Nicki Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Afternoon peeps,I'm looking to get Sat Nav in the next couple of months and need your advice.I've done a little bit of research & spoken to a few people and I've got it down to two choices now:Road Angel NavigatorTom Tom Go 500Which would you recommend & why?Ta muchly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Tom Tom 1Dont know if its any good, but in the Taxi last night the dude had one, and in night mode its the same neon blue as the Lupo dash style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />3D view was cool around the country ends as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyW Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I personally prefer the look of the Road Angel one, but I haven't used either so don't listen to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 saw a few bad reviews of the road angel one when I was reading up on satnav a fw months back. freezes quite a bit, but that could have just been an early software release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Tomtom Go 500, defintely. I've got the 700 and it's the best sat-nav unit I've seen yet. Its brilliantly simple to use, and the maps are just "nice" to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonJ Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 i've used a few now, but never the road angel. tom tom (500) was best for me. but they were all terrible in london for losing their signal. one nearly got thrown out of the window. road angel seems like a jack of all trades and master of nonei reckon you'll be alright up and down southend seafront though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_chris1981 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 the blaupunkt one is uber good.......a variant of this is used by ambulance/police/fire across europe.... border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" alt="IPB Image" />£289 from here: http://www.bluespot.co.uk/stock/nav_4.aspor ask babs really really nicely nicki.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreno510 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 i've got a tom tom and they're pretty good,once or twice its tried to send me the wrong way down a one way streetbut 99% of the time its spot on and really easy to use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babs Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 will check when I get home style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewp Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I'm using Route 66 on my phone, which is spookily similar to Tom Tom, only I find it better (except for the screen clearly being smaller).As it's so similar to Tom Tom, that's the one out of the pair you've suggested that I'd opt for. Also know several friends with Tom Tom's and they've all been very impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I'm looking to get Sat Nav in the next couple of monthsBut I thought womens sense of direction was always right? Surely you don't need one style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTi T Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 (edited) Ive got a TomTom too Nicki and i would recommend getting one style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />Tom with a TomTom Edited May 2, 2006 by GTi T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_M Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 There is a new Snooper Sat Nav / safety camera system out now............this is what I am concideringhttp://www.indagosatnav.co.uk/index_eng.htmhttp://www.snooperuk.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_chris1981 Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 bare in mind that anything with a camera detector/laser warning built in is illegal in a fair few european countries.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 I'd go for TomTom. Simply because they've been making SatNav software for five years now, and they're getting pretty good at it.Anyone can build a lump of plastic that sits on your dash and looks pretty, but it's the software that makes it worthwhile. If the software is rubbish, hard to use, unreliable, slow, etc., then it stops being useful and starts being annoying.As an example, my parents have a £2,000 Alpine satnav system in their car, and neither they nor I can use it properly - it's simply too unintuitive unless you're going to memorise the manual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicki Posted May 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Chris - I don't want one with a laser detector - by the time they've detected the laser, its too late to do anything anyway, unless you happen to be lucky enough to catch the scatter from a car in front. I've had my road angel just over a year & it is yet to pick up a laser... Plus, I'm only going to be driving in Europe once this year and seeing as its not my intention to fork out the cash for european maps for a tom tom/road angel navigator, I won't be taking it abroad with me anyway!Mike - heard bad things about Snooper speed camera detectors (over sensitive, going off near automatic doors etc), so I don't think I could trust them for Sat Nav...Al - Yes, a womans sense of direction is always right, assuming she's been told the right place to begin with... when I went to Oxford the other week, my map & route plan from the RAC website was completely inadequate - told me the wrong junction of the M40 to come off at & over simplified negotiating the one way systems... Plus, seeing as we changed hotel from that originally planned, it would've been nice to just jump in the car & tell it to take me somewhere different, not have to spend half an hour sorting another route to the new hotel... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevewp Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Does the Alpine one send you up private access roads off the M25?? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 As said previously via text nicki - We've had all our road angel navigators back for various problems, The most common of which being "Fatal Exception Errors"Not had any problems with tomtoms, its the easiest to use by far, and the voices are so much clearer than any other style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibbeth! Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Might consider the garmin c310.I think there as good as the Tom Toms, similar to use, Downloadable speed camera sites, and the added bonus that garmin have been making satnav of various sorts for donkeys years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csi_bha Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 ive got tom tom go 300 - which is the only one with just uk maps - its good for what it is, and they are all gonna misdirect ya at somepoint with the speed at which our roads close, open, go one way or other and various other council jollys at road planning! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 i will warn you this much nicki about the tom toms , they DO pick up speed cameras BUT THEY DONT pick up SPECS , only reason we know this is cause on our travels to E38 we went through a SPECS system and dave had a tom tom and it never picked them up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfbr Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 they dont pick up ANY speed cameras... Their programmed into a database by some retard in amsterdam at tomtom head office.The reason specs are often ignored on these systems, is because 60% of the time they are only temporary cameras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 Get the Tomtom, get the free safety camera POI database and load it on yourself. Its updated monthly, and you don't need to pay the ridiculous subscription charge. Its not there to tell you exactly where every camera will be waiting for you, it's there to tell you there might be one nearby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 And it does support SPECS, at least for fixed installations. As demonstrated when I was in London at the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one litre wonder ;) Posted May 2, 2006 Report Share Posted May 2, 2006 didnt work with specs on daves style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":(" border="0" alt="sad.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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