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Old 31-03-2007, 07:19 PM
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I'm looking to spend £250 max on sat nav, Ive been looking at maybe getting a tomtom 1 or navman. it only needs to be for the uk.

What have you got? what would you recomend?
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I got the road angel navigator 6000, not had an issue with it.

It's also the speed camera detector, £3.99/month first 6 months free.

Cant see much difference from the Tom Tom Go 300 I had to be honest.

£179 from Halfrauds or Argooose
Old 01-04-2007, 12:57 PM
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I have got a Tom Tom 500 never had any prob's with it


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we all use tom toms at work. Most of use use the tom tom one and its great. fast and easy to use. updatable when needed. Top drawer
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another vote for the tom tom one, absolutely flawless.

Unless you need the extra features like the bluetooth handsfree (which doesnt work properly anyway) or euro maps, there's no point going for a tom tom 310/510/710 to be honest. Fair enough, the screen is bigger, but your not exactly going to be sat far away from it are you? I find the tom tom one screen more than adequate.

Speed cameras database can be download for £2 from pocketgpsworld.com and it's spot-on. You can also find it on bittorrent too, i think the most recent one up there at the moment is from november 06. Voice packs and add-ons are readily available on there too.

I've used other sat navs in the past and some of them seem to struggle to pick up a decent connection to the satellites quickly (may be down to my heated front screen, dunno) but the TT One takes maybe 5-10 seconds and it picks it up.

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Tomtom, no question. Use mine day in day out with no issues. None of the others come close in my opinion.
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ive got the garmin c510 top bit of kit been all over with it and not one problem and only £180.00
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TOM TOM 1 is £159 at Tesco with first 12 months free speed camera thingy.

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.200-0909.aspx
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i can do u a garmin nuvi 310 delux that bluetooths to your phone its an mp3 and pic viewer also , better speed camera data than tom tom i have both wud be £250 plus whatever postage to yourself

its very good tho
ive used it 4 times so its partially 2nd hand
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TomTom One . . .

http://www.amazon.co.uk


TomTom ONE Great Britain @ £144.78 + Free p&p

TomTom ONE Europe @ £179.92 + Free p&p
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this comes with europe on disk aswell bmw licensed product they were selling them at 399.99 i bought a few , this is the last 1
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Don't put any stock in the satnav blueooth integration/handsfree, all ones i've tried are fuckin useless and not loud enough. Tried it on 3 different phones as was thinking the blueooth on the phone was crappy, still no better
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this one aint its spot on sorry
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Tom Tom ,day in day out.
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I bought a Tom Tom One a few weeks ago. I also opted for the camera and traffic option (£30ish for the year).

10/10 it's superb

I had a fully fitted Smart Nav (by trafficmaster) installed in my old work car, that cost my old work about £400 and then about £25 a month to run. IMO the Tom Tom is just as good, if not better as it's portable.
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