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Sat Nav, but which one??

Jay20VT

Jay20VT

The 'R' In CupRa
Jul 23, 2004
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N.London
Hi Guys,

my Mrs has been banging on about getting me one of them sat nav gizmo's. I do want one but with so much choice, which is the best in terms of what I get and value for money, can I get your thoughts and even perhaps links to websites please.

Cheers

Jay
 
Tom Tom One is everything that you will probably need for getting about the UK, good value for money. Higher spec models do more stuff, but doubtful you'll ever need it.
 
Tom Tom is probably the best all rounder - Good features, easy to use and not v.expensive.

Cheapest I've seen is the Tom Tom One - around £185 on Amazon.co.uk.
 
I'd go for a Tom Tom as well. My last 2 have been Tom Toms and compared to some of the other my mates have had it's really good. If you want European mapping get the 710 or 910 (the 910 has text to speach so actually tells you road names, 710 doesn't). Go for the 510 if the UK is what you need.

I know they do the One now but I have no experience of it but it is cheaper.
 
I am thinking of getting a AA Navigator as from what I can see it does the same as a Tom Tom One but only costs £150.
 
The other choice is to get a PDA with a built in GPS reciever and a copy of Tom Tom 5 or 6. This is what I did and its one of the best things i have ever brought. It gives you the best of both worlds.
 
My first Sat Nav was a PDA running Tom Tom. It was great but the main problem with it for me was that if you let the battery die on the PDA you had to reinstall all the software again. Not a problem if you keep it on charge all the time.
 
ive got a nav man n40i

happy with it so far, slim and good features and you can update poi's off internet for the likes of speed cameras etc

heres mine

http://www.globalpositioningsystems...pe-uk-and-ireland-pre-loaded-description.html

one thing to note is the speedcamera feature is a subcription package you have to download updates for whatever the make of sat nav. you can get updates off internet for £12 pm or something.
 
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I've just got one of the new TomTom One Europes for just under £200 from Currys. Amazingly I can get a lock on the satellites inside the house which my old bluetooth GPS unit never used to do. :D
 
mrcoyote said:
I've just got one of the new TomTom One Europes for just under £200 from Currys. Amazingly I can get a lock on the satellites inside the house which my old bluetooth GPS unit never used to do. :D
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That is impressive! None of my GPS stuff will do that.
 
Here's a screen dump of my TT using the software on the PC...

tomtom.jpg


Admittedly at that point I had the aerial from my Origin B2 plugged into it which was stuck to the window... ;)
 
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