Which Sat-Nav?

[Gizmo535]

Oddly, I did a search on this and turned up diddly squat, so here we go: I'm finally deciding that the time has come for me to say that paper maps are outdated and there is a better way.

Despite navigating my way around the UK by mental geography for the last five years, my increasing senility, Le Mans trip in June, Ring trip later in the year, and planned attendance at other events leads me to think that having a little box telling me where I am is a good idea.

I like the idea that it can re-route me if I take a wrong turn, steer me around traffic hold-ups if necessary, and having a GPS speedo is always a good thing. Also being able to share route files is good - is it only Tom-Toms that can do this?

Looks like the Tom-Tom models are the most expensive for what you get; the Garmin Nuvi and Navman ones are a bit cheaper. So which one will it be? Esteemed PHers, give me your reviews of your equipment please

[Baffled Spoon]

Autoexpress did a sat nav product test recently.

http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/217356/satnav_megatest.html 

HTH

[tobeee]

Garmin 310D. Excellent bit of kit, and small enough to carry around. Comes with European maps on CD to load in. £200 now at Halfords.

[bigandclever]

Gizmo535 said:

Oddly, I did a search on this and turned up diddly squat

Odd indeed, there's a whole forum http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/forum.asp?h=0...

[Pearcy]

Tom Tom Go720 has widescreen, text to speech, bluetooth & euro maps etc. - they've come right down in price as a new model is due soon, so you can pick them up for £160-£170...

Then another £19 per year subscription to pocketGPSworld speed camera database (the most up to date) & you're all set

[tim2100]

Pearcy said:

Tom Tom Go720 has widescreen, text to speech, bluetooth & euro maps etc. - they've come right down in price as a new model is due soon, so you can pick them up for £160-£170...

Then another £19 per year subscription to pocketGPSworld speed camera database (the most up to date) & you're all set

+1

[Gizmo535]

bigandclever said:

Gizmo535 said:

Oddly, I did a search on this and turned up diddly squat

Odd indeed, there's a whole forum http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/gassing/forum.asp?h=0...

Hahaha, I'm definitely going senile. I managed to miss that entirely...

[melv]

Big thumbs up for TomTom here -have had Go and now 900 for some years. Best bit is the live traffic update via Bluetooth connection to phone that can save me HOURS in a day.

But, you gotta use these gadgets with a reasonable amount of intelligence!!

[PulseTurbo]

Keep a look out on www.hotukdeals.com - There are always Sat Navs popping up there for brilliant prices

[crackthatoff]

tim2100 said:

Pearcy said:

Tom Tom Go720 has widescreen, text to speech, bluetooth & euro maps etc. - they've come right down in price as a new model is due soon, so you can pick them up for £160-£170...

Then another £19 per year subscription to pocketGPSworld speed camera database (the most up to date) & you're all set

+1

+2 bought one yesterday £160 from pc world... brilliant piece of kit !

[ELAN+2]

I've got a Tom Tom Go, had it a couple of years and it's superb, very easy to use compared to the Garmin and Navman things some friends have got, its also better IMHO than the Honda Accord and MB factory set ups, that I have seen, however thats just my opinion!

[IAmNotTheStig]

The Review Centre does sat nav reviews , I used them to pick my Navman N20

Their URL is www.reviewcentre.com/products2384.html

Seems good