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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #15 on: 13 November 2006, 19:29:34 »
I think TomTom is current market leader, and has advantages of 3rd party camera databases etc.  They have nice size screens, unlike some of the smaller Garmin units, and are usually heavily discounted by the online computer shops...
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #16 on: 13 November 2006, 19:33:30 »
Tom Tom is good, we use them at work, however model for model the Garmin C320 came out on top in the budget test. It also has a good sized screen and in fact looks very similar to the Tom Tom.
I paid £3 for a set of UK Gatso sites for it from Ebay and they DO WORK!
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« Reply #17 on: 13 November 2006, 19:36:20 »
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Tom Tom is good, we use them at work, however model for model the Garmin C320 came out on top in the budget test. It also has a good sized screen and in fact looks very similar to the Tom Tom.
I paid £3 for a set of UK Gatso sites for it from Ebay and they DO WORK!
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I haven't used Garmin since the little i3. I tend to stick to TomTom, primarily as I need a PocketPC SatNav, and it works well.
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #18 on: 13 November 2006, 19:42:34 »
You can get bluetooth handsfree for your mobile built into the Garmin, which is cool.
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #19 on: 13 November 2006, 19:48:41 »
My experiences with sat nav so far...

Tomtom1 is very good. A little limited on certain features but very easy to use and good mapping software. Cost around £190.
It is also the only one of the tomtoms with any decent reliability record! The rest are not good it seems.

Medion GoPal 350. £150. Can't recommend it all. When it worked (tended to crash VERY regularly) it was slow, and mapping was not as good as tomtom. Customer service is diabolical!

Garmin i3. £99. Nice enough little unit, but software was less than accurate sometimes.

I am now going to buy the Mio C510E. £200 and according to the reviews very very good. Interface does not seem to be as initially user friendly as the tomtom but it does a lot more. Also has 12 months free speed camera downloads off the website.
I'll update on this in about a week.
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« Reply #20 on: 13 November 2006, 20:54:14 »
The one I use is the Mitac mio 168 PDA which has the built in GPS receiver. I have had this for nearly two years and it works a dream, even my wife can use it and She's a total technophobe. I run TomTom 3 on it and also have the european maps which can be loaded for holiday excursions. Its quite easy to mount in the car I use the Brodit powered cradle so the power cable to the cigarette lighter is the only connection required, and I use the proclip for mounting.
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #21 on: 13 November 2006, 20:58:36 »
Actually, the new TomTom6 has all of Europe on one map (Western Europe version). This is the full detail map, not Major Road of Europe as with TomTom 3/5...   :y
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« Reply #22 on: 13 November 2006, 21:03:45 »
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Actually, the new TomTom6 has all of Europe on one map (Western Europe version). This is the full detail map, not Major Road of Europe as with TomTom 3/5...   :y

Have you got or tried it ? I was considering the tomtom 710 as a replacement for the pda as it has street level mapping for the whole of europe.
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« Reply #23 on: 13 November 2006, 21:09:00 »
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Actually, the new TomTom6 has all of Europe on one map (Western Europe version). This is the full detail map, not Major Road of Europe as with TomTom 3/5...   :y

Have you got or tried it ? I was considering the tomtom 710 as a replacement for the pda as it has street level mapping for the whole of europe.

Yes, TomTom 6 for Western Europe. PDA (PPC) version.
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #24 on: 14 November 2006, 10:26:01 »
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Who wants a laptop stuck in the glovebox? Let alone a tower in the boot!

Well, it worked for me and at least one other team on the rally.

I was only trying to help! ::)

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I was thinking more like what's commonly available - at a decent price - off the shelf - what's good & what's bad?

It was merely a suggestion, you did say 'budget' and I figured £40 was a fairly good deal if you already had a laptop.
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« Reply #25 on: 14 November 2006, 12:37:37 »
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Who wants a laptop stuck in the glovebox? Let alone a tower in the boot!

Well, it worked for me and at least one other team on the rally.

I was only trying to help! ::)

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I was thinking more like what's commonly available - at a decent price - off the shelf - what's good & what's bad?

It was merely a suggestion, you did say 'budget' and I figured £40 was a fairly good deal if you already had a laptop.

Cheers for trying Rod, full marks for your astute financial reasoning  :y Unfortunately my laptop is past it's best after an incident with a bowl of mashed potato - but that's another story!

ATB, John
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #26 on: 14 November 2006, 20:27:27 »
i have just sold my old tom tom go on ebay, had i known i would have PM'd you

Fleabay has a few bargains on it, i sold mine for £125 but it came with stacks of goodies, a basic Go model will fetch £100, it will be a couple of years old but if it has been looked after it will still be bang on.
Register on the tom tom site and get the software updates for Free, these will allow ful postcode searches (not an origional feature of the Go model) and if you feel really flush for £45 you can get the up to date UK map.

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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #27 on: 14 November 2006, 20:42:39 »
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Hi all,
I'm looking at the bottom line price on a sat nav, best I've found so far is the Garmin street pilot i3 for £99.99 at carphone warehouse!

ANY ADVICE??????

Next up I've seen is the Navman F20 - about £150?

Also - do I have to get a seperate speed camera detector or does the one unit do it all??

Sorry about all the questions, but I'm suddenly feeling a little out of my depth here  :o
Just got the Navman F20 £150 is a good price it comes pre loaded with "safety camera" info andhas full 6 didget post code search. however if you want traffic reports you have to buy a bolt on extra at about £50 but
its a one off payment with no annual subscription.
One of the main reasons I went for the navman is its about half the thickness of a Tom Tom unit and will fit easily in a pocket
 Hope this helps ;Tony
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #28 on: 15 November 2006, 11:49:36 »
Cheers for the replies guys,
We've gone for the Navman F20 - neat unit, good price & ready to go out the box, (plug & play - as they say  ;)) Has UK maps & fixed speed cameras already installed.
I have only used it from the shops to home so far! ::) the O/H is taking it for a test drive this after, I just hope it doesn't end in tears  :o

ATB, John
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Re: Budget Sat Nav - HELP!
« Reply #29 on: 15 November 2006, 16:32:41 »
Remember gps systems are not infallable, using local knowledge I have ignored it a few times to my advantage if you do this it automatically re calculates your route handy! :y
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