Basic satnav - which is best?

[acme]

Appreciate this is probably often asked etc, but can anyone recommend a satnav, or indeed ones to avoid?

This is for my mother so a basic one that is easy to operate would be best, I'm thinking a tomtom, fairly obvious I guess but I only ever use the one in the car or phone based ones.

Cheers for any advice

[heebeegeetee]

Waze.

[smn159]

Navfree for me - never really got on with Waze

[acme]

Perhaps I didn't articulate but needs to be a regular non phone type. She doesn't have a smart phone

[podwin]

I watched 5th Gear once that tested Satnavs, and their conclusion was to look at the cheapest or the most expensive, and skip the stuff in the middle.

So I bought the £40 Binatone they tested, and it is really good for the price, no problems at all.

[babatunde]

acme said:

Perhaps I didn't articulate but needs to be a regular non phone type. She doesn't have a smart phone

Buy her a smart phone. Install Waze or google Maps, get her a car cradle as well, job done.
Seriously that's the best & cheapest way.
something like https://www.amazon.co.uk/BLU-Diamond-SIM-Free-Smar... £40

[DaveH23]

Google maps

[Magic919]

My parents use a Tomtom and find it easy to use.

[jeremyh1]

I run a courier company
I myself am doing 80k A year
I use Tom Tom any one from the current range will be reliable and it wont let you down .

[anonymous-user]

I've got a touchscreen Garmin and it's piss easy to use and has lifetime map and traffic updates. It's never let me down and always manages to avoid jams.

When it dies I will get another.

[rdjohn]

podwin said:

I watched 5th Gear once that tested Satnavs, and their conclusion was to look at the cheapest or the most expensive, and skip the stuff in the middle.

So I bought the £40 Binatone they tested, and it is really good for the price, no problems at all.

I suggest you just stick with the cheapest. They all work intuitively.

I recently bought a midrange and the chip is very fast, but it has been stuffed with a database full of chaff, so it has many more incorrect options to offer you before you find the obvious one that you are looking for.

Route selection is also rubbish compared to Google maps.

[acme]

Thanks for all the replies. Bought her a tom tom with a six inch screen to aid viewing.

Cheers