Re: Sat Nav

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Sat Nav

Nickel 14/05/2008, 10:35

Apologies if this has been done before - I am looking to buy GPS for the car about 250 euros. Have read many reviews on Tom Tom Garmin Navman etc - and they all seem pretty much the same - would be grateful for any advise to help me reach a decision.

Thanks

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Re: Sat Nav

Dick Smith 14/05/2008, 11:48
I've got a Garmin Nuvi something or other. It was the Which? best buy, and very good it is too.

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Re: Sat Nav

Chezstevens 14/05/2008, 11:55
We have the following Garmins:
2610 - discontinued but excellent
BMW Nav III - Garmin 2720 for motorbikes. Excellent.

Our new acquisition is a Nuvi 760. Delighted with, lots of useful bells and whistles pse see Garmin site, however the only downside is that you used to get the mapsource cd with the unit which then allowed you to update your other units with the new mapping - this is no longer the case.

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Re: Sat Nav

Bob T 14/05/2008, 12:05
I also have 3. A garmin streetpilot3 for the bike (old and slow), a Garmin 296 for the aircraft (fantastic and expensive) and a Mitac Mio in the car. The Mitac is a much better GPS for road use than the Garmins, is easier to use and much quicker. Have a look at www.cdiscount.com and you will find that you only need to spend about half your budget to get a good Europe wide GPS.

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Re: Sat Nav

Nell 14/05/2008, 12:06
I have no complaints with my best friend "Tom"

Re: Sat Nav

Pierre ZFP 14/05/2008, 12:17

They all do much the same job and all the data is taken from one of only 2 sources anyway. I have a Navman and why I like it is because of the way it gives directions

e.g 'In 500 metres, turn right'

Some of the others (including I think Tom Tom) say things like

'TURN RIGHT.... in 500 metres'

A small point I know but it suits me.

I wouldn't have a Tom Tom just because of the irritating adverts on TV-

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Re: Sat Nav

nectarine 14/05/2008, 12:27
We have a Garmin Nuvi (Halford's special) and it suits us fine, navigates just right and doens't have too much choice of functions to confuse you. Just an easy choice of display, choice of miles/kms, and a choice of quickest route or shortest route. It took us from Calais to Chateauroux via the centre of Paris ... as I was entering Paris I thought, oh heck where on earth is the Garmin taking me? - but it found a direct route through housing estates and minor roads and cut off about half an hour from the usual route. The only problem is that somewhere in Periguex it always tells me to turn right, quite insistently, into a row of shopfronts! Other than that, it suits us just fine.

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Re: Sat Nav

Keith CHANNING 14/05/2008, 12:49
They are all fine provided you remember one thing. The SatNav is your servant, NOT your master.
You don't absolutely have to follow the road it says, particularly if the suggested road looks narrow and twisty and you have a large vehicle. They all suggest shortcuts to cut corners, or take you through the middle of a city when the ring road is a more sensible approach.
Even those that allow you to choose between shortest, fastest, cheapest etc don't allow you to choose the most sensible.
Like most things connected with IT, they are brilliant if used with a sprinkling of common sense.
I wouldn't be without mine, but I am still in control.

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Re: Sat Nav

Russethouse 14/05/2008, 13:32

I borrowed my daughters Tom Tom to get to a funeral and found it REALLY wanted me to use the M4, M25, M1 option - in rush hour Sad [:(] I still would want a map with me at all time (how old fashioned is that ? Confused [8-)] )

Also although I arrived at my destination, it kept wanting me to go back there, even when it I had pressed the home option, I guess that was user error, my daughter swears by it and didn't like Garmin, which she used in Australia.

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