Just ordered my new sat nav...

v_man · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:00

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Garmin-Nuvi-3...712568029QQcategoryZ75327QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I heavily recommend this gps unit. My friend has one, and its performs flawlessly. And at this price...it's a steal. Will report back when it arrives.

Joe T · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:15

I wonder, should you really be personally recommending something you havent yet used?

v_man · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:19

I've used my friend's one a few times, thought it performed well. Just a heads up really for anyone who's considering buying a satnav.

wez130 · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:22

most satnav equipment willperform well, last year, i had a cheap usb GPS unit that cost me £20 or something, it got me to cornwall with no problems, i now have a sirf star 3 bluetooth unit with navicore on my mobile phone, that too gets me where i want to be. and neither cost anything near £360

[TW]Fox · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:42

Friend has one.

Cost more than TomTom, isn't as good as TomTom.

v_man · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:44

How is it not as good?

[TW]Fox · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:52

I didn't find the interface was as nice, it was a bit slower planning routes, I just preffered TomTom.

And it's cheaper.

v_man · 16 Apr 2006 at 16:59

TomToms are way too big for my liking. Even the One is large compared to the Nuvi. Also, I was disappointed by the TomTom's screen, in that it's not as bright as the Nuvis, and it also doesn't handle glare as well. Oh, and I liked the text-to-speech feature of the Nuvi.

[TW]Fox · 16 Apr 2006 at 17:05

Mine is not big at all

PeterNem · 16 Apr 2006 at 17:05

Indeed.... one of the best features of that sat nav unit is it does other stuff than just sat nav.... and it's small.

Oh, wait, that's what a PDA is for!!

Kitchster_uk · 16 Apr 2006 at 17:11

[TW]Fox said:
Mine is not big at all

Mine neither. About...oohh...Nokia 6680 size tbh!

Joe T · 16 Apr 2006 at 17:57

[TW]Fox said:
Mine is not big at all

Ooo er missus!

-Mike- · 16 Apr 2006 at 18:00

Fox that comment is laughable

Sig material I think

I've only used tomtom and I found a friends 500 really simple to use and it worked really well.

masterk · 16 Apr 2006 at 18:01

Havent used a Garmin, but ive used four different TomToms and they were all useless/faulty/rubbish.

Joe T · 16 Apr 2006 at 18:09

-Mike- said:
Fox that comment is laughable Sig material I think

Hence why I quoted it

Already saved as jpeg

Was gonna let NickXX get his own back - so will send it to him :cool:

PeterNem · 16 Apr 2006 at 18:12

masterk said:
Havent used a Garmin, but ive used four different TomToms and they were all useless/faulty/rubbish.

You must have got *very* unlucky, or perhaps not read the manual!?

eidolon · 16 Apr 2006 at 18:58

[TW]Fox said:
Friend has one.

Cost more than TomTom, isn't as good as TomTom.

Exactly the same here. My mate got one so we tried to plan the route to the pub, it couldn't find it. Then we tried to plan the route to somewhere else (I forget where) and again it couldn't find it. Not a good start.

It does look quite tidy though.

danielj315 · 16 Apr 2006 at 19:28

360 quid a steal......yeh....