Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Sat nav or trusty old paper map, a word from the wise needed.

[crm250]

R, have used several flavour of sat nav for some time, and even used it on my last spain / france jaunt. they are not without flaws. IMO i have had better success with tomtom, for a simple plug and go solution get a basic tomtom, loads of plugins and users who can help. garmin offerings are also very good but i prefer the tomtom interface personaly.
I use a PDA solution which is great but it got a soaking en route to portsmouth then cooked in spain which finished it. good thing is you can easily get loads of accesories for a pda to attach to a bike if needed too without the expense of tomtom rider.
but with all satnav it can take you to the wrong side of level crossings, a few doors away etc etc.
hope it helps.

[Chaz]

Tom-Tom only way to go brill.

[Dementor]

Tom Tom with out a doubt, just be careful if you download any of their updates and make sure you save a backup first

[Rob B]

I have had two Garmins. Streetpilot III and now a 2610. I would liek a 27xx now. Just like every other tool, you have to use it with a bit of added inteligence. They all have their quirks and if you just blindly accept what they tell you, route wise, on the shortest option, you'll end up going through the centre of every town and village. Switch to fastest to take the by-pass. I alway like to have a big scale map with me that I can glance at to see what options I have for routing around big towns etc...

rgds, Rob

[nelly]

I bought a tomtom a while back. haven't looked back since. The time it's saved me has already paid for it.
If you drive on your own, then there's no dodgy map reading or if you do take a wrong turning or hit a diversion, it just recalculates the route and off you go again.