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[Miggy24]

Hi all im after a sat nav can anyone tell me of any good ones and the ones to stay away from

[theolodian]

Most are good, none seem to be great.  I have a TomTom and it winds me up every time that I use it, but it also is a massive help.  Sorry, that seems to be the nature of all of them.

[amigov6]

None!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[waspy]

I've a Tom Tom One. Fantastic, gives me all the speed cameras etc. Has never sent me wrong yet
Avoid Mio, i bought one brand new off ebay, the biggest pile of crap. Sent me wrong loads, "please turn right" it was a farmer's field. "please take the A???" what ever the road was in Nott's, the road didn't even exist. Through it out the window on the way to Ashbourne one day & that was the last i saw of the pile of crap.
You didn't even get free up dates like you do with the Tom Tom for the first year

[Proz]

I have the Navman S90i .. i find it very good , has full postcode search , bluetooth , speed cameras and traffic reports built in  

[albitz]

I have a navman f20 (well several actually), fairly basic, but does what I want ,on the rare occasions that I use it.

[Mr Skrunts]

Not got round to getting one yet, But my choice is the Tomtom One XL or 520 XL Traffic Options.

[Golfbuddy]

Recently bought one of these:

http://www.pentagongps.co.uk/garmin-nuvi-660t-fm-v10-model-with-latest-2008-nt-maps-includes-garmin-traffic-module-gtm-21-copy-i7714.html

To be honest, I only bought it as a toy as it has bluetooth handsfree for the phone and MP3 player that plays through the car stereo.

For under £200 it seems fairly good value for money and you get free traffic alerts for life.  

[Lazydocker]

Tom Tom gets my vote every time!  

Just take the instructions with a pinch of salt and use your eyes and you'll be fine... Unlike a friend of mine who managed to get his Zafira stuck in a very narrow lane in the middle of the night

[TheBoy]

Of the handheld ones, TomTom is the market leader for a reason.  I use tomtom on my mobile.

However, no portable device works as well and accurately as built in systems.  And its less junk to cart around, and doesn't leave the telltale circles on windscreen so thieves know whats in glovebox.

[TheBoy]

None!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Accept they are a driver aid, not mandatory instructions, and they work well

[mars]

I have a TomTom one which has postcode recognition, camera warnings etc. It was fairly cheap and does the job well.

[webby23]

Got a cheap Tom Tom Go 300 off Ebay for 50 quid. New fascia on it and it looks like new.

Customisable via TomTom Home.

Updated it with new European maps SD Card for our forthcoming run to Normandy, but I use it every single day with my work as an HGV driver and it never misses a beat, never loses itself (unlike the 900 quid Kenwood widescreen satnav in the truck!!) and is totally reliable.

Tom Tom all the way mate.

 

[willyboy]

Me & daughter both have Tom Tom 510's now it would be 520 bit bigger screen i think but never a problem as yet, using it tomoz heading south to Surrey with a few detours along the way  to pick up a cple of ebay purchases we made in last month or so    

[Markjay]

Having played around with a few, I found the TomTom reasonably user-friendly and reasonably accurate. It's not perfect mind you, but it's the one I decided to stick with (I have the One XL at the moment).

You probably won't go much wrong with any of the others (Garmin, Mio, etc), but if you never had one before then the TomTom One is a safe bet.