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New Sat Navs - Advice please
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Right peeps,
My old dear Sat Nav finally packed up last night for good, it's an old one and has been playing up for a while..
I've got a budget of £140 for a new one that I want to purchase this week..
Any advice on ones to avoid or ones you give the thumbs up to.
Any advice warmly received and thank you in anticipation.  |
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I've got a TomTom which I used to use all the time until I bought a car with an inbuilt Sat Nav. The TomTom was great but it wasn't cheap to buy and updating the map to get new roads, etc... involved signing up for stuff I didn't want. In the end I gave up trying to keep it up to date.
However the other day I saw Garmin offer free updates for life. Now, I've not used their Sat Nav but I do own a Garmin GPS handheld device that the nipper and I use for Geocaching, and its very good.
If their Sat Navs are as good as the handheld ones then I'd recommend Garmin over the TomTom. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Buy the new 2013 map for £6 and spend £134 on having fun."
Now you behave yourself lol,, it was bad enough trying to navigate through Northampton of all places last night using my old map.. Northampton for pity sake, could you imagine me in the big smoke??  |
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Thank you for the advice. I will investigate tomorrow and for Licky Splits info I will purchase a new map book too as back up lol  "
When all the satellites fall out of the sky you'll be glad you invested in a map. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thank you for the advice. I will investigate tomorrow and for Licky Splits info I will purchase a new map book too as back up lol
When all the satellites fall out of the sky you'll be glad you invested in a map."
When all the satellites fall out of the sky.....a map will be the least of your concerns  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Thank you for the advice. I will investigate tomorrow and for Licky Splits info I will purchase a new map book too as back up lol
When all the satellites fall out of the sky you'll be glad you invested in a map."
Sounds like I've to invest in a crash helmet too!! |
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By *er himWoman
over a year ago
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Had a garmin sat nav for years and it always got me where i should be and not down tiddly little lanes, bit important when you have a large vehicle, but then the new ones on the market do seem to have got that problem sorted. Guess it because they are using better mapping software now |
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Mio European from sainsburys 64.00 free updates for 12 months...should be well over 100 pounds. I deliver cars all over the country and its an amazing bit of kit. Even counts house numbers etc. Hth. |
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By *he tactile technicianMan
over a year ago
the good lands, the bad lands, the any where you may want me lands |
"Thank you for the advice. I will investigate tomorrow and for Licky Splits info I will purchase a new map book too as back up lol
When all the satellites fall out of the sky you'll be glad you invested in a map."
I tend to find relying on laylines the better way to navigate when ashore. Don't suppose you live on on Little 1? |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Buy the new 2013 map for £6 and spend £134 on having fun.
Now you behave yourself lol,, it was bad enough trying to navigate through Northampton of all places last night using my old map.. Northampton for pity sake, could you imagine me in the big smoke?? "
Nothing wrong with Northampton lol. Used to live there know it like the back of my hand |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Thank you to all have who contributed and given advice, it's sincerely appreciated...
I've got a lot of sound advice to go on now. I must admit I'm tempted with the devices/packages that come with free updates for the lifetime of the product.
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By *icketysplitsWoman
over a year ago
Way over Yonder, that's where I'm bound |
"Thank you to all have who contributed and given advice, it's sincerely appreciated...
I've got a lot of sound advice to go on now. I must admit I'm tempted with the devices/packages that come with free updates for the lifetime of the product.
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And a map |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Thank you to all have who contributed and given advice, it's sincerely appreciated...
I've got a lot of sound advice to go on now. I must admit I'm tempted with the devices/packages that come with free updates for the lifetime of the product.
And a map"
Behave you Satelites falling out of the sky I ask you!! |
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pinched the garmin off my son (we bought it anyway)
seems very good so far ,except round portsmouth in the pouring rain.. we were trying to get out it kept trying to take us back. we gave up and just went the way we knew. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We have had TomTom, Navman and Garmin.
The only one I would never buy again is Garmin.
The Navman broke when I dropped it but that was good a good sat nav.
Had to get rid of the TomTom as you couldn't put US maps on it in time for when I needed them.
The Garmin loves single lane dirt tracks over normal roads and everytime I use it to go on the motorway network it routes me up slip roads then back down again. And the traffic is rubbish compared to TomTom.
Complained about the slip road issue and was told to read the disclaimer in the manual and that they didn't guarantee it would get you where you were going
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"What about using your smart phone ?
Plenty of good routefinders on there, either installed or downloadable...
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Haven't got a smart phone and I have naff works phone so I'm loathed to go down a monthly contract option. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"We have had TomTom, Navman and Garmin.
The only one I would never buy again is Garmin.
The Navman broke when I dropped it but that was good a good sat nav.
Had to get rid of the TomTom as you couldn't put US maps on it in time for when I needed them.
The Garmin loves single lane dirt tracks over normal roads and everytime I use it to go on the motorway network it routes me up slip roads then back down again. And the traffic is rubbish compared to TomTom.
Complained about the slip road issue and was told to read the disclaimer in the manual and that they didn't guarantee it would get you where you were going
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Well that's ruled the Garmen out, thank you for warning me |
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