Which SatNav?

[redmoosefaction]

Got a Tom Tom Go Live . Seems pretty good .

 

I'll second the TomTom Live dedicated satnav. It has it's own sim and works all over europe. Costs for live services are included in the purchase for the first year then is just under £50 per year thereafter.

 

You can plan all sorts of different route options, you can make a list favourite's, you can tell it to redirect if you see a jam ahead of you.

 

Google maps is very good, Tomtom is just that bit better. In fact... have both running at the same time ;-)

 

Also the tom-tom gives an accurate speed, and gives your average through point to point speed cameras, so you know if you can go faster or slower, very clever.

 

I have had my current Tomtom for 3 years and it is still working. Yay!

Edited September 13, 2014 by redmoosefaction

[harvey b davison]

I have a cheap garmin, its ok but not brilliant. I took it to the lake district the other year, and it kept loosing signal. It was about about 3 mile behind me, which resulted in missed junctions. Didnt think a satnav could be behind !!!!!!

[gensetsteve]

I do like paper maps; my preference being the A-Z series. But I've been using them for years and had got used to particular colours for certain designations of road. Bought a 2013 atlas and they've changed all the colours round. Plus they've skimped on the ring-binding and gone with glued spine. Which results in west-east joins being lost in the great shadowy devide.

 

Was once given a new Sony satnav, only to find it needed an immediate update before it would function. After the update process failed several times. I look on the net for help, only to find Sony had recently pulled out of the satnav market; and there wasn't a software ungraded available. Hense it became an expensive present, which was not only unusable but unsaleable too.

 

They tried to return it to the Sony shop for refund but were turned away. Now I know Sony used to make great mid range speakers. But that was the last Sony equipment they or I have ever purchased. Crap pre-sales & after-sales service, from a once reliable company.

 

After that debarckle, I went off the notion of owning a satnav. There's been a few time I wish I'd had one. But then remembered the bother I had with the only personal example. I like the idea of having an iPhone app but first I need an iPhone. I could get the 'Nav Free' app for the iPod but I'd have to upgrade to IOS 6, which uses Bing Maps not Google Maps. I just don't get on with Bing.

 

Looking on the bright side, the iPhone 6 is on its way. So iPhone 5s are going to be cheaper at some point. Mind, I recently bought a £9 Nokia PAYG from Tesco. Last time I went to Spain, my mobile didn't work. Which was a damned nuisance. Lots of faffing around looking for people.

 

This time, Orange couldn't guarantee a signal with a Motorola. So I bought something which would and did work; and is cheaper than Orange. Decisions, decisions... do I get a third phone & load 'Nav Free UK & Nav Free Spain'? Or just open a phone shop.

 

A few years ago they were all a pain in the neck. The Tom Tom I had before needed them on the phone for 2 hours. I cant imagine being with out one now was in Newcastle and east kilbride last week 2000 miles next week liverpool Manchester and Telford.