Another Sat Nav question

[bobmac]

I tried the sat nav Smiffy suggested and surprise surprise, it was pants. Don't know why I listen to a man who wears white troos.

Unfortunately, it wasnt compatible with my phone so I couldn't load my phonebook onto it AND it wasn't picking up speed cameras at all, so back to Halfords and a full refund without a quibble.
The guy in the shop suggested the Garmin 1310 with bluetooth.
I know some have issues with Garmin, but does anyone have one and what's it like?

 

[ADB]

*cough* Tom Tom *cough*

 

[bobmac]

*cough* Tom Tom *cough*

*cough* expensive *cough*

 

[Region3]

It's not a Garmin unit, but I have a Kenwood head unit with Garmin maps and software on it.

It's not quite as smooth as a Tom Tom, but I've had no issues with it.

 

[Robobum]

Bob, I too ignored Smiffy's advice and picked up that same Garmin (£99 on line, pay & collect )

It's been absolutely bang on so far, hasn't directed me through neighbour's hedge.....yet.

Not sure about the bells and whistles but it does the trick by calling using the handset which is all i wanted.

 

[Pants]

The cheapest and most reliable I've found is a good old fashioned road atlas (should suit Bob ) or download route from Google Earth.

Can't imagine why Bob would want to download his phone book onto a sat nav. My phone is plumbed into a hands free unit in the car and dials using voice recognition. From my experience of taking calls from blue tooth connections, generally the caller sounds as though they are having a shower in a large room.

imho, if peeps drive around blissfully unaware of the speed limit and solely rely on a sat nav to warn them to slow down because there is a cash collector (sorry "speed camera") nearby, then I have no sympathy when they get caught by other means.

Rely on your own senses, not technology.

Sorry, rant over

 

[Smiffy]

I tried the sat nav Smiffy suggested and surprise surprise, it was pants. Don't know why I listen to a man who wears white troos.
Unfortunately, it wasnt compatible with my phone so I couldn't load my phonebook onto it AND it wasn't picking up speed cameras at all, so back to Halfords and a full refund without a quibble.

Pilot error.
I can't help it if you're a prat

 

[CrapHacker]

*cough* Tom Tom *cough*

*cough* expensive *cough*

Tom Tom in Halfords for £90 - £130 ??

How Scottich are you

My Focus has built in sat nav with bluetooth etc, but I still use my old Tom Tom for actual directions - it wees all over the rest.

 

[drawboy]

Can I shove an oar in, my vote goes to Ideal World, it's a shopping channel on sky, cable and freeview. I just got my TomTom from them, it came in two days and included extra's such as a case and home charger for the same price as Halfords charge for just the unit, also you can pay in 3 monthly installments with no credit checks whatsoever. They do the TT xl widescreen top model for £150 with over £60.00 of extras. check them out.
http://www.idealworld.tv/SearchGridView.aspx?fh_location=//idealworld/en_GB/$s=tomtom