Sat Nav

[donsrno1]

Anyone on here have much knowledge about sat nav? My mum is getting my old man a sat nav unit for christmas so I've been asked to find out which is best, looking at ones up to £200.

Looks to be one of:

TomTom One -£185.90
Garmin Nuvi 300 - £189.99
Garmin c510 - £149.99

Anyone have any suggestions from experience as to which is best?

Thanks.

[matt uk]

tom tom

[Hulio]

I have the garmin nuvi 310d and its wicked. comes with the traffic information receiver,maps for the whole of europe and a leather case. I have seen it online for £220 or something (I paid £300 in halfrauds.....)

Also you need to make sure you get one with sirf star 3 as they are much more sensitive and dont lose the signal as easily.

Besides, I picked up a pilots magazine and they all seemed to be using garmin products for navigation......so if its good enough for them!

[Hulio]

Further to that though if you must get one for under £200, the tom tom one v2 is nice, it has a bright screen and is well constructed but you really need a case for something llike this and it doesn't come with one.
A decent one would set you back £30........

[donsrno1]

thanks for the replies. Does anyone know if theres much difference between the nuvi 300 and 310?

[J o n]

I've got a Navman N20, it's awesome, not failed me once or let me down, use it all the time now :D

[Gav]

same as the jesus i have that and it's 100% tip top

[Dancliovalver]

i have the Roadangel 6000, very impressed, but i also like tomtom n navman

[J_A_R_B]

Have you considered the Navman F20 & N20 as can also get speed camera add on which is taken from the same database that road pilot use.

[J o n]

i've got the N20, shows speed cameras etc and makes ghey noises at you to warn... set it to tell me when I go over 120mph and avoid Ferry routes too, always useful... dont want to end up in France god forbid

[donsrno1]

lol, decided to get the tomtom one in the end - £180.00 from woolworths. Gives me another gadget I can borrow and play with, lol.

[evouk]

tom tom the slim one

its piss easy to use and bloody accurate, found me to a hotel in the middle of a national park on a road that wasnt on the road atlas!!!!!

[Laine_16v]

same as the jesus i have that and it's 100% tip top

I thought it broke and could never find signal the whole time?

[Gav]

same as the jesus i have that and it's 100% tip top

I thought it broke and could never find signal the whole time?

well - apart from that one time :D ;)

apart from that

TIP TOP

but then that was only cuz the GPS needed resetting - 2 mins job 8)