Best make satnav

Bonking_Mad

Anyone know which satnav's give live traffic updates

musafir05

I brought myself a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 with built-in GPS and use Google map app to navigate like a king. No need to pay extra to update maps like traditional Sat-Nav.

DigForVictory

For £35 you're likely to get an app than a new gadget.
In which case, please be sure you have an in-car charging cable as of course the dratted thing goes flat 5 miles out.

Me, I so mistrust googlemaps (on elderly iphone), I prefer my very elderly tomtom. It may not be 100% reliable on the difference between a roundabout & a lights controlled junction but it's very clear where & when it wants me to take a specific turning.

If you've had a standalone gizmo before, it my be worth sticking with the brand as you'll be familiar with the voice & the quirks. If you're new to this, borrow mates' gadgets & give them a whirl?

Johnmcl7

I'm surprised at the recommendations for Google Maps as I find it poor, the way it routes is unreliable which after it completely mucking up a section that Tomtom had no issues with I stopped using the Google solution (and made sure I didn't forget the Tomtom unit again). Google maps gave too much preference for a shorter but slower road whereas Tomtom correctly went for the longer but faster road. When routing locally to check something out, Google maps attempted to incorrectly route me through an access only residential area then instead of joining the dual carriageway at the main exit, it instead routed through a small, slow back road which while shorter is much slower overall. Comparatively the Tomtom correctly avoids the no access area and joins the dual carriageway at the main junction.

I bought a head unit for the car with a Garmin sat-nav system but found it placed far too much preference on shorter roads without considering the average road speed so it would suggest ridiculous routes through slow back roads because they were shorter. That's perhaps just a fault with its behaviour in Scotland but it made such a mess on roads I knew I didn't end up using it for navigation.

I've been thinking of getting a newer Tomtom but it's difficult to pick out which one as they get incredibly mixed reviews with people frequently claiming they had an older unit which was fine but the newer one is unreliable. I've been considering the 1005 but interested to hear if anyone's bought a Tomtom unit with a larger screen recently and how they've got on with it.

John