what satnav do you use?

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

hi,

satnav seems to be the lastest must have and now prices are tumbling, there seems to be an almost never ending choice.

all in one solutions, pdas, external gps receivers for laptops and even some mobile phones!

so whats your choice?

thanks in advance

rbrt

[fingers]

i use garmin quest it good

tomtom500, cost a fortune, but in my opinion the best - until a friend showed me his tomtom 1, up dated, smaller, cheaper and comes complete with speed cameras and silly voices as standard. Maps still up to 2 years out of date. Gets you there in the end though.

[Tony]

hi all
wife
completly lost!
Tony :)

[mav]

Good truckers dont need maps, as we get around the country alot.

Mav2.

[WilfHook]

Just getting used to the one fitted in my Pathfinder. It's a little different from the Tomtom & Navman I use on my Ipaq. I do like the ability to give it voice instructions but missing my speed camera warnings.

[jims-terrano]

I got TomTom One mainly because it is flat and the other TomTom's seem to have a lump on the back of the case if, they tend to be bulky and not the kind of thing that would fit in your pocket. I also bought my self a bigger memory card for it but be carefull as not all are compatable with the units. Got mine from PC World as they were giving a free case with it as well.

I also have POI's (Points Of Interest) and Voices as well as Speed Cams if anyone wants owt.


Jim T

[Jocky]

I use a Mio Mitec 269.

Reason I bought that one was because it had full european street level maps on internal harddrive :D and I wanted it to tour Spain

Got really sick of the other brands marketing then getting hit with the european maps will be an extra £100+ 8O

It has served me well over the last 12 months and have just upgraded the maps (free) and it is even better, with more features :D

cheers :D

search tomtom on e-bay, there was some one selling speed camera downloads for £2 plus postage

i use voice by turn route66 on my nokia 6680 smart phone, oh yes it can mke calls too :rotfl:

[mikey_mike]

Hi
Original Tom Tom, brilliant.
Mike

[Rabby]

if you go here

http://www.pocketgpsworld.com

you can get the speed camera updates and the speed camera voices etc for the tomtom free :)

Rabby


oops, it seems you do now have to pay for speed camera downloads, :cry: last time I looked you didn't

[robobone]

wife with map on her lap never got lost :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

so what happens when the misses stays at home and your on your own robobone :wink:

i think your just to tight to spend all that money under your mattress

[mully]

Will not use the Tom Tom when towing the caravan it cant tell the caravan is on the back of your 4x4 and will try and send you down silly streets.Mywife has never got me lost and she even got a group of us towing caravans to a campsite in Arnhem, Holland.Tom Tom may send you on the most direct route but 1/4 mile from my house it will always send me down a narrow street instead of staying on the A road whichis the same every route option i use.Tom Tom 5/10 Wife 10/10

[robobone]

no shark1e,

the mrs has spent that ages ago got to find somewhere else to store it :lol: :lol: :lol:

when i am on my own then i phone her every 3 miles :lol: :lol: :lol:

[iandouglas]

HI ALL
WE USE TOM TOM ONE BUT ITS BEST TO LOOK AT MAP AS WELL
i AM WORKING AT RETFORD AT MOMENT TOM TOM WANTS ME TO GO VIA NEWARK 15 MILES IN WRONG DIRECTION . :roll:
IANDOUGLAS

[jims-terrano]

Ian, try changing preferences to Shortest rather than quickest. Mine sometimes does that type of thing but I kind of got used to it now.

Jim

I use a Mitec pda with viamichelin software. It has it's limitations and I prefer paper maps especially with a caravan. Missus and maps have never got us lost.

birder

[drivewasher]

I use a Toshiba pda with TomTom Navigator 5, when I remember to pick it out of the drawer

[ern1e]

i use garmin quest it good

I remember give you directions to tescos at wicksteed park and you got lost and you had you sat nav with you but still like the old map to get me places if that dont work then i ask my dad :lol: .

ern1e

[waterman]

Dont need satnav here - look at your maps 8O only 1 half decent road to here !!! (A9)
ALSO when I started driving Coaches years ago my Grandad told me before I went on my first longish trip and asked for a map" that If I got lost follow the sun to the coast and turn left or right and keep going and as long as I kept the sea on that side I would get home eventually as we live on the coast!!"
who needs sat nav its for WIMPS I say
:twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

ern1e you would be ok with sat nav mate, it helps spell the town names as you enter it :wink:

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

hi all,

thanks to everyone who took part in the survey.

special thanks to cameraman who showed me how his Tomtom Go 500
works and then went one step further by lending it me to trial this
weekend. Both Alison and myself are sold on this design, its beats the
Navman 520 a friend loaned me and we will therefore be investing in
a TT product soon.

Also may I add a futher big thankyou to cameraman again for helping
me to fit my Hella high leve brake light and advice on CB installation yesterday at his place.

