Great 'Sat Nav' Hunt (merged)

heathen

boatman wrote:

I think the Garmin is much better than the navman because you can add Points of interest (POI) which include speed cameras, with the Navman you can't. Heres the links to compare the Navman and Garmin i3.


I've had the garmin for a few weeks and from what i can gather does everything the TomTom 300 does for halve the price:
2D/3D mapping
Full postcode search
Can be updated from the Garmin website
Route planning can be adjusted to avoid motorways/small roads etc.
Day/night mode
Uses AA batteries, so easy to change if running low or use car mains lead.

the big difference with the tom tom 300 etc is the mapping software and the size of the screen which is twice as big as the garmin,also the tom tom is worked by touch screen only(no need for a scroll wheel etc)which makes it realy simple to use(big screen buttons) for the less technical people out there.

whether this makes it worth twice as much is very debatable

i bought a tom tom 500 in the argos misprice mistake for my 70 year old dad who knows nothing about modern technology and he was navigating with it within a few minutes.i have a pda based sat nav and he would have struggled with that.

if you dont mind the small screen(some people prefer it)the garmin is good value but if your not technical and you can afford a tom tom go it may be worth your while.

ian

deebee

Bought my Garmin at Argos yesterday and got a ten pound Argos voucher cos I spent more than a hundred pounds - BONUS!

dc

circuit wrote:

what are the minimum specs for a mobile phone to run tomtom 5? obviously it needs a card slot and gprs i'm guessing? anything else?

This is an ad I have just come across, you get a phone as well and can reduce the rental after 6? months. Maybe not the the cheapest but an alternative.

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/3-mobile/7189.htm

big_ste

A word of warning or perhaps not
There are some extremely cheap sat nav units approx 100 euros delivered on ebay, they appear to be shipped from china. All the well known brands
I smell a rat because:-
1 very very cheap
2 no payment via paypal
3 feedback from previous sales seems suspicious, all previous customers are 10 rated users that have suddenly become ex members in the last couple of days.

any one used these fellas before?
Dont want to give a direct link in case it is a con, but type sat nav in the search box and within a page or two you will see the ads. all priced up in euros.
Dont know if I'm missing a bargain or being true to my gut instinct about a con.
answers on a postcard please.

ladypeanut

suggest you do not buy anything from mobilefun.co.uk as they are a con... products are faulty and they do not reply to emails or phone calls

terryrichards

I have to recommend 2 stand alone GPS Sat Nav systems and 2 PDA sat Nav systems for the sales and delivery guys at work. From reading about 20 pages I think everybody agrees that the tom tom 300 or 500 is a safe one to recommend?

I need help with what PDA. A friend has said get the HP Ipaq. A couple of things I picked up from the site is that I would like it to have a 7 digit post code search and a built in antenna. So any ideas. Price is not the only consideration. Don't mind paying a bit extra. Its me going to get the hassle if there are any problems. Any ideas? or can anybody sum up the 28 pages

LilacLillie

I'd like to buy the Navman ICN 520, for an Xmas present. Been searching away tonight to try to find the best price (excluding ebay, wouldn't buy from there). Anyone point me in a cheap direction?
Thanks
LL

theearwig

Bought my Tom tom 300 at airport in dixons only £315 could of had interest free if plane wasn't about to take off (didn'y have time to fill in paper work) was the last on plane anyway ,worth doing a day trip to france and buying it at tunnel shop and this was back in may so probably under 300 now and if it goes wrong I can take it to high st shop

springer03

https://www.Halfords.com
I noticed recently that they are very competitive at the moment...

kirstyreanne

Hi,

My grandads looking at the Bluemedia BM6300 sat nav system. On looking on the above Halfords link I found one by Medion which looks the same. Could anyone tell me if they are the same please?

Blue Media
http://www.chatterboxcommunications.co.uk/product_123.html

Medion
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10151&storeId=10001&productId=209189&categoryId=33962&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=33962&crumb=31468-33962&varient=&CarSelectorCatalogId=

Thanks in advance