Best Sat-Nav for France coverage?

[wolfy1988]

As per title, best work over here too

Ideally from Argos.

Many thanks

J

[FlossyThePig]

My Garmin (£100) works all over Europe as does the satnav built into my Nokia phone. The maps are free on the Nokia and don't need an internet connection once loaded on to the phone. Garmin charges after an initial update.

Are there any features beyong navigation that you need? A lot of the cheap satnav units include most Western European countries.

[wolfy1988]

Just bought this:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/...

TomTom XXL IQ Routes Sat Nav - UK, ROI & Europe

£140, I will report back on how it performs

J

[S2red]

Am in process of replacing my old Road angel look forward to your thoughts on this unit

[kwk]

Used Tom Tom and Navman driving lorries all over Europe. Both equally as good and never failed to find delivery addresses. I've delivered to some really obscure places.

[Zed 44]

I had a Garmin and now have a Tom Tom XXL. Both were/are excellent for postcodes. As for route navigation, best to double check it with a map and then rely on the map, otherwise, you'll be going down single track roads with passing places only. Why? Because the mapping system recognizes those as 60mph roads but you'd have to be suicidal to even try. Also,neither one differentiates between shortest, quickest, bicycle or truck mode.

[wolfy1988]

Well so far the XXL is performing very well, using it in Dublin at the moment.

So far:

1) The built in windscreen mount works well if a little fiddly to do.

2) The unit it self is quite well built and easy on the eye.

3) The graphics are a little basic but do the job

4) voice directions are loud and clear, you can also upload differant voice's and accents.

5) I found one road that it had no idea existed but it was a road to a private hospital.

J

[YRRunner]

Can you download a pre-planned route from a PC onto thw TT XXL? Looks like a good price, or is it worth paying double to get a Garmin with voice recognition and Bluetooth for hands free calling?