Use on foot

[AlRaven]

I'm after one for about £150 or less but ideally I'd like to use on foot as well, what's the battery life like on the popular ones at about that price??

[mrmr96]

I've got a tom tom one v2. I've used it a couple of times to navigate from car park to restaurant in an unfamiliar town centre. Battery is a couple of hours on a full charge. Certainly longer than I'll be walking for!!!

[niva441]

As an alternative all the Garmins allow you to change mode from vehicle to foot.

[DIW35]

niva441 said:

As an alternative all the Garmins allow you to change mode from vehicle to foot.

They still try to send you the long way round though. Mine wanted to send me on a 2 1/2 mile trek to reach a point that was 30yds round the corner, and would take less than a minute to walk.

[andygo]

DIW35 said:

niva441 said:

As an alternative all the Garmins allow you to change mode from vehicle to foot.

They still try to send you the long way round though. Mine wanted to send me on a 2 1/2 mile trek to reach a point that was 30yds round the corner, and would take less than a minute to walk.

You must have had the 'Keep fit' mode turned on.

[kiwisr]

Found the Garmins have much better battery life and seem to retain the charge longer between charges. TomToms are typical of Windows CE devices.

[AlRaven]

Yes, I think for my use it would really just come down to best battery life, on Garmin's website this seemed (250 or 300) to go as long as 8 hours???

P.S. Any comment on the Navman S series as the wife is probably renewing with Tesco and you get £100 off.