peter richards Posted June 1, 2007 Share Posted June 1, 2007 hi , went to look at the tom tom in halfords today , but wasnt that impressed by it tbh. the garmin units looked better , but as usual in halfords the guy couldnt help me with any info . do you guys know of any good deals going ?? thanks peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Pete, What wasn't you impressed with? The new widesceen one looks great. TT6 works just great on my PDA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 garmin are shite peter. designed like a childs colouring book, and not very accurate, takes ages to get a signal. Tomtom every time for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 maybe its just the way the guy was showing us , he reckoned the garmin was better , and more accurate plus it had speed camera detection already in as the tom tom didnt . but these two were the starting models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Check out the reviews at http://www.pocketgpsworld.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 maybe its just the way the guy was showing us , he reckoned the garmin was better , and more accurate plus it had speed camera detection already in as the tom tom didnt . but these two were the starting models Prolly they have to get rid of garmin then once you will have this TomTom, we will find some nice camera update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 ok thanks for the advice , ill take another look at the tom tom , any good deals online that i can look at thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Always check Pricerunner: http://www.pricerunner.co.uk/cl/288/GPS-Receivers?search=tomtom&ref=redirect&other_hits=304%3Atomtom_203%3Atomtom_200%3Atomtom_239%3Atomtom_x%3B%3B%3B&q=tomtom . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 Peter, I got the TomTom one a few mths back and I'm well impressed. Free Camera software came with it with a years worth of updates but as said you get 'free' stuff online anyway;) The camera software would need loading (you get a code) so the guy in Halfords might not have done this. The screen size is ideal, you ain't watching films on it and it's just right, easy to see without being too distracting. On all these sat navs the camera alerts are handy but not as accurate as a proper camera detector, my Bel 550 tells me exactly where they are as opposed to someone giving a GPS co-ordinate for one and it tells me of 'live' cameras as opposed to empty boxes. I paid £149 for mine, have only used it properly for about three trips where I hadn't got a clue of the directions and it sorted me out, well worth the money imo as I'm shite with directions an get lost all the time so it'll soon pay for itself in the savings in extra petrol when lost:D Paul PS, not forgot cleaning stuff;) Will take a few mins and get my arse into gear in deciding what I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted June 2, 2007 Author Share Posted June 2, 2007 no probs paul mate , as my business is now international , thor , TF , jamies, brett on sunday/monday lol i cant be arsed with map reading , and the AA print out is ok untill you go of route ECLIPSE AUTO VALET will travel, only after i get my sat nav Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henk Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 I have a Garmin 660FM, I think it's awesome, don't have a bad word to say about it. Slimmer than the TomTom 910, traffic avoidance built in, speed camera database easy to synch with your PC. You can tune your radio to the Garmin and have the instructions piped through your hi-fi too (OK you cannot listen to music then but who cares my exhaust does the music!) No contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted June 2, 2007 Share Posted June 2, 2007 You can tune your radio to the Garmin and have the instructions piped through your hi-fi too That's a good feature. I wish TomTom could do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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