which sat nav system

xma55 · 28 May 2006 at 16:52

thinking of buying a sat nav system for the motor, so confused by all the different systems, as tom tom have 50% of market is it best to go for this ans then which one? i sometimes go to france so it would be handy to use in foreign climes :confused:

GSXRMovistar · 28 May 2006 at 16:56

Whats your budget?

xma55 · 29 May 2006 at 02:37

£450 not really bothered was looking for value

Gav · 29 May 2006 at 08:28

http://caraudiosecurity.com/shop/product/products_id/4855.html

This is a fantastic unit. Much better than the Tom Tom's and Navman's IMHO

ajgoodfellow · 29 May 2006 at 11:33

Look at the Garmin NUVI 300 - http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/...nt=&CarSelectorCatalogId=&CarSelectorGroupId=

Hawk Tuah · 29 May 2006 at 12:07

When 5th gear reviewed them they were set on the Tom Tom One unit.

OllyM · 29 May 2006 at 14:14

Tomtom's are by far the easiest to use.. and I'm really happy with my Tomtom One.

masterk · 29 May 2006 at 14:38

My only qualm with TomTom is the horrific reliability and build quality.

OllyM · 29 May 2006 at 14:43

I've dropped mine a couple of times and it still works perfectly...

We have two Tomtom One's and both seem really well built?

MagicBoy · 29 May 2006 at 15:42

masterk said:
My only qualm with TomTom is the horrific reliability and build quality.

Can you qualify that statement?

Bes · 29 May 2006 at 16:49

TomTom One TBH. If you go off- route it recalculates very quickly, It's cheap, there's a ton of new POI's you can put in and its routing logic seems very good- especially if you decide to avoid a certain road mid- journey

West · 29 May 2006 at 18:19

Im getting the TomTom ONE next monday when I get paid, from what ive read and what everyone has said on here its a good solid unit... and if you know where to look, you can get it quite cheap... im buying mine for just over £200

masterk · 29 May 2006 at 18:57

MagicBoy said:
Can you qualify that statement?

We have had all the different models of TomTom at work and we havent had one that hasnt fell apart or went bang and decided not to work anymore, took us 2 months to get one replaced aswell.

You get similar reports all the time from the TomTom forums.