I'm after a new sat nav. As my screen is on the way out. I've got a Tom Tom. Had it for about 9 year now. Got life time update on it and so on. To be honest it's been a very good sat nav. But was wondering what others are out there ? What ones do you guys use or have ? I do a lot of driving at time at work so need a descent one . Don't mind paying out for a descent one but not one that going to me massis of money.
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I've got a Tom Tom but I much prefer to use Google maps these days, especially where I do a lot of miles in London and the tom Tom seems to lose signal a lot around tall buildings
I've got a Tom Tom but I much prefer to use Google maps these days, especially where I do a lot of miles in London and the tom Tom seems to lose signal a lot around tall buildings
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Thought they were being slowly phased out , due to in car Sat Navs and Smartphones
Thought they were being slowly phased out , due to in car Sat Navs and Smartphones
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No in car sat nav for me in my work van. Also I prefer to have a sat nav as I don't like Google maps as find it hard work for places I go and uses a lot of internet of my phone
No in car sat nav for me in my work van. Also I prefer to have a sat nav as I don't like Google maps as find it hard work for places I go and uses a lot of internet of my phone
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You shouldn't go far wrong with a Garmin or Tom Tom.
We've had a Garmin for many years and like yours has lifetime updates.
The only improvement over our old TomTom was a better class of eating venue stored in the Garmin.
Probably changed now in any case.
TomTom is well thought of for navigation so personally I would stick with what you know.
You shouldn't go far wrong with a Garmin or Tom Tom.
We've had a Garmin for many years and like yours has lifetime updates.
The only improvement over our old TomTom was a better class of eating venue stored in the Garmin.
Probably changed now in any case.
TomTom is well thought of for navigation so personally I would stick with what you know.
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I do like the Tom Tom. Think if I get another I'll get one that I can use abroad. As the one I've got at moment can only be used hear and island.
I do like the Tom Tom. Think if I get another I'll get one that I can use abroad. As the one I've got at moment can only be used hear and island.
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Tom Tom for me, used Tom Tom for years
Tom Tom for me, used Tom Tom for years
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Tomtom 6250 professional with lifetime map , speed camera and traffic and travel updates is what I use which does covers all size vehicles but obviously they also do a model that covers just cars
Tomtom 6250 professional with lifetime map , speed camera and traffic and travel updates is what I use which does covers all size vehicles but obviously they also do a model that covers just cars
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Don't be fooled by that 'lifetime update' nonsense - tomtom have just stopped supporting my perfectly working sat nav, I had emails in advance from them warning of this and sure enough when the time came it stopped working as it wouldn't update to the latest software - it now no longer connects to satellites so is junk.
I too looked into getting a new one but would obviously have the same problem further down the line - further research revealed a very suitable alternative and that is using Google maps in offline mode.
I thought I wanted another sat nav instead of Google maps due to the data thing and losing connection etc but I found that you can download a map to your phone to use in offline mode and it works perfectly as a stand alone sat nav from the stored map and no data use or connection issues, only thing missing is live traffic reporting - not a deal breaker for me and all at no cost.
youtube tutorial to use offline maps
I too looked into getting a new one but would obviously have the same problem further down the line - further research revealed a very suitable alternative and that is using Google maps in offline mode.
I thought I wanted another sat nav instead of Google maps due to the data thing and losing connection etc but I found that you can download a map to your phone to use in offline mode and it works perfectly as a stand alone sat nav from the stored map and no data use or connection issues, only thing missing is live traffic reporting - not a deal breaker for me and all at no cost.
youtube tutorial to use offline maps
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Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is Google maps will always take you the quickest route and there is no option to take the shortest distance. This may not be a problem for most people but I've heard there are certain circumstances when the estimated quickest route can put on many miles on the journey just to save a few minutes?
Correct me if I'm wrong but my understanding is Google maps will always take you the quickest route and there is no option to take the shortest distance. This may not be a problem for most people but I've heard there are certain circumstances when the estimated quickest route can put on many miles on the journey just to save a few minutes?
Recently driving in central London in my car was a nightmare due to roads changing.
I now only use google maps on my iPhone which have live updates, they use next to nothing data so don't be fooled into people telling you different.
I now only use google maps on my iPhone which have live updates, they use next to nothing data so don't be fooled into people telling you different.
Waze is supposed to be pretty good, although I find Google maps better than any of the stand alone TomToms I've had in the past.
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I think you might be right there tinhead
You can choose alternate routes though
I think you might be right there tinhead
You can choose alternate routes though
Try navmii it's free to use and get
I just tell it in the settings to turn off mobile data
Not been lost using it
I just tell it in the settings to turn off mobile data
Not been lost using it
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Recently driving in central London in my car was a nightmare due to roads changing.
I now only use google maps on my iPhone which have live updates, they use next to nothing data so don't be fooled into people telling you different.
If you plan the route using your home wifi, then it downloads the required maps for the routes it recommends to the device so you don't need to rely on a data connection when driving (same with Apple Maps if you haven't downloaded the offline maps for the country anyway - perfect for use in Europe without the additional data roaming charges). If it does use data during the trip it will be to check for delays, speed camera's etc that it gets from the other users on the same roads as you are on.
Recently driving in central London in my car was a nightmare due to roads changing.
I now only use google maps on my iPhone which have live updates, they use next to nothing data so don't be fooled into people telling you different.
If you plan the route using your home wifi, then it downloads the required maps for the routes it recommends to the device so you don't need to rely on a data connection when driving (same with Apple Maps if you haven't downloaded the offline maps for the country anyway - perfect for use in Europe without the additional data roaming charges). If it does use data during the trip it will be to check for delays, speed camera's etc that it gets from the other users on the same roads as you are on.
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I'm not contesting that, it's the people that say it chews through data.
I've been using Waze the last few week and I really like it as it gives live traffic updates.
I'm not contesting that, it's the people that say it chews through data.
I've been using Waze the last few week and I really like it as it gives live traffic updates.
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