Goes to prove what a friendly club this really is!

rbrt

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

hi all,

gone and done it, yep, bought a tomtom one and pleased with it too!

was toying with the go 700, which is available now for about 329 if your religion allows you to enter dixons group stores. thought the remote control, hard drive of europe and blue tooth hands free for mobile spot on.

common sense won thru though and went for more simple approach of the One, reckon less to go wrong using sd memory cards than a hdd. also can live without hands free. can always add euro maps later and more importantly features later spec gps receiver which claims to not need an external aerial but cheaper if does? doesnt 'lose' sats as much either.

so 239 less well off, mind bargained a 3 year extend warranty for 50 quid.
oh and staff discount too so, so far so good. goona see which way it takes me to clumber meet, its like have another form of ICE.

rbrt

[mikey_mike]

might see u at clumber having a day there tomorrow

Mikey_mike
hi all,

gone and done it, yep, bought a tomtom one and pleased with it too!

was toying with the go 700, which is available now for about 329 if your religion allows you to enter dixons group stores. thought the remote control, hard drive of europe and blue tooth hands free for mobile spot on.

common sense won thru though and went for more simple approach of the One, reckon less to go wrong using sd memory cards than a hdd. also can live without hands free. can always add euro maps later and more importantly features later spec gps receiver which claims to not need an external aerial but cheaper if does? doesnt 'lose' sats as much either.

so 239 less well off, mind bttered a 3 year extend warranty for 50 quid.
oh and staff discount too so, so far so good. goona see which way it takes me to clumber meet, its like have another form of ICE.

rbrt

[croupade]

This subject makes me larf for a number of reasons. Each to their own, but...

(1) I larf when I drive down the M6 in the dark and see all these little glows from people with their SatNavs on the dashboard - not o show them where to go next on a 200-mile motorway trip (????) but to say "look I've got a SatNav".

(2) Push a button on your mobile or drink from your water bottle and you'll get nicked for DD, but you can fanny about with this squitty little thing to your hearts delight and kill anyone you like....

(3) Anyone who needs a SatNav in the UK ought to take a bus or a taxi frankly. Or wear Clarkes Wayfarers like I do.

(4) There is some merit in using it in mainland Europe, but having driven there extensively, I'd say a few minutes with a road atlas (£6.99), marking the key waypoints clearly on a piece of card, will get you anywhere you like.

Save your money for fuel I say......

Whilst I agree in general with the comment, maps are easier kept up to date, satnav can be useful for finding an address in a strange town or city.

In Europe the same applies, useful on occasion I think.

Birder

doubled posted so removed the extra one for you m8

robobone

[jims-terrano]

I have plenty of usefull occasions in my job. Over the last 3 months mine has been a god sent and I would n't be without it. Not perminantly switched on and sits out of the way in the boot charging ready for when it's needed.
As for updating, don't have to go to the shops and pay for parking. All I do is plug it in to the pc and a few clicks of the mouse and it's done. Usually know somebody that has updates for free as well.

Jim T

TOMTOM Fan

PS We all have our opinion and that happens to be mine

[Jocky]

I've also had occassions to be glad I have mine.

Went to Spain last year, ferry to Santander with Caravan. Never been to Santander before so did not know what roads were like when we got there.

BTW mine has got street level maps of Europe and I'm glad it does. Straight off the ferry and it guided me out of Santander no problem what so ever. If I did not have it I would have got lost some were fell out with the wife and it would have been a great holiday.

I also like it for going to strange towns and cities in the UK. I've no problems with Maps/Atlas reading, but they do not go down to street level.

Yes you can stop at a garage and buy a local A to Z, get lost or ask someone where to go.

So each to there own, they have their uses, and they are mostly not just for saying, look I've got SatNav when driving up and down the M6, but I'm quite sure some people do :P

:P

[tanswell]

if i said i had a satnav to my friends i would be laughed at, it is very hard to get lost in this country, i do understand it uses for the mainland but not here. :D

[jims-terrano]

Oh go on Tans, where are ya then if not on the mainland?????

jims Tomtom terrano

[iandouglas]

hi jim t
i use mine in the jcb saves hours trying to find sites and at 20mph downhill
it can make a lot of difference to arrival time on site .sometimes 7am on. site .at least i don't get speeding tickets . :rotfl:
i do get some finger signs i don't understand though. :P
sheila was talking to someone at her place of work about tomtom1 .he got one and tried to install revenue collectors :roll: and lost the lot NO BACK UP COPY so took it back complained its stopped working they gave him a new one no quibble.
iandouglas
:mexwave:
ps jim have you got your auto lockers sorted yet :?:

[jims-terrano]

Watch this space tomorrow about the hubs m8 :wink:

Jim T

PS Like the See Saw

[tanswell]

Oh go on Tans, where are ya then if not on the mainland?????

jims Tomtom terrano

northern ireland jim.

[knotting-pot]

http://www.garmin.com/products/etrexLegend/ this link for the US model but you can get a UK version.

I have had one of these for a couple of years now. Not as sophisticated as dedicated car types but much more portable. I can use this while walking or mountain biking and even for finding where I have parked my car in the middle of Granada! It has a find your way back facility and all main roads of Europe pre loaded with 8mb of memory for loading more stuff.

[harlowmaverick]

I use Tom Tom but need something better lol

[makeitfit]

Samsung galaxy S2 . bloody brilliant :D

[Terranical]

Garmin Nuvi with City Navigator Europe - been using it for close on five years, paid a one-off payment of £99 three years ago, gives me lifetime updates (four per year) for the whole of Europe, it's the dogs!

[iain.s]

tomtom go + samsung galaxy s2, galaxy better but needs net to work so eats your usage , tomtom 12months old died got them to send new one with new maps :clap

[kitchenman]

Garmin iQue, a Palm PDA with sat nav bolted on, had it for years never let me down It does however like to take me down narrow roads:doh

[BIGSEAN]

"Samsung galaxy S2 . bloody brilliant "
Agreed i find the satellite/street view feature very handy.

[Groundhog]

I use an out of date Garmin, love hearing recalculating on the sections that have been bypassed

[makeitfit]

"Samsung galaxy S2 . bloody brilliant "
Agreed i find the satellite/street view feature very handy.
Still amuses me when I get there and get a picture of the place I'm looking at :lol Plus the generic voice that comes with it is hilarious at pronouncing Welsh places :lol:lol:lol