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[Jimbob]

Been a while since we discussed these.

Whats everyones current view on good bad indifferent ones?

[bertiecbx550]

i had to get the missus run out to argos the other saturday cause mine broke down half way through a round.... i had to buy a staffs A 2 Z its funny how these sat navs make you lazy when you have to revert back to a map...

[omegalord]

In my experience tomtom are the best. yes there are prettier ones but for fast navigation you cant beat a tomtom. The new 720 is supposed to be brilliant and has a load of new features.

I used a garmin nuvi once and was complete rubbish. Took ages to fix and was so long winded its untrue.

Matt

[Paul M]

I have a TomTom on my Symbian mobile phone (Nokia E65) and it worked like a dream when I done an 800 mile road trip in California in the summer. So a dedicated unit should be even better.

I don't use it much in the UK as I'm not often travelling to unknown places, and I have a built-in navi in my Omega. I have occasionally used it on my motorbike though, simply by putting the phone in my jacket pocket and wearing an audio headset so I can listen to the guidance. It's a little more difficult this way but still perfectly usable, and a lot easier than trying to read a map or directions on a bike

[Jay w]

for a while now I have been using Igo on a windows based phone.
prefer it to tom tom which I had for many years, its easier to use, has a lot more features and doesn't consume so much memory whilst running.
I did a 2000 mile trip to france and back, it performed fautlessly, and its cheaper than tom tom, the mapping is better quality and had traffic camera info that updates via the phone network

[miggy]

I got the Tom Tom 910, never had any probs with it, always got me to places, no wrong turns etc.

 

[TheBoy]

I have a TomTom on my Symbian mobile phone (Nokia E65) and it worked like a dream when I done an 800 mile road trip in California in the summer. So a dedicated unit should be even better.

I don't use it much in the UK as I'm not often travelling to unknown places, and I have a built-in navi in my Omega. I have occasionally used it on my motorbike though, simply by putting the phone in my jacket pocket and wearing an audio headset so I can listen to the guidance. It's a little more difficult this way but still perfectly usable, and a lot easier than trying to read a map or directions on a bike

If I'm using the bike for work I have the full Autocom stuff on, so can have my tunes and tomtom (all from pda), and the phone, and the bike-bike transceiver should I fancy a chat....

[Taxi_Driver]

I like and use the TT 510.....used to have one of the original TT 300 until it got knicked  

One word of advice, occassionally they lock up turned off! Seen a few with this prob....but before you go sending them back to TT for repair......coz they wont turn on......theres a secret reset button hidden underneath by the connector.....you need a pin or similar to push it......its actually a 'soft' reset that cures the prob and you dont loose your settings  

[wakeyomega]

Word of caution for tom tom etc users.
A report in last weeks local paper read that a locally scally had broken into over a 100 cars to nick sat navs. he's now doing time and they have now rounded up drivers from a local taxi firm for receiving - but the interesting bit is........ evidently the Bar  steward was able to accurately target the cars with sat navs in their glove compartments by looking for the round mark on the windscreen left by the suction holder!!!  :-?

The local police have advised that users of these sat /nav holders keep a cloth to wipe the windscreen before leaving the car.

Pat

[Paul M]

Word of caution for tom tom etc users.
A report in last weeks local paper read that a locally scally had broken into over a 100 cars to nick sat navs. he's now doing time and they have now rounded up drivers from a local taxi firm for receiving - but the interesting bit is........ evidently the Bar  steward was able to accurately target the cars with sat navs in their glove compartments by looking for the round mark on the windscreen left by the suction holder!!!  :-?

The local police have advised that users of these sat /nav holders keep a cloth to wipe the windscreen before leaving the car.

Pat

Yep I've heard this before, it's definitely one advantage of a built-in system that you just take the face off the radio like you have to do anyway with any other decent radio.

[miggy]

Word of caution for tom tom etc users.
A report in last weeks local paper read that a locally scally had broken into over a 100 cars to nick sat navs. he's now doing time and they have now rounded up drivers from a local taxi firm for receiving - but the interesting bit is........ evidently the Bar  steward was able to accurately target the cars with sat navs in their glove compartments by looking for the round mark on the windscreen left by the suction holder!!!  :-?

The local police have advised that users of these sat /nav holders keep a cloth to wipe the windscreen before leaving the car.

Pat

Yep I've heard this before, it's definitely one advantage of a built-in system that you just take the face off the radio like you have to do anyway with any other decent radio.

Mine never stays in the car, and i always ensure there are no sucker marks.

 

[carper]

I've recently bought the Tom Tom One XL and can't fault it, although I only got it for work (long distance etc). As for the Miggy, I never have and never will keep anything in the glove compartment, not a pen, Zilch (nothing), there not that big anyway. Whenever/wherever the cars parked unattended, I always leave the glove box open.  

[Jimbob]

Cheers, been starting to look at them, Tomtom one xl looks nice, be certainly that size of screen one I think.