Best Deal European Sat Nav - TomTom One V3 £119

[redgriff500]

I have an old TT Go which I'm basically happy with but my wife could do with one too I'm upgrading mine and she gets the old one.

I want the European mapping too for the odd trip to France / Germany.

Only problem I've had with the Go is that when going for a blast it picks terrible routes and I can't programme in the route I want to take, can other (cheapish) units do this ?

I've found a One V3 at Halfrauds with Traffic for £119 which seems cheap but I've seen some are using a Navigo or IPAQ 314 and upgrading to TomTom software is this worth doing ?

Are there any other units I should consider ?

I've searched but many threads are old or just conflict (particularly regarding the Garmin's maps and satellite recieving abilities)

Cheers

[bikerPaul]

I cannot comment on TomTom as i bought my first unit - a Garmin Nuvi 255W from Amazon after a bit of searching and used it to get me through France and it did the trick. No MP3/bluetooth stuff, just a straight forward standard SatNav and it was ace. Maps/interface are good and it picks up satellites incredibly quickly.

HTH
Paul

[jondude]

I bought the same V3 about 3 weeks ago ( was a tenner more then!! ) and it sent me merrily across France, Belgium, Holland and Germany.

Being new to sat navs, I am quite amazed by its accuracy and the information it has on it - the speed limits for the roads you are on´is brilliant.

I still make a lot of newbie errors though. The lady says ' turn left in 400 metres' and I often take the turn too early.

She doesn't get upset though, just sends you in circles as punishment until you are back on track.

The sat nav certainly makes driving in Europe less stressful. I would never have gotten out of Hamburg without it. Never.