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[Woodfull]

Hi all,

A question for for those of us not fortunate enough to have integral  sat nav .

Anybody got a preference and why ?

[Mr Skrunts]

Tomtom, easy to use and update.  Good price.

[Omega man 2]

The only time I used a sat nav, I borrowed the old mans garmin to drive to bristol. And acording to it. my sisters road didn't exist .

I've heard some good things about tom toms

[V6 Gix]

Easy choice....Tomtom. As long as it's got the latest maps installed, you can't go wrong.

I've had a Tomtom GO700 for years now and it's never let me down once.

[jjleonard]

TomTom. Gets the big thumbs up from me.

Needs the Speed Camera update (£20 ish per year) and new maps (£40 ish) every year if you travel a lot, or it freaks out and can't find roads.

[Kevin Wood]

They all have their strengths and weaknesses. Tom Tom is great if you just want to get to a postcode and don't care how. Try and convice it to go a particular route or express any preference as to the type of road you want to travel on and you've had it.

Don't have enough recent experience of the other options but I have previously found other options to be much better for route planning but totally unstable once on the road.

Kevin

[jayhallam]

I own a small courier company so have a fair amount of experience with most makes.
Myself and most of the drivers I have use Garmin. I find them easy to use and very accurate. I feel the price of them is is fair. I think that its the same with most things in that you get what you pay for. Tom Toms are fine too but I think they just do a better job of advertising. Garmins are generaly used throughout the shipping world also.
It all really boils down to what you feel suits you best.

[albitz]

Navman for me,because it was free.
no experience of the others,so cant compare.

[Sad]

I've used a TomTom for over 3 years, all over the country as a C+E driver, they're the only ones worth spending the money on.  So so much easier to use than the others, but it's best to read the owners manual to learn how to use it properly.  It's always best to check the route it brings up for you and always put it into night colour mode when driving in the dark...

[jjleonard]

I've used a TomTom for over 3 years, all over the country as a C+E driver, they're the only ones worth spending the money on.  So so much easier to use than the others, but it's best to read the owners manual to learn how to use it properly.  It's always best to check the route it brings up for you and always put it into night colour mode when driving in the dark...

  You wouldn't believe the number of drivers I pass at night with tomtoms still on day mode. Damn thing lights their whole car up - i don't know how they can see out.

[Woodfull]

I've already got a Tom Tom 520 but it keeps misbehaving, bottom right hand corner keeps self pressing, makes it go mental and is unusable.

There's no crud under the lip of the screen and it does't appear to be deformed.

oh.....and the warranty has just run out

[boxer boy]

i have a navman and it has never let me down.

[TheBoy]

for personal occasional use, I'd go with one of the £80 TomToms.

[Del Boy]

Used lots of TomToms all of them have been cr@p got a Navman S100 now and it's brill.

[Lazydocker]

TomTom for me

Best bet is to get yourself into somewhere like Halfrauds and have a play with them all