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i know this is not really a running thread, except it will get me to races without get lost and stressed before hand.
It is coming to that time of year when letters have to be written to the man in the big red suit.
so tomtom or navman which is the best.
It is coming to that time of year when letters have to be written to the man in the big red suit.
so tomtom or navman which is the best.
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Also, if you have a mobile phone you could upgrade (subsidised by the network) & just buy Tom Tom mobile. That's your start up cost more than halfed & you get a portable device you can take out of the car
I couldn't give him a satisfying answer
I did a fair bit of research and the Navman was my final choice and I am really glad I made that choice.
Better get writing that letter.
that's an uneducated and biased opinion from a someone that wouldn't buy any naivgation unit with "man" in the name ;-)
but seriously
tom tom wins by small margin here
http://www.pocketgpsworld.com/navmanvstomtom.php
i really really like mine
and that's all i can say really
you'll never have the problem again
Plus Werner the German sounds really cool when you get there and says "Ankunft!"
And you can download all the fixed speed camera loacations in the UK and Tom tom will warn you using the alert from the USS Enterprise.
Come on, it's a no brainer.
i have the tom tom go 300 - which is the bottom of the range one as of now
i have used it in uk and also in usa (bought map for whole of usa on one card - v cool)
it's never failed to get me to a place but also it's not perfect either
sometimes it's a few yards out
it has **loads** of positives especially in terms of ease of use
and even the 300 can hook up with a bluetooth phone to get weather and traffic reports
in terms of mapping criticisms - it does have minor tweaks needed
eg going to longleat animal park using the POI feature, it took me to the edge of the longleat estate, not the front gate - but it was obvious to me that i needed to go down one more road
also you can program in house numbers but that is sometimes 100 yards out of the final destination
but what's 100 yards!?
my only real criticism of it is that you sometimes lose the sat signal for a mo in city centres which have tall stone buildings
but i suspect that applies to them all
and i don't have the external antenna fitted which would give a stronger signal and is a fairly cheap add on
there are odd map inaccuracies such as mini-roundabouts shown as normal junctions say - but it is always obvious what to do as the read out is so clear
also you get the pleasure of going on their website and logging any thing you have found wrong
one more thing
i've not updated my map data since buying it and i think it's a few versions old now
so these maybe even outdated criticisms
i also like the fact that there are loads of free downloadable POI files available as the format for it is publically accessible
and they have been open enough with the system that you can customise your box in small and silly ways eg
- change the splash screen to say your name/fave pic or whatever
- download a new silly voice or even make your own voice files
and re stumps comment
i bought one for my parents
and it has stopped their previously endless arguments on car journeys about which way to go
they love it
and in spite of my mum having arthritis (i was worried about touchscreen issues) and my dad having dyslexia (worried about read outs)
but they both can use it easily
"avoid roadblock" when you're stuck in a jam on the main road and you just wish you knew the back doubles route
now you do
Thanks again .
Might make Thin Spouse's racing trips across the county line less stressy
Has most of the features of the Tom Tom Go, and is a lot smaller too. Does have some strange routes sometimes, but it always gets you there.
As linked by LOK, have a look on the Pocket GPS site where you can find forums on each of the sat nav products as well as downloads of the speed cameras locations