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[Guest]

Thanks Adrian.Got that and loads of info.

Thanks Steve. That is interesting. Just wonder it it gets confused on board the boat.

Thanks Rob for your info.

Amazon here I come well after choosing a model.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Whatever unit you buy Laurie, get the best deal you can on map upgrades. My missus bought a Garmin and it has life time map upgrades. I had a Uniden, no upgrades or any way of upgrading it now so be careful. As Ian said a lot of people use their smart phones, Google, Windows and Apple all have various GPS navigation systems installed. I can only vouch for the Windows and Android (Google) system, both of which are just as good as any GPS unit. You are also less likely to leave the phone in your car. I always wipe off any residual marks left by the suction cup on a GPS unit from my windscreen. Garmin are the best GPS unit manufacturers in my opinion with good after market support and ongoing map upgrade services. They also specialise in GPS units for boats and aviation.

[Guest]

Thanks Joe. Just did that I bought a Garmin. Toss up between that and a TomTom.

Looking at all the comments in Which, very good, Amazon, confusing and it is most difficult to choose with so many rival and contradictory comments.

What swung it to Garmin. Emailed TomTom support to find if Jersey was on the map 3 days ago no answer. Rang Garmin support in England. 5 minute wait. Yes the nice young woman said. I have relatives in Jersey and they use it. Deal done. Good support from Garvin worth a lot. Now a learning period for my long suffering brain brain

Laurie

[Guest]

Hi Laurie, I've also not long got a Garmin and have found it ok, I especially like the little picture that comes up of the motorway junction you are approaching and the little arrow that tells you which lane to be in. However some of the road and place names have a very strange pronunciation. I found my old tom tom got very confused crossing the channel and would take about 30 minutes to work out where we were. I haven't yet taken the Garmin across yet so couln't tell you about it.

I did find that the tom tom support to be very good as i had a problem with mine after updating it. It would switch itself on at odd times. Early one morning I was convinced we had burglars as I could hear voices, but it was the tom tom mumbling away having turned itself on. I had to send it away to their place in Scotland several times and the turn around was usually less than a week. They were never able to sort it out though and in the end I became convinced that all they did was just stick it back in the post.

For the Garmin this is a handy forum http://forums.gpsreview.net/categories/garmin-auto-forum-garmin-nuvi-forum

[flyjoe180]

Good choice Laurie. You'll find the Garmin intuitive and easy to use.

[Guest]

Thanks Barry. Actually TomTom replied but took 60 hours compared to Garmin 5 minutes.

TomTom answer was that it covered Jersey. Then in the next breath it covered most of Jersey.

Probably being a bit optimistic Joe with my years on this earth. But perseverance has not deserted me-- yet.

Thanks both of you for the input.

Laurie