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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: cam2502 on 14 December 2011, 11:17:55
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gonna buy the other half a sat nav as part of her christmas as we are always having to borrow someones whenever we go somewhere, question is which one should i go for?
if i can get one for between 50-80quid that would be ideal. any recommendations?
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Some decent half price offers on the Tom Tom range at this time of the year. :)
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i use garmin but have to pay for a one time update, tom tom are prettygood now and no charge for updating, halfrauds have £20 off the tomtom XL Western Europe Classic Sat Nav £99.99
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_839817_langId_-1_categoryId_165685 ;)
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Basic tomtom :)
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Garmin or TomTom no matter if there isn't satellite signal!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12668230 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12668230)
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Halfords are currently selling Garmins with lifetime map updates (upto 4 a year) I think the price start at about £129.00 though.
Oh yes and that is western europe maps aswell if going abroad.
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Been happy enough with my tom tom, its pretty old now 520itunes edition or something, been dropped a million times, only now doesnt hold charge very well.
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I swear by NavMan to be honest, had nothing but trouble with 3 TomToms.
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Tom Tom XL. ;)
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Screwfix are currently knocking an extra £30 off this one at the checkout, bringing it down to under £80 if you want a good basic model:
http://www.screwfix.com/p/garmin-n-vi-sat-nav-1240/43924 (http://www.screwfix.com/p/garmin-n-vi-sat-nav-1240/43924)
No lane pictures, no traffic awareness, just basic navigation but I find Garmin are OK.
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Of all the useless portable units, I'd go for Tom Tom every time for relability, usability, and performance.
Had an email flyer earlier, might have been Hellfrauds, £79 for UK & ROI
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http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/categorydisplay_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_categoryId_247401_langId_-1
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I think a decent map is about £6.99...... ::) ::) ::)
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If around £50 is your budget then you won't go far wrong with a MyGuide.
It's a no nonsense 'does what it says on the box' unit that I've borrowed off a mate a couple of times. Took me from Swansea to Newcastle and around the NE for a few days without a glitch.
Well impressed.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MYGUIDE-MG3218WE-/130534151167?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_GPSSystems_GPSSystems&hash=item1e647113ff
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MyGuide-Sat-Nav-System-MG3218WE-/160696903483?pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_GPSSystems_GPSSystems&hash=item256a48273b
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If you have a smartphone, see if there us nav software for it...?
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I dont know much about road sats, used tom to for that, but prob wouldnt use anything less then navman for my boat chart plotter
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buy her a late model elite with a colour screen :y
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my mates wife just paid 49pounds for a white case [sorry dont no make but id never heard the name before]one from halfords its very basic very simple to use and just took her from nottingham to newcastle with no proplems.
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:y its already been said, but in my book there is only one that does what it says on the box and that is the leader of the pack - TomTom.
Even the basic is better than the pack but the top enders are magical to use and I am now at that stage and my 4th upgrade.
Go TomTom Go
Only slight problem is that you must not rely absolutely on it and still take heed of road signs even if you have the automatic update service I have! ;D
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roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
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TomTom :y
buy her a late model elite with a colour screen :y
I know they're cheap, but they're not that cheap. ;D
I'm not fussy and have had a few sub £100 cars, but I'm not sure that I'd be seen dead in a £50 Omega,even if it was an Elite :-\
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Have been using my tom tom pretty much every day for the last two years. It has been great, paid for itself several times over. Also used it to drive all over europe, with no problems.
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roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)
They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)
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roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)
They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)
MAGIC
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i dont know just came on screen updating route. with gps flashing in top corner. mate said that its helped him out alot with bizzy trafic. changed route, has 2 settings he left it on gps. but hay ho it works.
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The best :
(http://forum.omegaforever.info/download/file.php?id=407&mode=view)
:y :y :y
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If you have a smartphone, see if there us nav software for it...?
There are quite a few free sat nav proggys for smartphones Chris, Google Navigation works for me on the odd occasions I need it.
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roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)
They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)
Indeed. I got quite intimate with GPS on a project a few years back. I would suggest that, with a budget of a mighty 50 bits per second from each satellite, the DOD would have put broadcasting traffic data to TomToms "quite low" in their list of priorities. :D
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roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)
They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)
Indeed. I got quite intimate with GPS on a project a few years back. I would suggest that, with a budget of a mighty 50 bits per second from each satellite, the DOD would have put broadcasting traffic data to TomToms "quite low" in their list of priorities. :D
What if they sprinkled it with fairy dust, would that help?
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roadcom ie RAC £39, map update for area £9.99 each. not to bad gets you from A-B and C if you need to. used one for a bit when using a mates car.easy to setup, his has live update for trip on it bypassed high traffic via gps update. so changes route. not to bad.
How does that work then ;)
They can *only* *ever* get traffic updates via:
cellular data feed (expensive)
TMC FM stations (Classic FM)
Trafficmaster posts (short range)
Indeed. I got quite intimate with GPS on a project a few years back. I would suggest that, with a budget of a mighty 50 bits per second from each satellite, the DOD would have put broadcasting traffic data to TomToms "quite low" in their list of priorities. :D
What if they sprinkled it with fairy dust, would that help?
Nope. ;)