supra steveo Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 stuff like Tom Tom and Garmin, what ones do you avoid and what ones are good ? can some one tell me about some of the good extras to look for and can they be used for UK an Euro maps without costing mega bucks ? i noticed there is a Tom Tom UK and a Tom Tom Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I use the PDA version of Tom Tom (although a few years old now). That came with UK maps and major roads of Europe - took me directly to my g/f's front door when she still lived in Cannes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted March 30, 2007 Author Share Posted March 30, 2007 looking for something for my self and also something for a B/Day present Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 Tom Tom is great, I've got it on a PDA which requires you to get an evaluation copy of the software from somewhere!!!!! The Tom Tom units themselves of course come loaded with the stuff you need and I would get one of these next time, they've come down loads in price. Here's a site for the best deals: Click me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 TomTom all the way. And if you need an eval copy for your PDA... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 TomTom is really good but the best thing about it is that that the software and maps are regularly updated and are pirated almost instantly. Street level maps for all of Europe, the USA, Australia, etc etc, even the Canary Islands, are readily available for nothing if you don't mind pirated software. Or so I'm told. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 I won't shout repost, but there are already a few threads on this topic... But ignore them, for £200 (Or whatever it is now), the TomTom ONE UK will do you fine and get you where you have to go... I have one myself, could pick a few faults (As I'm sure I've posted elsewhere therefore negating the need to post them again, unless you really want me to.. lol ) - But it ends up as for cheap as chips for something that might take you on it's 'preffered route' (MWays-ARoads-BRoads-Etc) It will get you to your destination... and the speed feature's shown me how far out my speedo is too!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyknox Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 TomTom is great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 You could always ignore me mind... I'm pretty hammered Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pot Posted March 30, 2007 Share Posted March 30, 2007 But it's quality the the ££ - And has more functions than a £1500 Sat Nav set up in a Merc CLK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted March 31, 2007 Share Posted March 31, 2007 After advice and info on a thread I started last week I decided to go for the TomTom one, had spare cash to go up to £500 on one of these but the extra features on the dearer ones I wouldn't have used. Ordered it from Amazon, £141.78, they were the cheapest but if you look online alot of the other retailers have followed now:d Not used it in anger yet but it seems a great little bit of kit:) I found the disc/software to be a bit crap as it took ages to upload the free speed camera software, might have been me or my computer though? Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted April 9, 2007 Author Share Posted April 9, 2007 right ive got my self a Navman F20 europue picked it up for £100 in the german media mart its a bit of a bugger at the moment but i supose it just needs getting used to, its got saftey camera warnings, and when i had it on demo it showed me the cameras on the coast road in Newcastle it said that it can detect mobile cameras to but i cant see how it will be able to do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted April 9, 2007 Share Posted April 9, 2007 Got the Garmin nuvi 300, cant complain really. Wouldnt buy a 'TomTom' purely because it sounds retarded just like the adverts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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