealer". So she did, and got her money back. Never bothered getting another - being wrinklies, we find old technology's still the best. She reads the maps, I drive. Sorted.

[StuBeeDoo]

Came up with error message "Return to your dealer".

But she couldn't find the place because the bloody Navman wasn't working! :lol:

[A1BMW325iSport]

tomtom one, bought it about 6weeks ago, definately recommend

[1an]

get he most basic sat nav and give steve-e30 a pm.

[grantfk10]

get he most basic sat nav and give steve-e30 a pm.

Sounds like a plan - does he know about sat navs?

[tbmw]

can highly recommend the viamichelin x-950

only really use it at work but it hasnt let me down yet

[1an]

get he most basic sat nav and give steve-e30 a pm.

Sounds like a plan - does he know about sat navs?

give him a pm, cant disclose sorry

[Steve-E30]

Pm recieved and replied , Cheers ian

[1an]

Pm recieved and replied , Cheers ian

not a problem, one day ill give you a shout about it aswell but not at the mo.

[FlappySocks]

tomtom one, bought it about 6weeks ago, definately recommend

Me too. TomTom One. Cheap, very easy to use. Just works

[delboye30]

I've had nothing but problems since I bought my TOMTOM one last year. I've sent it back for repair 5 times!!!

[grantfk10]

I've had nothing but problems since I bought my TOMTOM one last year. I've sent it back for repair 5 times!!!

FIVE times?? sounds bad. Most folk have said the TomTom is one of the best units available? What has gone wrong with yours?

[delboye30]

To tell you the truth fella, i'm putting it down to bad luck. Everytime they fix it and send it bk to me, it works for a day or so but then switches off. They recommend resetting it, which I've done but it still doesn't switch on. Their customer service is shite. One time when I sent it bk to them(due to it being faulty) I left the memory card inside the unit, when they sent it bk to me there was no memory card, and they told me I had to buy a new 1 from them.

[grantfk10]

Just found a TomTom One (GB) for £135 - worth getting it then?

[FlappySocks]

Just found a TomTom One (GB) for £135 - worth getting it then?

Yes, I dont think you will be disappointed. Does speed cameras too.

[Steve-E30]

Halfords online with discount
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... 0&p2=31284
They didnt come with cameras on , Thats additional software

[Morat]

I got a TomTom one XL from Amazon (cheapest I could find back in July). Its been absolutely perfect. I bought it for the GF because she gets carsick if she looks at maps on the move, so I was ending up driving the first half of a long trip and navigating the rest!
Anyway, its fast, easy to use and the widescreen might not seem that much bigger from the specs but it really works in the flesh. Get the best hardware you can then upgrade the software later on. I got free speedcameras with mine and that has already paid for the whole unit. Then I got the traffic updates thing and that is seriously impressive. All you need is a bluetooth phone and it reroutes you round the jams

[Steve-E30]

Why spend extra money on a high spec one when the cheapest one can be updated to a high spec one cheap
Mine goes everywhere with me as i travel quite a bit , Saved my arse quite a few times

[m-dtech]

hmm interested in this updating of sat navs... where can i find out more ??

m

[Steve-E30]

Pm sent

[tailoutcharlie]

see man above

cant praise TomTom enough, have been using mine for about 8hrs a day for the last ten month as a courier, i just keep it on all day on the 2d view and its liekhaving a map open at the right spot at all time.

so taking weekends into account thats almost 1800hrs use and it hasn't gone wrong once yet

think i'll be burried before this bloody thing.


ps steve, got that update of UK map yet

[Steve-E30]

Pm sent

[grantfk10]

OK, got fed up waiting for a "bargain" on Egay so went out and bought a TOMTOM One from Comet at a not too bad price. Seems to work alright - anyone got any tips / advice on getting the best from it?

[tailoutcharlie]

turn the sounds off straight away and use the top down view. works more like a map that way and i personally find it much easier to orientate myself.

oh yeah dont follow it blindly, common sense is a useful backup, tried to send me off a bloody cliff, i sh*t you not

[Steve-E30]

tried to send me off a bloody cliff, i sh*t you not

Did you have it upside down

Problem with ebay people dont reseach what the store prices are and with the postage they make to much .

[Morat]

3D view and Sounds on for me Each to their own I guess.
Its fun to follow it on some known journeys and see what it comes up with. Also overshoot a few turnings and let it work out a new route. They are very rarely wrong. Then get the speed camera and traffic update modules - they're really good.

[tailoutcharlie]

dont get me wrong its almost always right and has helped bail me out far more times than it its cocked up, but down in the deepest darkest roads of cornwall it can get a little confused.

the sounds just irritate ,e but like you said, each to their own

[StuBeeDoo]

the sounds just irritate ,e but like you said, each to their own

"Perform a u-turn where possible..... Perform a u-turn where possible....."