dhutch
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 11:17 AM |
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Which Satnav? - Small - EuroMaps - Speedlimit Warning
I dont really like the idea of satnav much and so far havent bought one and do all my driving with a pair of paper maps and the help of googlemaps.
However come a sunday evening after a weekend at a friends or on the boat there's something very tedious having to get a map out to get home,
even if you dont get lost.
Ive also now got 8 points and am not looking for anymore, so while im not expecting to replace constant vigilance and a push to drive slower with
technology, every little helps, and if it could blep at me when i got over the limit (motorways and sideroads) that would awesome too.
Any thoughts suggestions?
I dont want to pay more than i have to, but equally, price isnt really a driver.
I also want something fairly small/compact if possible for us in the kitcar when driving in Europa.
Daniel
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ReMan
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 11:21 AM |
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tom tom
this one
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_728475_langId_-1_categoryId_165685
Edited to say dont let halfords con you onto a garmin, the ones they have in this bracket are pants. Shame as their of road stuff is about as good as
it gets i believe
Edited again to say I went to buy a tom tom, i got convinced of a garmin, I tried it, it was pants, it went back with a complaint and i came out with
a tom tom
[Edited on 16/7/10 by ReMan]
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 11:25 AM |
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been very happy with my basic garmin (with europe maps). We used a tomtom thingy, again basic, down to CLM last week. Seemed fine too.
One thing, the satnav took us on a rather long route as fastest (avoiding tolls), not sure why, but I suspect it was trying to follow a main road next
to the motorway. We saved an hour or so on the way back once we borrowed a proper map on th eway home and just popped in a few points to force our
chosen route.
The garmin has a fair speed warning system. I need to update mine, but you can buy annual, or just one off updates for small piles of cash.
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coozer
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 12:17 PM |
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I have a Navigo from Ebuyer. It was £45 back then and comes with what I can only describe as 'pants' TurboDog Navigation.
Anyway, downloaded TomTom Navigator 7 and with a bit of code hacking now runs on the Navi.
Have just updated with the latest European map and has up to date cameras as well.
Tip for the camera's? Don't drive past them over the limit. Just keep under the limit, at all times (doesn't apply to 7's)
THESE are basically the same as the old Navigo.
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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zilspeed
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 12:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
I have a Navigo from Ebuyer. It was £45 back then and comes with what I can only describe as 'pants' TurboDog Navigation.
Anyway, downloaded TomTom Navigator 7 and with a bit of code hacking now runs on the Navi.
Have just updated with the latest European map and has up to date cameras as well.
Tip for the camera's? Don't drive past them over the limit. Just keep under the limit, at all times (doesn't apply to 7's)
THESE are basically the same as the old Navigo.
+1
Although, I still use turbodog or whatever it's called on mine.
I have an SD card with tomtom on it.
May give that a blast later.
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wilkingj
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 12:23 PM |
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I got a Tom Tom One.
Size of maps is down to the size of the SDRAM card.
Take out the original, copy it to another larger one, and store original in a safe placce.
I kept my original card, and didnt upgrade it, si I have the "day one" card as a backup.
The maps are coded to the machine, and you DONT want to loose the original software / card. That would get expensive to recover from!
I pay pocketGPS world for their camera updates. Much cheaper than the tomtom ones.
dont know if that helps.
1. The point of a journey is not to arrive.
2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
Best Regards
Geoff
http://www.v8viento.co.uk
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 01:09 PM |
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I still have my old Navigo and have run MioMaps and Garmin software on it but Tom Tom is the one I always go back to.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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zetec
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 02:02 PM |
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I've always gone Tom Tom. Most problems people have with any sat nav is that they set their routing preference and never change it and then moan
about the route they get! Also worth getting it mounted in the car properly if you want to use it on a regular basis. Mine slots into a mount I bought
off ebay fitted to a small bracket on the dash with power connected, so just drop it into the mount and off you go. I cringe when I see some people
with it stuck right in their line of sight in the middle of the screen.
" I only registered to look at the pictures, now I'm stuck with this username for the rest of my life!"
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mad4x4
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 07:46 PM |
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I had an Old garmin Streetpilot and I DOWNGrade to TOMTOM
What a piece of Crap the TOM TOM is everything below the TOMTOM can;t do and the Garmin could 5 years ago
1) it won;t switch on with ignition - Sorry not feature
2) it won;t continually Beep when near a speed camera and above the speed limit - sorry not a feature
3) It was sending me up 1 way streets in Glasgow
4) It has iRoutes. WTF it's never re-routed me yet and still takes me into gridlock at Rushhour.
It's going out the window soon and i'll go back to my 5 year old Garmin Old StreetPilot
Scot's do it better in Kilts.
MK INDY's Don't Self Centre Regardless of MK Setting !
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 16/7/10 at 10:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mad4x4
I had an Old garmin Streetpilot and I DOWNGrade to TOMTOM
What a piece of Crap the TOM TOM is everything below the TOMTOM can;t do and the Garmin could 5 years ago
1) it won;t switch on with ignition - Sorry not feature
2) it won;t continually Beep when near a speed camera and above the speed limit - sorry not a feature
3) It was sending me up 1 way streets in Glasgow
4) It has iRoutes. WTF it's never re-routed me yet and still takes me into gridlock at Rushhour.
It's going out the window soon and i'll go back to my 5 year old Garmin Old StreetPilot
My TOM TOM has taken me all over Europe and the UK......
The wife's one even took her to Propshaft services and back..... some 80 miles there and back with out a hitch......
Garmin make good ones for boats but the street ones are duff.
get the correct data base for the unit and program the unit correctly.....
then you will be ok
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geoff shep
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| posted on 17/7/10 at 07:19 AM |
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Cheaper here:
Amazon - TomTom Europe
Good price, compact, has current speed, current speed limit and warns when you exceed it. Has a compact mounting system. Ideal.
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dhutch
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| posted on 17/7/10 at 11:53 AM |
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Seems to be a fair bit of tomtom/garmin rivalry going on then! And a bit of a back water of using cheaper 3rd party devices with the tomtom software
on them
I had a Palm E2 i tried to get tomtom software one but in the end gave up trying to get it to talk to its gps base and never used it.
Software updates seem key too, to make sure its uptodate, particular once you have cameras/speed locations and the like.
Can you set onthefly via points as well, if you dont like the route it picks for you or would like to tweak it to say pass a road you know is good,
for whatever reason or other? Can you tell it you have a trailer (no small roads/lower speed limits etc)? Can you tell it to avoid motorways (sunny
day in the kitcar) which i guess links with setting via points.
Would be nice even if you could design the route on the pc then shove it in, for convoys and club drive outs.
Daniel
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