preferably tom tom but are there others to recomend?
or do i wait till after crhimbo for the sales?
and do they all need a subscription or can you just buy one and be done with it?

other questions that i might want to ask if i had more money are:
what about all these ones that are fitted to cars as standard and talk about getting discs to update them with? is that a different kettle of fish altogehter?
and can i get something that will work with a tracker as well as having sat nav?
can i get soemthing like we've got at work where the tracker and the satnav and other wireless stuff like internet and that sort of malarkey all run from the same source?

etc

thanks

 

You buy one and you are done with it, but at a later date you will want to update it in a few years when the roads have changed a bit etc and there are new addresses.

I bought a navman in my local tescos recently as a temporary measure as the mrs taxed my tomtom off me, its defintely not as good, BUT it does still do the job (uk only) for 99 quid!

 

cheers i'll go and check

 

Best one i have seen for sub £200 is the tom tom one. I think this comes with an SD card whcoh would allow you to upgrade the maps (someone may be able to confirm?).

I used one last week for a day and thought it pretty neat, nice and slim and fits in top pocket. Would reroute quite quickly and was generaly very easy to use.

I am holding out until Jan/Feb and looking to buy a 710 or a 910, am hoping that these will drop closer to £200-£250 by then....hopefully.

 

i have the goodmans GNAV10 or something and it does the job fine for me - been into europe with it too

 

you have a pm

 

tom tom one would be my choice

 

I've used a Garmin Nuvi 300 and that was really good. Speed Cameras and stuff on it too!

 

I use a Garmin i3, £99 from maplins, best budget unit by far, its took me all over the UK in my job and never let me down, it also has europe on it

 

sounds good so far

 

i got a tomtom one,,,, great system,,, always works fine for me

 

tom tom one, easily upgradeable with voices/speed cameras/maps etc

 

Road Angel Nav 6000..... been spot on so far....

 

what model mobile phone you got? you might be able to run tomtom mobile

 

Same here spot on

 

and the maps are upgradable and speed camera's can be downloaded!
i been all over the uk and it's never let me down

 

Why not buy a PDA and run Tom Tom via that! Gotta be the way to go, at least then u can have the use of the PDA for other things aswell!

www.totalpda.co.uk

 

I got that, I bought the speed camera loaded one of Ebay though, mint for about £109!

Can't fault Garmin, both me and my have got the same one and it's spot on, never let either of us down!

 

Depends on how much your going to be using it tbh?
I sell sat nav for a living btw.
Garmin I3 for the money is very good.
Tom tom One Uk is easiest unit to use on the market. Currently £199.

Navman F20 with full post code search and 3.5" touch screen is very good for the money £150.

Any of those depending on how technical minded you are and how much your be using it.

 

Been there, done that...



I found it to be (as with any PC) unreliable, tomtom sometimes randomly crashed or conflicted with other system files, sold it in the end, your best off with a dedicated satnav.

 

i was assuming that all satnavs had touch screens and similer features

is this not the case then?

 

The garmin i3 uses the simple scroll wheel in the centre, scroll it up and down and push it in to select things, very simple unit and fantastic for the money.



This is mine, driving NE along the coast road in barrow, my next turn is 8.8 miles away, the unit will count down the distance then when 500ft away it will zoom into the turn to make it easier to see. Mine got my from manchester to barrow-in-furness 2 weeks ago, then back again! took me just over 4 hours and it was spot on with its estimated arrival time.