Sat NAv

[Guest]

Live in Jersey and know 98% of the 500 roads here. But !

London, youngest son lives in Plaistow East London, and last time there after 20 mins travel from one place to another we ended up at the original place we departed from. True,so true !

So for the future Sat Nav. So members which one should I get. Not expensive just something simple which will take me from A to B and you do not need brains to use it. Bearing in mind it does have to be simple as I will only be using it 4 or 5 weeks of the year ie re-learning each time I come back to it.

Laurie

[john i am]

Hi Laurie few years back I had a navman straight forward any easy to use no bells or whistles on it which was at the budget end of the market but used to take me all around the uk with no problems whatsoever for about 5 yrs before someone stole it so be careful don't leave it in your motor especially around London lovely place (Halfords )

[Lee W]

Laurie, my father in law has a Garmin, if can use...anyone can!

Lee

[PaulTRose]

i swear by TomToms

had a tomtom one for 7 years til swambo bought me a new one last year (cant remember which model)

greatest invention ever............no getting lost, no stress, no wasting time or money on petrol cos you have got lost

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

I use a Garmin, have done for 5 years in the car now. Before that I used a tracker version when Mountain biking, neither have ever steered me wrong

Adrian

[Ian M]

I just use Google maps on my smart phone. Always in my pocket and can even give directions on foot or bicycle.

Ian M

[John]

I've always preferred TomToms, I now buy my cars with sat navs built in, my sense of direction is at best, bad

I think most sat navs are pretty reliable, I've just had a quick look and I can't believe how cheap they are now, this is only £33

[Guest]

I bought a TomTom 2 1/2 years ago for £240 (!) but it died after two years. When buying a replacement from Halfords I considered the Garmin equivalent. The nice lad said that it had all the features of the old TomTom so I bought it. However, within a few hours I found it did not have all the features and, even allowing for it being another make with inevitable differences in usage, it (for me anyway) was much less easy to use. For example, with the TomTom you can navigate to the menu that you need much more easily than with the Garmin. I returned it to Halfords and exchanged it for a TomTom "Start 25" which cost £99 (including a 20% discount on free offer to all). It does not have live traffic that the earlier one had (but we don't live in a congested area) but unlike the earlier one it came with free European maps updated three time per year. It is very good indeed.

Features that I find very useful include being able to go more or less straight to another item without the tedious process of backing up through menus (for example, tapping the screen on one of three places while driving gets you to map view (or 3D view) of your journey, and to two other places in the menu system which I can't remember without the device in front of me); the ability to drag the destination to the exact street corner etc. when you have the town displayed (eg., the destination shows the town centre as requested then you can drag it to the sea front. Also, when you have set up a route to a town you can ask for Places of Interest there, such as Indian Restaurants, Parking, Swimming Baths. You can of course specify a destination by its Post Code. We are very satisfied with it, and it was a good price.

[Guest]

I've always preferred TomToms, I now buy my cars with sat navs built in, my sense of direction is at best, bad I think most sat navs are pretty reliable, I've just had a quick look and I can't believe how cheap they are now, this is only £33

The £33 job you mention doesn't look look a TomTom despite its name "Tom".

[Guest]

Thanks for all the replies. Are these all easy to use ?

Other thing is that living in Jersey I wanted to play with the thing before getting to London. Otherwise I may land back at Weymouth. Can any of you tell me if Jersey is included on the TomTom or the Garmin.

As an aside I am the only person to approach Hull, to go over the Humber bridge from the south end, to get onto the wrong motor way and cross the bridge from North to South then to carry on for 8 miles down that road before you come to a roundabout to return and have a go at crossing the bridge in the correct direction for Hull.

Laurie

[ojays]

Tom Tom One bought from a Cash Exchanger Store for £35 three years ago and not been a problem at all.

Updated just after Christmas when they do reduced price offers. They made first offer at £65, (ignored) second offer at £35 (ignored) and third offer £27-50 so updated.

Found it excellent so far.

Gregg

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

tapping the screen on one of three places while driving gets you to map view (or 3D view) of your journey, and to two other places in the menu system which I can't remember without the device in front of me); quote]Hmmm whilst driving??????!!!!!! Don't let my friends in traffic cars see you

Adrian

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

This may help you been impartial as well

http://www.which.co.uk/technology/computing/reviews/sat-navs/

Adrian

[Guest]

Thanks for all the replies. Are these all easy to use ?Other thing is that living in Jersey I wanted to play with the thing before getting to London. Otherwise I may land back at Weymouth. Can any of you tell me if Jersey is included on the TomTom or the Garmin.

As an aside I am the only person to approach Hull, to go over the Humber bridge from the south end, to get onto the wrong motor way and cross the bridge from North to South then to carry on for 8 miles down that road before you come to a roundabout to return and have a go at crossing the bridge in the correct direction for Hull.

Laurie

My TomTom recognises Jersey towns (Saint Helier needs to be typed with "Saint" in full). I have just set a journey from my house to Bradford Avenue, Saint Brélade. I am told it will involve 293 miles and 10 hours 25 minutes via Weymouth. (Google Maps also states 293 miles, but only 8 hours 40 minutes, also via Weymouth?)

I have also just planned a route to Malta as a test: 13 hours; and Inari (N. Finland): 39 hours, 2,251 miles. The World is your lobster!

[Guest]

In the works vehicle I have a Tom Tom with live updater which is excellent on motorways and dual carriage ways it shows all the lanes and which one you should be in way before you can go wrong a bit idiot proof so it suits me £120

In my own vehicle and I have had this for years a Binatone this is the bottom end of the market at less than £40 but it has never failed to get me where I am going and it is tough lives through winter in the glove box and I have lost count of how many times it has been dropped does not have all the bells and whistles but it has more than earned my respect.

Rob