M4RK RZ Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Hi, So im buying our lass a non romantic SAT NAV for Christmas and wondered what was best. Looked at most top makes and its all swings and round-a-bouts really Im not looking to spend the bank account on one - HALFORDS (dare I say it) have a good offer on !!!!!! on the Road Angel Navigation 6000 - she just past her test and this has the sat nav + the camera detector built in ! Any suggestions? anyone got the Road Angel GPS or herd if its any good? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silvershark44 Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 I know that the road angel sat nav is absolutely terrible! It uses the worst nav software you can get and freases all the time. Google it for reviews, doesnt score very highly at all! On the other hand, the Snooper sat navs are great. But i think nearly all sat navs give you camera databases these days. I have the snooper indago. I would go for Tom Tom or Garmin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Garmin C510 and use their free POI loader software to import the speed camera database from http://www.pocketgpsworld.com for £2.00 whenever you want to update. Theory behind the Road Angel units is great, they look good, they have good features, the reality seems to be that they simply don't work, bad signal lock, poor navigation and erratic speed camera warnings - a shame because the price is pretty good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 For Sat-Nav just get TOMTOM, its the daddies for herding now that she's past it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 there isnt much i dont know about sat navs. the RA 6000 is terrible. The 510d isnt so great the tomtom one is good but overpriced the new tomtom go range is terrible the garmin nuvi's are good the new navman range are good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 there isnt much i dont know about sat navs. Quite a claim, what's your beef with the 510 then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 For Sat-Nav just get TOMTOM, its the daddies for herding now that she's past it. The advertising machine claims another victim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 navman F20 is better than the RA6000 and are only £129.99 online speed cameras can be updated from navman web page or like michael says from pocketgpsworld for £2. Or email me and ill mail you the cameras for free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 i work with sat navs lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 the way the 510 clicks onto its mount. its slightly out of date and you'l be getting old maps if your not careful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 The advertising machine claims another victim I have used TOMTOM for 4 yrs now (ver 2 onwards), however on a PDA and it is fantastic, especially ver 6 which I have now had for a week. In the past I had used Destinator, NAVMAN & Co-Pilot and TOMTOM was leaps and bounds ahead. The gagdet show recently did a review of SAT-NAV kits and compared the TomTom (Go version) with some of the others, Garmin and the NAVMAN and also concluded that the TOMTOM was better overall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 the 510d from halfords does come with traffic and europe maps.. you will need a bigger SD card to support europe and the traffic is a nightmare to setup... not fool proof enough for me to recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 The advertising machine claims another victim Do you not rate TomTom then Michael? I've been using TomTom Nav since v3 in 2003 and I think it's really good. OTOH I've never used anthing else. I'd be interested to hear your opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 you ever tried going round a large round about with tomtom. its impossible to tell where u are lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Yes, I have. And no, it isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 the new route 66 looks ok... thats going down too £179.99 on christmas eve or boxing day (cant remember which) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 you ever tried going round a large round about with tomtom. its impossible to tell where u are lol never had that problem and weve got quite a few large roundabouts down here (Hanger Lane being one)....can you be more specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 the slow update rate when going round round-about with lots of exits makes it difficult to decide which exit to take Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Slow update rate? Works fine here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 im only relaying feedback ive received from customers plus ive used all of them a good few times lol dare i say it, i work at a halfords Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 the slow update rate when going round round-about with lots of exits makes it difficult to decide which exit to take Might help if you slow down on roundabouts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookci Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 i'll tell that to the old man in the micra that bought one and had this problem then haha in comparison... the other sat navs handle round abouts much better imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Do you not rate TomTom then Michael? I've been using TomTom Nav since v3 in 2003 and I think it's really good. OTOH I've never used anthing else. I'd be interested to hear your opinions. My opinions my be slightly tainted due to hardware issues with TomTom on my XDA (freezes up constantly) On a working system it's very good and gets the job done even if it doesn't always know where entire small towns are despite knowing the names of all the roads there. I just find the Garmin really nice to use, it's even more 'Fisher Price' for quick jabs with the podgy stumps and has useful features like "take me to the nearest..." and it will find a supermarket, garage, McDonalds etc for you. With TomTom I used to have stuff like this loaded as POIs but it just wasn't as easy to navigate to them. In fairness the Garmin and TomTom are fairly similar I suppose, it's a personal preference thing perhaps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 Don't know buddy, all I can say is that on a PDA (and its an IPAQ 4150 and prior to that it was a 3800 - so not even new) it works like a charm....I am not sure about the hardware specs of the Go range... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted December 17, 2006 Share Posted December 17, 2006 . Cheers for that. This might be a silly question, is Garmin something I can run on any Pocket PC (with Win Mobile 2003)? And there's pirated versions out there, right? I might give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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