Sat Navs??

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Mum wants to get my dad a sat nav.

Shes looking at spending £250 max!

Must have europe maps

I've been looking at the Tomtom One XL

As I have heard that TomToms are the best.

I personally just use my N95 :D

So what do people recommend.

Cheers

Warren
 
i use tomtom mobile with my MDA compact, it's quite precise when it comes to positioning, i tried my mates dedicated tomtom ONE and mine was more precise than it, and his seemed slower.
 
thepharcyde said:
What software do you use with your N95? I am currently using the internal GPS and Route66. The directions are spot on in regards timing, but my placement on the actual road is about 50-100 metres out.
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I have TT and an external GPS unit (runs on BT), and it's very accurate, within the meter, and very quick update time.

As for the OP's question, not a clue, only used TT, and it seems to be good. Mine has UK, NI, and major areas in EU map on it. I have another map for it, whilst it covers more, it's 1GB as opposed to 200MB of the current one. My card is only 1GB.

InvG
 
waso_dude said:
As I have heard that TomToms are the best.
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Not really but it is selling more.

Any Garmin has a better mapping than TomTom and for europe and widescreen, go for Garmin 250W, now cost less than £180 in some online stores. It was around £250 a couple of months ago.
 
I've just bought a TomTom One V3 which includes european maps, speed camera alerts, very easy to use, very thin and I paid 3 quid for John Cleese's voice! :D

Can't go wrong for £160.
 
I was looking at sat navs with a friend a couple of days ago, I'm a bit of a TomTom fan as they seem accurate/fast and their maps are really good. They have a clear interface and navigating to places is simple enough to be able to change route whilst driving.

He was looking at this Sony sat nav and said he preferred it... personally I don't like the interface - it took twice as long to enter a location, but besides that there wasn't really anything I could say to him to argue that a TomTom is better. Perhaps someone with experience of Sony sat navs could give the highs and lows, but the Sony was a bit cheaper.

I think it was the Sony NV0U82 and I was preferring the TomTom GO 520.

The Sony does have a bit of a "Windows Vista" feel to it but the TomTom is more no-nonsense and the map appeared more detailed.

I know OcUK sell Sat Navs, although the 520 is out of stock. The 520 can be had within your budget as can the sony :)
 
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I used my dads Tom Tom the other week, I think it's the 500 or something like that.

Anyway, I took my mate to Southampton to pick up his motorbike but we couldn't go on the motorway on the way home because he only has a provisional licence. So, I set the satnav to avoid the M3 and what does it do? It takes us in a giant circle! Going round and round, in the end I just turned it off and followed him lol.

Pile of crap IMO.
 
you must have been very unlucky. I use the 'dont use motorways' option frequently when I'm on the bike (I have the TT Rider) and I've never had a problem. It happily navigated 1000 miles for me this week through Scotlands highlands, the Isle of Skye and Glasgow and Edinburgh and did a great job. Never missed a single turn.

Combined with Google Maps to plot the routes its a great piece of kit, although I agree that its feels a bit chunky.
 
Enfield said:
I used my dads Tom Tom the other week, I think it's the 500 or something like that.

Anyway, I took my mate to Southampton to pick up his motorbike but we couldn't go on the motorway on the way home because he only has a provisional licence. So, I set the satnav to avoid the M3 and what does it do? It takes us in a giant circle! Going round and round, in the end I just turned it off and followed him lol.

Pile of crap IMO.
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