wheres the best place to get one of these

have seen them on ebay but they are 50 quid, is there no-where cheaper?

do you have to pay a subscription for these, was gonna get one for my brother for christmas as have tom tom 5 and he has an m500 pda

any ideas guys?

cheers

 

GingeRS,

I think it's a case of you get what you pay for with these. £50 to £100 seems to be the going rate.

No subscription to pay for GPS, it's all free. The only subscription you may need to pay is for map updates for the software you decide to use with it.

 

Ginge, search on the froogle thing, you can get them a bit cheaper than £50

 

cheers guys

rory

 

I'm currently looking for one myself, I'm looking at the moment and I will let you know if I can come up with anything!

Hopefully it will be listed that it'll work with my 6630!

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=5843629296

This one looks quite good because it comes with everything you'll need (ways to charge it ect.)


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bluetooth-GPS-...QQcmdZViewItem

As does that one

 

dont buy a cheap shit one! i bought a crappy 40quid one off ebay.

that shortly got thrown in the bin and a half deccent £100 one bought instead.

you get what you pay for with these things...

 

Got mine for £35inc Post from Ebay

 

Jim, what's the advatatages of having 32 channels?


Was the 1 you got off ebay too slow or what?

 

the one i got off ebay ran off AAA batteries (which lasted a matter of hours) and was CRAP at getting a signal

 

But do you think that either of the ones listed in my other post will be any good?

Obv has rechargable battery and lasts much longer with that (or so is claimed.)


Cheers

 

smid, they both look like cheap shit ones i'm afraid. you might get lucky you might not. i'm just speaking from my bad experience. buy cheap, buy twice.

i ended up buying one of these after reading reviews etc. and i can't rate it enough. it's never let me down. i paid £99 from ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fortuna-Blueto...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Jim you have PM

 

This was the one i got off ebay, Charge last ages (Comes with a car charger to) Picks up within 15 sec of being connected to my Mobile and the Tom tom software Cost me 35 notes.

Not to sure about the claim under the pic of the reciever though

 

smidsy, the two in your link, is what my mate has , cost him about £90 a year ago, no real problems, was SiRF II chipset, nothing wrong with that,

But the newer SiRF III like jims is meant to be so much better at recieving signals

mine was a £45 cheepy SiRF II which works well, but im going to renew my whole set up, and will be getting the latest SiRF III reciever

 

tho saying all that i think sirf 111 has/is superseeded by ttff chipset

dunno if its better or not?

 

Would this one be quite good then?

http://www.globalpositioningsystems....d3aa5562f1ca5f

Or anything that is SiRF Star III will be good?


Cheers

 

like this one http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/32-CHANNEL-BLU...QQcmdZViewItem

 

and to add this is the one ive got, no problems,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LeadTek-Blueto...QQcmdZViewItem

 

So this one: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/32-CHANNEL-BLU...QQcmdZViewItem


And it comes with:

Contents:

GPS Bluetooth receiver

USB car charger

USB charger cable

UK mains charger

Li-ion battery


Would work fine with my Nokia 6630 and work fine with tomtom mobile 5?


If so, I think I'll buy this one

 

tho the seller does say, Branded genuine product and not a 'no name' product as other seller? err what make is it then

but looking at something like that for myself

 

also this thread stu h was pleased

https://passionford.com/forum/viewto...&highlight=gps

 

So Fil, I am going to go for one of these 2:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Holux-236-GPSl...QQcmdZViewItem


or

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/32-CHANNEL-BLU...QQcmdZViewItem


Which would you personally go for?!


And would both work with my phone!?


Cheers

 

http://www.pocketgps.co.uk/gr236.php

id go for the holux branded one, but would read the reviews, aint read it myself yet,

 

Just bought one off eBay mate


Cheers for all your help

 

blimey

all off my thread.....well done, let me know what you think of it

 

The one to go for guys is a Holux GPSlim 236.

I bought one of these from ebay and its MINT!

charges using mini-usb, locks on to satellites within SECONDS, and is bluetooth.

i think there is a shop on ebay that sells them for 82 delivered.

As jim says, DONT BUY A CHEAP ONE. Ive heard some people having to wait 20 mins for a lock-on PMSL

 

oh and get a USB port for ya car

 

usb for car.............tell me more?

 

well i just bought a cigarette lighter one off ebay for 3 quid or summat and "nicked" the circuit board.

i cut up a usb extension cable and used that

 

let us know how you get on with it, how much £s btw, is it from a UK seller?

 

£74.99 by any chance

 

Hi guys, Sorry Ginge if you feel I hijacked your thread at all!


I got it for £75 delivered off eBay


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1

So cheers guys, I'll let you all know how I get on with it, should be here by thursday(/friday at very latest!!)


Wasn't ripped off with postage really either.

Could have got it for around £65 but that was not a UK seller, and I ideally wanted it before Xmas, or there was no point in me buying one until new year really!

 

 

Cool!


I may PM you about that lot soon matey!

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/32-CHANNEL-BLU...QQcmdZViewItem

I got one of these - paid <£50 and it's cool.. quick first time fix, works indoors, reputably "better" chipset than siRFIII but in practice not much to choose.

 

search the cheapest place u can for the model above

there is a reason its circa £90

sirf4?

 

no worries, buddy, you can hardly hi-jack a discussion thread

good info on here and will use it when it comes to buying the receiver. plus will do one of those usb's for the car, clever

for the minute a mate is giving me his old pda and receiver etc, but cant use it as my pc is busted, and wont be fixed untill i upgrade it in the new year

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/32-CHANNEL-BLU...QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.qstarz.com/html/products_BT-Q880.htm

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d..._BIN_Stores_IT

I bought that one, works great, did me to Nurburgring and back no probs, works of a NMh nokia batterya nd comes with car and usb charger.

Was £50+ at the time though, but same seller, no issues for me or kenny who alos has one