Sat Nav ear piece?

[crankedup]

Which Sat Nav with headphone/ear piece socket should I go for? My current system is a basic TOMTOM about six years old. Are the new TomTom GO so much improved.

Edited by crankedup on Friday 19th December 11:11

[dacouch]

Have you tried it with the sound off, many people find it easier to use

[crankedup]

dacouch said:

Have you tried it with the sound off, many people find it easier to use

I have but I find it distracts me too much from what's going on on the road. Seems that Sat Nav do not come with ear piece sockets, Halfords told me that the manufacturers think the systems are 'loud enough'. Fair comment, they are. But it's the noise which is the problem to passengers not wishing to hear it I replied.
I can't be the only person in the World wanting to use Sat Nav with audio off and an ear piece working, can I?

[NashGT]

crankedup said:

I have but I find it distracts me too much from what's going on on the road. Seems that Sat Nav do not come with ear piece sockets, Halfords told me that the manufacturers think the systems are 'loud enough'. Fair comment, they are. But it's the noise which is the problem to passengers not wishing to hear it I replied.
I can't be the only person in the World wanting to use Sat Nav with audio off and an ear piece working, can I?

Hmmm passengers could be a touch more courteous, unless you are a professional driver in that case, they might have a point.

As for ear piece, I use tomtom on the iPhone with the handsfree kit/headphones while out on the bike, the earbuds sit nicely in my ears and don't move round once the helmet is on, instructions come through loud and clear and negates the need of having to look at the map.