Gadget Gertie or not?

Errata

Moaning Myrtle is often left running on my home address when I'm just popping down the road. She always tells me to turn to go back 200 yds away from home, which would be straight into the Plough car park.

Merrywidow

I have been thinking about buying a Sat-Nav lately as I want to get out and about in England and Ireland this year. I have a friend (he knows who I mean!) and he calls his Doris, and when it misbehaves his Mrs shouts "Doris, put your knitting down and get on with it" A laugh a minute. As to all this new technology I agree with everyone, the instructions/Directions/manual are a right royal pain in the butt. I have a mobile in case my mother's nursing home need to get hold of me urgently and only my close family know the number. I object to being available 24/7. As for i-pods and all the other stuff which requires "downloads" its a mystery. Don't like to walk around with noise in my ears.

I am gradually adapting to all the new technolodgy, but its a struggle. What is really funny is that I am trying to explain to my 97 year old mother what a computer is, never mind the internet. I am doing our family tree and she is totally amazed by what I am unearthing - she calls it my "Book" - I wish.

By the way, can anyone recommend a good Sat-Nav.

seven-day-weekend

Tom Tom are supposed to be the best. We have been happy with ours.

Garmin are good as well I believe.

I don't think the updated maps are as readily available for other makes.

Don't forget to get one with Europe on if you intend driving in Europe ! (although the UK only ones are cheaper).

seven-day-weekend

Errata wrote: »

Moaning Myrtle is often left running on my home address when I'm just popping down the road. She always tells me to turn to go back 200 yds away from home, which would be straight into the Plough car park.

Instead of Moaning Myrtle you ought to call he Sensible Satnav!

Merrywidow

Thanks SDW - Yes my choice is down to Tom-Tom and Garmin. Have friends who swear by both.

Errata

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Instead of Moaning Myrtle you ought to call he Sensible Satnav!

I would, except The Plough is usually shut when she does it.

Myrtle is a Garmin as I bought her myself, but all the NHS managers that I worked with bought Tom Toms as it was decided they were the best When Myrtle kicks the bucket I'll replace her with a large screen Tom Tom.

seven-day-weekend

Having sung Colleen's praises (she is a Tom Tom), the first SatNav we ever had dealings with was our friend's Garmin which took us all round the back streets of central Malaga, avoiding all the traffic jams, and delivered us right outside the door of our hotel where he informed us we had reached our destination.

Most impressed, we decided it was time we got one for ourselves.

Farway

Merrywidow wrote: »

I have been thinking about buying a Sat-Nav lately as I want to get out and about in England and Ireland this year.

By the way, can anyone recommend a good Sat-Nav.

No idea if it is any good, but my unused & still on charge one I collected from ASDA was £37

http://direct.asda.com/MyGuide-3218-Satellite-Navigation/000591099,default,pd.html

I thought it was a fair price for something I may well throw out of the window one day

As a bloke I did of course just turn it on and managed to set time & date, it now tells me I have 3 GPS satellites somewhere above, with green bars on display, no doubt all will be revealed as a map one day

tanith

Oh my talking of TomTom's we have a Cylon from Battle Star Galactica if anyone remembers that, as our 'Voice', my OH downloaded it , and he's hilarious, he says 'by your command' frequently and OH and I spend all our journeys laughing like drains , its certainly livened up time spent in our car... I too have a mobile phone and text the kids and grands often.. I even bought a simple one for a friend who is 84 and although its taken her 2mths she finally managed to send me a 4 word text today..:rotfl:there is hope for the rest of us...
I have yet to figure out how to set the timer on the DVD recorder though...

seven-day-weekend

We did order John Cleese for our voice on the satnav, but after a while he got on our nerves so much, we had Colleen instead. Although John was funny when you arrived at where you wanted to be, he said 'You have reached your destination. You can get out now and carry your own bags, you're on your own from now on'. in a Basil Fawlty voice.