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chris-p-duck - 4/11/08 at 09:59 PM

Hi,

I am looking to get a half decent sat nav without spending a fortune. Anyone got any recommendations?? I had assumed that TomTom was a safe bet but there seem to be loads around now.

All advice gratefully received!!

Cheers

Chris

IDONTBELEIVEIT - 4/11/08 at 10:01 PM

tom tom one xl for me

tomgregory2000 - 4/11/08 at 10:02 PM

garmin all the way

IDONTBELEIVEIT - 4/11/08 at 10:08 PM

garmin shmarmin

joneh - 4/11/08 at 10:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by tomgregory2000
garmin all the way


Pfft Yachty!

My TomTom has been brilliant over the last 4 years.

imp paul - 4/11/08 at 10:12 PM

i have a tom tom go its pants and has let me down now and then

joneh - 4/11/08 at 10:23 PM

Hurrah!

owelly - 4/11/08 at 10:25 PM

I had a Tom Tom XL and was very happy with it until some cnuts smashed up the side of my Cherokee to steal it and caused over £1200 worth of damage!!!

blakep82 - 4/11/08 at 10:49 PM

garmin 300T for me! got it in tesco, under £100, and comes with free traffic updates powered by RDS, so no subscriuptions or nothing

K999NNY - 4/11/08 at 11:15 PM

Cant go wrong with a Garmin. Bought mine 2 years ago (Nuvi 310d). Im probably due to update my maps but I have regulalry used it abroad and it took me straight to my folks house in an obscure little spanish village.

mediabloke - 4/11/08 at 11:24 PM

Tom tom one if you want UK-only coverage with full postcode (I got Mrs MB one for under a ton from Morgan Computers - worth way more in brownie points!) or agreed on the Nuvi for lo-cost european cover.

stuart_g - 4/11/08 at 11:47 PM

Navman everytime for me.

coozer - 5/11/08 at 07:55 AM

Navigo from ebuyer with TomTom Navigator installed.

Has taken me to places I've never heard of while on business in Germany and all around the UK.

chris-p-duck - 5/11/08 at 12:35 PM

Cheers guys!

So in summary it looks like if I go with Tom Tom or Garmin (whichever has the best deal at the time) then I cant go far wrong.

Also is there some sort of prize for starting the 100,000th thread?!?!?

Chris

geoff shep - 5/11/08 at 12:56 PM

TT One V3 is £10 OFF at ebuyer at the mo.

TomTom One at Ebuyer

Note that this is no frills - it has no card slot for additional maps or bluetooth. It can download (some) updates via usb.

Oops - sorry (see below) - I blame it on the hassle of posting it from work. Sorry about that - a good price though, and I have the EU version of that TT and it's fine.

[Edited on 5/11/08 by geoff shep]

chrisg - 5/11/08 at 01:01 PM

I tend to look at the road signs.

Cheers

Chris

MikeRJ - 5/11/08 at 01:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by geoff shep
TT One V3 is £10 at ebuyer at the mo.


You got me all excited then! To save anyone else from the disappointment I have suffered it's currently £10 off, making the price £89.99.

quote:
Originally posted by chrisg
I tend to look at the road signs.


I tend to look at attractive women, but like road signs they can be few and far between, and my view is often blocked by other traffic

[Edited on 5/11/08 by MikeRJ]

Peteff - 5/11/08 at 01:51 PM

This one bugged me though.


mediabloke - 5/11/08 at 09:54 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Peteff

I wish I had the right accent, I'd have that on a t-shirt.

Simon - 6/11/08 at 12:30 AM

Garmin for me too.

Friend had TT but kept breaking so he spent 50 quid on an unheard of thing that worked quite well by all accounts (but since sold).

ATB

Simon