peter richards Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 hi guys can you please recommend something for me to check out . ever had one before so advice will be appreciated thanks peter:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 What's your budget? Will you be staying in the UK or going to Europe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Tom Tom are very good for the UK coverage and are reasonably priced too. I bought a Garmin 660 for Europe cover and for the larger screen and extras. More expensive at just over £300 but a really first class product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Satnav deals. http://www.cheaphighstreet.com/shopping/tomtom_go/find-tomtom-new-models.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 What's your budget? Will you be staying in the UK or going to Europe?hi michael , only this country , whats the tom tom that halfords are doing this weekend is that ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terminator Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I went the PDA + GPS unit, and used some well established internet sites to obtain appropriate soft wear down loads. I prefer this option as it can be swapped frm car to car, or bike. f you like mountain biking or hill walking, it is great for getting locatins and determining your position. The PDa doubles up as ( too many to list) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 I went for the TomTom One, absolutely awesome... Having recently moved here from South Africa, the TomTom has given us such confidence to just go out for a drive... It gave us such confidence, that we tried a driving holiday to Europe, flew to Nice, picked up the hire car drove into the city centre. From there drove to Monaco (slight issue with roads be really close/on top of each other), to Florance, Pisa and back to Nice. Also went off the beaten path to some monstraries and other sights, and no major issues... Had some issues with us not actually being able to see the sign for the hotel... Highly recommended. And had one issue with the unit itself, SD card would not insert, sent it back, and got a brand new, no questions or problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 hi michael , only this country , whats the tom tom that halfords are doing this weekend is that ok I doubt you'd be disappointed with any of the offerings from Garmin or TomTom, the Halfords one is £20 more expensive than Comet I think, you get a case though, wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted May 27, 2007 Author Share Posted May 27, 2007 ok thanks are these subscribed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I went the PDA + GPS unit, and used some well established internet sites to obtain appropriate soft wear down loads. I prefer this option as it can be swapped frm car to car, or bike. f you like mountain biking or hill walking, it is great for getting locatins and determining your position. The PDa doubles up as ( too many to list) Me too, Sat Nav plus pron on the bog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveK Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I also went the PDA + Sat Nav (Tom Tom) route. However, I don't know if I would again. I did it a few years ago (4 maybe?) and I'm a bit annoyed that there is no support for my version of Tom Tom now. No map updates - I have to upgrade Tom Tom (and obviously pay) if I want new maps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I have PDA + CF GPS unit with TomTom v.5 (couldn;t install v.6 because of old PocketPC system. Also using TomTom 6 Mobile on my Nokia N70 with bluetooth GPS device. Both never failed me, working very good, full postcode and house numbers coverage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I bought a Garmin 660 for Europe cover and for the larger screen and extras. More expensive at just over £300 but a really first class product. Same here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 I have PDA + CF GPS unit with TomTom v.5 (couldn;t install v.6 because of old PocketPC system. Also using TomTom 6 Mobile on my Nokia N70 with bluetooth GPS device. Both never failed me, working very good, full postcode and house numbers coverage. its what I liked about the TomTom, full postcode searches... and so easy to use. that and the downloads for different voices... yoda, terminator, ozzie, ozzie swearing, the list goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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