Tom Tom One Europe vs. Navman N20/F20 Europe

[beedj]

Hi, looking for a simple unit with European street level mapping (France & Spain), plus capability to buy an add-on Western USA map later.

Think I've narrowed down to these two devices as per topic title, which are in right price range for me (£150-200), but struggling to differentiate them - any advice / user experiences welcome...

Both appear to come with camera info

Not sure difference between Navman N20 & F20


Don't need any bells & whistles - MP3, bluetooth etc

[SCOOTERMAN]

beedj said:

Hi, looking for a simple unit with European street level mapping (France & Spain), plus capability to buy an add-on Western USA map later.

Think I've narrowed down to these two devices as per topic title, which are in right price range for me (£150-200), but struggling to differentiate them - any advice / user experiences welcome...

Both appear to come with camera info

Not sure difference between Navman N20 & F20


Don't need any bells & whistles - MP3, bluetooth etc

The N20 is, IIRC, the same as the F20 save for the built-in camera. Quite why you'd want a camera on a sat-nav unit I don't know, but still...
Of the two I'd settle for the F20 and buy the street-level maps of Europe for an additional £99.00: Navman's customer service is excellent (especially when compared to TomTom, who're lacking in that department)

[beedj]

But presumably I'd be better just going for this one which has EU maps pre-loaded, rather than buy separately ?

www.thenavigationcompany.com/products/TN0211_Navman_F20_Europe.html

looks like a good deal for £140 ?

[jezrider]

scooterman is right, i sell both tom tom and navman in my shop and have experience in both, tom tom is a very well marketed product, navman is not. Tom toms customer support is useless and would be the only real difference between two units in this price range.

[SCOOTERMAN]

beedj said:

But presumably I'd be better just going for this one which has EU maps pre-loaded, rather than buy separately ?

www.thenavigationcompany.com/products/TN0211_Navman_F20_Europe.html

looks like a good deal for £140 ?

And I thought I was going mad: I hunted high and low thinking I'd seen it somewhere, but with no luck at the time of posting.

That's a *very* good deal, which, typically, came out a fortnight after I shelled out £150 on my UK-only F20. Grrrrrr...

[audidoody]

SCOOTERMAN said:

beedj said:

But presumably I'd be better just going for this one which has EU maps pre-loaded, rather than buy separately ?

www.thenavigationcompany.com/products/TN0211_Navman_F20_Europe.html

looks like a good deal for £140 ?

And I thought I was going mad: I hunted high and low thinking I'd seen it somewhere, but with no luck at the time of posting.

That's a *very* good deal, which, typically, came out a fortnight after I shelled out £150 on my UK-only F20. Grrrrrr...

Don't sweat it. I paid £425 for the original TomTom with UK-only maps!

[gazzab]

thanks for the cheap link on the Navman. Just bought one for a pressie for father-in-law.