Best removebale sat nav?
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I already have a device which is a few years old made by Pioneer. It looks quite good, is very compact and can be moved from car to car. Unfortunately inputting the post code search is an extremely slow process, as it stops and thinks after every single letter is pressed! It can sometimes take over a minute just to enter the postcode and fails a lot.
So... please recommend a removable satnav with ultra fast post code input...
Thanks!
So... please recommend a removable satnav with ultra fast post code input...
Thanks!
TomTom One v4 (22) Europe
You'll get one of these for under £100, and some new boxed ones on Ebay for around the £80 mark and might even get for less.
Doesn't have any of the stupid features like weather and bluetooth but lets be honest who actually uses them? Also, doesn't have widescreen like the XL but that's hardly worth an extra £20-30, and again pointless feature IMO.
Sat navs are meant to do one thing only, and well!
You'll get one of these for under £100, and some new boxed ones on Ebay for around the £80 mark and might even get for less.
Doesn't have any of the stupid features like weather and bluetooth but lets be honest who actually uses them? Also, doesn't have widescreen like the XL but that's hardly worth an extra £20-30, and again pointless feature IMO.
Sat navs are meant to do one thing only, and well!
The first one I was given by my company wouldnt allow more than 2 thirds of the postcode,which was as much use as tits on a bull,as the last bit is what gets you to your destination exactly.
Eventually changed it for a TomTom Go, which has nothing fancy on it, but takes you where you want to go, which is all I ask
Eventually changed it for a TomTom Go, which has nothing fancy on it, but takes you where you want to go, which is all I ask
Had Garmin etc but end up going back to TomTom.
Recently bought a 740live and cant fault it.
Updates incidents and every 3 minutes and changes the route if there's a quicker way.
Plus there are numerous favourite lists that can be added foc - for example race circuits, Premier Inn hotels or narrow / height restricted roads.
Has google local search and also 5 day weather forecast feature.
Ok so costs £8 a month but if you do plenty of miles the traffic feature is well worth it.
Think it was a shade over £230 iirc off t'internet...
Recently bought a 740live and cant fault it.
Updates incidents and every 3 minutes and changes the route if there's a quicker way.
Plus there are numerous favourite lists that can be added foc - for example race circuits, Premier Inn hotels or narrow / height restricted roads.
Has google local search and also 5 day weather forecast feature.
Ok so costs £8 a month but if you do plenty of miles the traffic feature is well worth it.
Think it was a shade over £230 iirc off t'internet...
minerva said:
Anything by tomtom. Very effective and also very common.
And also very crap.....it must be a label thing....Both I and others locally with these damn TomTom things are being sent through villages when it's faster to go round and also up an unfinshed guided bus system..... mine is IQ routes and it's IQ is 1....
I'm now in the market for a real Sat Nav....if there is one....
I have a TT 920. Extremely quick and easy to enter destinations. It has voice input which works well, much better than on my BMW on which this feature alone probably cost as much as the whole TT., but I don't normally bother with voice input as input using the soft keyboard is so easy. Routing is generally good, certainly better than the Garmin 660 I had before. I know several others who are very happy with TT's, and I don't know anyone who is unhappy with one. I wonder whether there is a specific issue with Lescombes unit or with its setup?
Had several varients of Tom Tom over the years, and have been very pleased with all of them, especially the post code search which is what started this post.
If I have one complaint, it is the fact that if it Tom Tom calculates it is quicker to travel an extra 30 miles to save 1 min, then it will plan the 'quickest' route.
A little common sence / geography is always needed when using these devices!
If I have one complaint, it is the fact that if it Tom Tom calculates it is quicker to travel an extra 30 miles to save 1 min, then it will plan the 'quickest' route.
A little common sence / geography is always needed when using these devices!
I often change settings - speed etc - to see which way seems best.The via function often gives another route if it keeps sending you further than you think necessary.Though if you have an idea another route is better - why have a sat-nav??
Problem with any sat-nav is it cant see the route like we can, only calculate the theoretical fastest.
I got angry with mine as we got held up in traffic at Eastbourne at the weekend. Turned out it was a tractor holding everyone up plus airshow traffic. Though it did get me to Beachy Head via the road passing the Long Man, wouldn't know these roads existed otherwise!
Problem with any sat-nav is it cant see the route like we can, only calculate the theoretical fastest.
I got angry with mine as we got held up in traffic at Eastbourne at the weekend. Turned out it was a tractor holding everyone up plus airshow traffic. Though it did get me to Beachy Head via the road passing the Long Man, wouldn't know these roads existed otherwise!
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