Sat Navs - upgrade or buy new??

goldspanners

have the roads changed that much that the update is essential?

im using an old garmin, i bought it second hand 4 years ago and its apparently been needing updated since i got it,but i find if i mix the satnav with common sense then i find my way no problem.
i haven't used it for a while,these days i just use my google maps on my iphone.

Dizzie77

maybe not "essential" in the way that breathing is - but would be helpful when he's trying to find a house and the road isn't on his map...!!

I can't figure out how to put tomtom maps on the navman, so I think we will be buying a new (secondhand) one for Fathers Day!

roddydogs

Get a Nokia phone with free Sat Nav updates for life. About £100. Holder and car charger from E-Bay, about £5.

Lincoln_Imp

Trouble is the TomTom @ 45 quid will probably be out of date as well and they are quite expensive to update
Whats the model of the Navman

Dizzie77

roddydogs wrote: »

Get a Nokia phone with free Sat Nav updates for life. About £100. Holder and car charger from E-Bay, about £5.

That is more than we can afford for his fathers day present, but thanks for the suggestion. :beer:

AdrianHi

Cost of map updates is so high that I take the view it's best to buy one, keep it as long as possible, don't bother to update maps and then replace it with something brand new a few years later.

My Nokia phone with the free maps doesn't work out as well as I hoped. Cannot mount it in the car properly, takes longer to pick up gps signals and doesn't work well in built up cities anyway. I think the antenna is too small for it to be as good as a dedicated sat. nav.

Dizzie77

Lincoln_Imp wrote: »

Trouble is the TomTom @ 45 quid will probably be out of date as well and they are quite expensive to update
Whats the model of the Navman

I thought you could just update the tomtom maps from the website? (i.e. for free?)

The navman is a ICN 710.

Really appreciate everyone's help on this - I don't have a sat nav, so I'm doing this blind...!!

sizzlerman

hi dizzie, having the same problem as you, wife bought me a binatone A430 sat nav for xmas. Going on holiday to america late august and trying to find updates or ways of using this sat nav. Cant justify paying £80 to hire one for two weeks.:):beer:

headpin

sizzlerman wrote: »

hi dizzie, having the same problem as you, wife bought me a binatone A430 sat nav for xmas. Going on holiday to america late august and trying to find updates or ways of using this sat nav. Cant justify paying £80 to hire one for two weeks.:):beer:

Don't buy the maps for US. Cheapest way is to either buy one on Ebay that has US maps or otherwise buy one from Walmart or similar when you arrive. You only need a basic cheap one for your hols and Walmart or the other large supermarkets usually have good offers on for something in the Sat Nav line.

DO NOT get one through the car hire/rental companies. Sat Nav (or GPS as they call them in the US) is the new car insurance scam at the rental desk.

I bought a second hand TOM TOM on Ebay with all N America and have used it in US and Canada twice in past 12 months. To have used car rental option I would now be over £100 worse off!!! And of course I still have it to either sell on or use again.

Inactive

Why would you need a Sat-Nav in the USA?

Their roads are so huge and easy to follow.