Sat Nav (Car) recommendations pls?

[Iconic944ss]

Struggling to get something for wifey for Xmas and out of the hat she mentions a Sat Nav - which surprised me.

Our Big W store are selling the Tom Tom 1 for £199 which seems quite good value and the Tom Tom's generally seem to get a good write-up.

However, for wifey it must be EASY TO USE as she is just plain scared of most thing's techno - so recommendations please - less than say...£300

Cheers - Frank

[rcgbob44]

Get the new Tom Tom 510

[Tonio600]

Navman F20 seeems works well for us.

[madmav]

"NO Sat Nav? Go Sat Mav !

[ducati dad]

Got my Missus a GARMIN sat nav.She's been lost three times so far.........

Does it for me! ;)

[madmav]

Got my Missus a GARMIN sat nav.She's been lost three times so far.........

Does it for me! ;)


pmsl !
where do ya get em from? I'll get my missus 2 for xmas .

[nelly]

Tom Tom vote here. Even my old man has been able to use it!!

[Iconic944ss]

Garmin it is then :lol::o:lol:

Actually, Navman look good for a cheapskate like me...preloaded Speed camera locations as well:

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/category.do?categoryId=647

Cheers - F

[Sharpy G]

cheapest prices here ! I got the 910, excellent kit
http://www.find-uk-deals.co.uk/tomtom_go.htm

[Simon Reed]

i've got a tom tom 710,paid £270.00 for it !,blue tooths shite though !,so i've bought a parrot !

[andyc]

Garmin Nuvi for me, excellent small easy to use and bluetooth works very well

[Iconic944ss]

I'm tempted to be very sneaky and buy a Tom Tom rider :rolleyes:

Just found out it can be used in car with a mounting kit and Halfords are giving that away free with the unit - must look up some reviews.

Cheers guys - Frank

[tripleX]

Hi,
Tom Tom was given the best review on the Gadget show on CH5 and i must agree mine has been brill....i have loaded the software on my PDA (IPAQ) and mounted it on a cradle in the car,This option personnaly i think is great as you have not just spent hundreds on a sole user item but have got the PDA for the rest of the time,

Cheers

[Sharpy G]

I'm tempted to be very sneaky and buy a Tom Tom rider :rolleyes:

Just found out it can be used in car with a mounting kit and Halfords are giving that away free with the unit - must look up some reviews.

Cheers guys - Frank

thought of that one for myself, but................

you have to wear the headset in the car tho' for it to work

[tripleX]

No mate!.... it comes out of the speaker...you can either buy a cradle that has a GPS and speaker all in one or buy a PDA that has a built in GPS and just buy a simple cradle (£5)that sticks (Sucker) on the window and both are powered by a cable to the cigarette lighter socket. works v well

[Iconic944ss]

Damn, tom tom rider does not have a speaker and relies on Bluetooth for output - there is NO provision for plugging any audio devices into it.

Tom tom customer support were very helpful, which is encouraging.

However, there are quite a few bluetooth speaker systems about now
- this one from the dreaded Fleabay looks good:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180064848836

But I need to find out what version of Bluetooth the rider is using !

Why is nothing simple I ever try to do these days - :)

Thanks for the replies - Frank

[Ozz]

Frank I have been told the Road Angel one is good. Apparently detects mobile speed cameras aswell?

http://www.comet.co.uk/cometbrowse/product.do?sku=368261

[psychlist]

Damn, tom tom rider does not have a speaker and relies on Bluetooth for output - there is NO provision for plugging any audio devices into it.

Tom tom customer support were very helpful, which is encouraging.

However, there are quite a few bluetooth speaker systems about now
- this one from the dreaded Fleabay looks good:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180064848836

But I need to find out what version of Bluetooth the rider is using !

Why is nothing simple I ever try to do these days - :)

Thanks for the replies - Frank

Thats worth knowing thanks Frank. I've got a TTRider and the helmet speaker is very good. I would like to use it in the car but the earphone that comes with it just wont stay put so I'm considering getting a speaker. Didn't realise there were different versions of bluetooth, also finding it difficult finding anyone with a car mount in stock too!

[Jools]

Got my Missus a GARMIN sat nav.She's been lost three times so far.........

Does it for me! ;)

Me too...Got a Garmin Street Pilot for Mrs Jools about 6 years ago when they were 'new' technology and cost a feckin fortune. She got lost with it as well.

According to the kids who were in their late teens at the time she got lost because she argued with it all the time and when it said "In 200 yards, turn left" she would answer it back and say "I'm not going down there you stupid thing...". Once she'd ignored what it was telling her to do, the Sat Nav would chirp up and say "Off route...recalculating" at which point she'd shout at it and switch it off.

Bargain at the price then :lol:

[Monty]

So she shouts at the technology as well as you then Jools-at least she's being even handed.:lol:

John

[Zimbo16]

Tom Tom One should be fine, the 510 doesn't do much more and the 710 / 910 come with bluetooth phone (which is ****) and european maps, major roads only with the 710, street level + USA on the 910. She probably won't use any of that, so the One should be more than adequate.

[NBs996]

I use an iPaq with TomTom 5. Street level European maps, but they go out of date when new junctions get built so occassionally you need a bit of artistic licence. And I've found some errors on it too... like it tells you to keep left when you need to keep right on the A34 Newbury bypass!

There's a learning curve to get used to using the software but it's not difficult. And I think it helps to have some basic map reading skills so you can relate what's on the screen to what's outside just by a quick glance.

Overall I'm chuffed enough with it.

[Gilps]

I bought a Mitac Mio 268+ back in March and am really impressed by it. They've got new models out now which look even better. The 510 has replaced the 268+.
Make sure that whatever you get, it has got full postcode search facility, and the latest chipset - Sirfstar III - as this makes for faster satellite finding and route changing.
Mio are not a big seller in the UK so are realtively cheap as they are still trying to buy their way into the market. They are a big seller on the continent apparently. Oh, and there is a bike mount available as I've got one, although the unit is not waterproof. And when you select a route it asks what kind of vehicle you are driving - car, fast car, lorry, etc. But the best bit is if you select motorbike it will try to find the twistiest roads for you!

http://www.mio-tech.be/en/index.htm

to buy I used these guys. Very good service.

http://www.superetrader.co.uk/

[Iconic944ss]

Wayy Hey - a fellow Mio user!

I bought a Mio Digiwalker 168 during the year for £100 including the CoPilot Live GPS software that started the whole Sat Nav ball rolling...Wifey thought it was all a gimick until she saw the ickle Mio doing its stuff - but I do love my gadets ;)

On the Sat Nav front - both of the bluetooth speaker suppliers said they could not guarentee that their products would be compliant with the Tom Tom Rider Bluetooth ...Grrrrr

Apparently the rider Bluetooth spec is simply "Headset protcol" whatever that is - Halforda are selling it with a free car kit but, there is no way wifey will wear a headset in the car, even though she bleedin well got a great one with her Sony Ericcson phone - Women !!!

Rumour has it that Tom Tom are about to make some new releases / upgrades in the new year but I still fancy the GO510 which so far, the cheapest I can find online is good old Woolworths (but only via the 'net and NOT in time for xmas sadly) - for £247 !!!

http://www.woolworths.co.uk/ww_p2/product/index.jhtml?pid=50712264

Happy shopping :(

F

[Herb]

I got my wife an AA road map for £1.99. Bargain.