whats the best sat nav?
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Tom Toms are good but Garmin Nuvis are better.
200 is the bottom of the range with UK maps and compact screen. Also comes in widescreen with the 200w. Both come with speed cameras as standard
250/250w are the same as above but with europe maps.
Can also get models such as the 205/255 with either normal or widescreen.
200 is the bottom of the range with UK maps and compact screen. Also comes in widescreen with the 200w. Both come with speed cameras as standard
250/250w are the same as above but with europe maps.
Can also get models such as the 205/255 with either normal or widescreen.
Deluded said:
Tom Toms are good but Garmin Nuvis are better.
In my experience (Garmin 660 then TT 920) Garmins are good but TomToms are better - easier to set destination, clearer directions, better routes, with latest 540/740/940 better speakers.Bottom line - most people are probably happy with either TT or Garmin. If you have either one, it is a nuisance to change to the other and have to learn a new interface.
waremark said:
Deluded said:
Tom Toms are good but Garmin Nuvis are better.
In my experience (Garmin 660 then TT 920) Garmins are good but TomToms are better - easier to set destination, clearer directions, better routes, with latest 540/740/940 better speakers.Bottom line - most people are probably happy with either TT or Garmin. If you have either one, it is a nuisance to change to the other and have to learn a new interface.
Only good thing it doesn't lock up all the time like the TT did.
I want to try the Navigon next, certainly wouldn't get another Garmin.
andyparrott said:
waremark said:
Deluded said:
Tom Toms are good but Garmin Nuvis are better.
In my experience (Garmin 660 then TT 920) Garmins are good but TomToms are better - easier to set destination, clearer directions, better routes, with latest 540/740/940 better speakers.Bottom line - most people are probably happy with either TT or Garmin. If you have either one, it is a nuisance to change to the other and have to learn a new interface.
Only good thing it doesn't lock up all the time like the TT did.
I want to try the Navigon next, certainly wouldn't get another Garmin.
I think you should be complaining to Garmin re-directing you off onto side roads - that's a specific problem I think you'll find to your machine. Sometimes coated windscreen will give errors on location and hence may think you are slightly off-route. I have had 3-different Garmins and not had problems like that.
Lastly I think you are disingenuous regarding settings for a lorry and sending you down narrow roads. There are no settings with Garmin or any other Sat Nav that do that - EXCEPT for specific Commercial SAT Navs that have JUST hit the market place, likewise with low-bridges etc.
Any Sat Nav will do what they say on the box, make sure you read it - all are slightly different in how they interface with the user.
Regards.
Trev McM
K4TRV said:
andyparrott said:
The Garmin is dire, directs me off main roads onto side roads (running alongside main road) and then directs me back onto the main road.
Sorry to read you've had problems with your Garmin.I think you should be complaining to Garmin re-directing you off onto side roads - that's a specific problem I think you'll find to your machine.
My TT has never locked up.
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Lastly I think you are disingenuous regarding settings for a lorry and sending you down narrow roads. There are no settings with Garmin or any other Sat Nav that do that - EXCEPT for specific Commercial SAT Navs that have JUST hit the market place, likewise with low-bridges etc.
Regards.
Trev McM
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Not sure if you are trying to say that Garmin don't allow you to choose different vehicle types, or whether you claim that having chosen a specific vehicle it won't choose the incorrect route.
My 660 allows you to select the type of vehicle e.g. motorbike, car, bus, lorry etc. Having chosen lorry I don't expect it to send me down roads I can barely get my car down. It does this frequently.
Lastly I think you are disingenuous regarding settings for a lorry and sending you down narrow roads. There are no settings with Garmin or any other Sat Nav that do that - EXCEPT for specific Commercial SAT Navs that have JUST hit the market place, likewise with low-bridges etc.
Regards.
Trev McM
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Not sure if you are trying to say that Garmin don't allow you to choose different vehicle types, or whether you claim that having chosen a specific vehicle it won't choose the incorrect route.
[quote=andyparrott]My 660 allows you to select the type of vehicle e.g. motorbike, car, bus, lorry etc. Having chosen lorry I don't expect it to send me down roads I can barely get my car down. It does this frequently.
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As someone said you can "choose" different vehicle types. They will give different arrival times. but DO NOT change the routes for the type of vehicle. On some Gramin units you can specify no-U Turns, no Motorways, etc. I think you can also select walking, which will ignore one-way streets. But there is no software in Garmin or other units that stop you going down narrow roads in the selected "vehicle".
Again, if you choose Lorry, it will take exactely the same route as a car and you will very likey be sent down routes that the lorry will not fit!!! Indeed, as many have found, blindly following a Sat Nav can get you stuck!!
If you want to stop going down roads too narrow for your vehicle, Lorry, Motorhome etc, you have to buy some Newly released expensive GPS units specifically for Commercial Users for that very reason !!
Hope that's clearer.
Trev McM
Edited by K4TRV on Friday 14th November 16:01
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