SatNav

[SheepCow]

I've got some noob questions ...

• If you've got one, what have you got?
• Is it any good?
• What features are actually useful and what's not worth the bother?

I'm looking for a SatNav in the £80-130 range, although obviously cheaper = better.

4.3" (widescreen) screen looks like my favourite size, smaller looks like it'll be too small ...

 

[Edmond]

I have a NavMan M450 mio, i think it was about £100, it came with a car charger and mains one, also had the windscreen sucker thingy, and its 4.3" widescreen too



Its been really good, i use it for work, so it pretty much gets used everyday, battery life's not that great, but i dont think any of them are tbh

Its about 18months old now, so there will probably be a newer version of it by now

 

[Edmond]

Here's a newer one with a 4.7 screen for £107

Navman Mio 575 Traffic Satellite Navigation System with: Amazon.co.uk: Electronics

 

[Exioce]

My TomTom is great, very pleasant to use. Google maps on a smartphone however is occasionally better for finding named places, like restaurants or car parks etc. Also when abroad.

 

[Zenith.UK]

I've always liked TomTom. The only app missing from Android IMO is TomTom Navigator.
I know a lot of people who also insist on TomTom products.

 

[soze]

I have a Navigon which i got at the time because the map updates were 90% off. So i got a year of new maps for £14.99. With TomTom ect you get free map updates for 30 days but then had to pay a bit more for updates after that (assuming you are doing it legally).

My favourite feature is Lane Assist just lets you know which lane to sit in when you come up to a roundabout ect.

 

[Billargh]

Navmans are horrible, we have one at work and everyone avoids it like the plague. Can't go wrong with a Tomtom.

 

[Lamp]

This one's the cat's whiskers:

Navigation Master :: A-Z Maps

 

[MYstIC G]

Navigo + Remove bullshit + Add TomTom = cheap and win.

Similar setup was what convinced me to get TomTom on my iPhone which is the best system I've used so far.

 

[old.Osy]

Go Tom-Tom:

TomTom user data sold to Dutch police, used to determine ideal locations for speed traps -- Engadget

 

[Ch3tan]

What phone do you have? If it's a smartphone get an app for it, a lot cheaper than buying a full sat nav, and less to carry around.

I've got tomtom on my phone but I've tried a few others. Google maps with navigation on android is very good and I've used a couple more on iphone which are just as good as tomtom but a lot cheaper.

 

[MYstIC G]

Skobbler on iPhone is about £1 and quite good as it still does speed cameras.

 

[SheepCow]

I've got an Android phone, found the Google Maps thing to be a bit shit, in that it tells you to turn about 100m past the turning. Doesn't seem to notice your speed and tell you things earlier

 

[old.user4556]

Skobbler on iPhone is about £1 and quite good as it still does speed cameras.

I also use Skobbler, hasn't let me down yet although I use it for "A to B" and not points of interest or any other such things.

Correct me if I'm wrong though, isn't Skobbler somewhat reliant on a data signal for it's maps? I used it recently to go to the back of beyond, lost the data signal and it didn't update properly?

 

[Lamp]

TomTom is shite for central london - not that I need it - I know central london as well as a london cabby. The iphone4 sat nav is supposed to be excellent, but not checked it out myself.

 

[MYstIC G]

TomTom has never given me any issues in central london.

Skobbler downloads its maps from OpenStreetMap. Can't remember whether it does this on the fly or whether it can store them for later.