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Lunapark Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:46 pm Post subject: GPS as a present |
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Hi,
I'm hoping to get some helpful advice from someone on here, as I am not quite sure what to buy.
It's my partner's birthday coming up and he mentioned recently that he needs a new GPS for his car. I've been looking at some sites like this one this one, but it's confusing the hell out of me. I wanted to pay anything up to £100 and it should have all the standard devices.
To be honest I am not too sure about what the GPS needs to have. Please let me know what you need to know, so I can get him the best possible piece of kit for the amount I wanted to spend.
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franb Banned
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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That's a very big question!
Most of the better ones will offer the basic navigation from door to door with voice guidance and PostCode look up (useful for entering destinations).
Pay a bit more and you can get computer voices that read out the road names etc i.e. 'In 300 yards turn left into acacia gardens' as opposed to 'turn left in 300 yards'.
Then the top of the range ones will have live traffic data and other whizzy features.
At the £100 mark, I'd suggest you stick with something from Garmin or TomTom. You also need to consider if you want a unit that has just UK mapping or Full Europe.
From TomTom consider a Start2 or ONE v4 (avoid non v2 Start models) and from Garmin a Nuvi 265T. All are good, reliable satnavs that will serve you well. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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I've moved your post out of the TomTom section so fans of other brands are more likely to see it too!
TomTom and Garmin are the market leaders, probably for good reason, although there are other brands around.
There are a few questions you could ask...
Size of screen... nothing exact, but there are three main sorts - as compact as possible "normal" screens, slightly bigger "widescreen" models or "large screen" (5" screens)
Would he want/need live Traffic updates, so the satnav can route around jams? - costs more, either using a separate aerial which is free to use after purchase or a a better system using a built in transmitter /receiver and an ongoing subscription.
Would he be happy with directions like "in 200 yards turn left" or would he want "in 200 yards turn left into Park Avenue" (This is using"text to speech" voices which are on the more expensive models).
Might he want to do multi-stop "itinerary" routes like a delivery driver would, or just normal "A to B and maybe via C" types of journey? |
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Lunapark Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks so much for your time Andy!
Well, I suppose I am looking at GPS with a rather compact size of screen and that live traffic update would be awesome. He'll love that for sure.
The text to speak doesnt really matter that much and also I think it is enough to just have the A to B option since he could manually dial new locations in...
So what do you think or recommend?
Thanks again! |
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Darren Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:43 pm Post subject: |
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Whilst you may get the free to air traffic service offered by some devices, (the nuvi 265T I mentioned earlier has it), you won't get the better service that requires a subscription on a device near the £100 mark. _________________ Darren Griffin |
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xtraseller Frequent Visitor
Joined: 15/07/2003 22:59:27 Posts: 1050 Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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If you are looking for COMPACT then the Garmin Nuvi 2200 fits the bill
At £97 it has some of the latest Nuvi features and better visuals MyTrends and more (also Text to Speech and TMC Live Traffic)
Seems neat
Halfords Link _________________ TomTom Go Live 6100, 600
Garmin DriveLux 50, D-Smart 70, NuviCam, 3598, 2699, 2798
Mio Navman 695
Nexus 6p, Apple iPhone 6sPlus and Microsoft Lumia 950xl running TomTom, Garmin, CoPilot, Navigon, Sygic, Here Drive, Google, Waze, MS Maps |
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nedslider Occasional Visitor
Joined: Jan 15, 2011 Posts: 7 Location: West Wales
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alix776 Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: 03/05/2003 14:45:49 Posts: 3999 Location: leyland lancs ENGLAND
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Posted: Sun Jan 23, 2011 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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One other thin to consider is does he have an iPhone or android Phone
As you could get Tomtom copilot or igo Europe for under 100 quid and have enough leftover for a 12 month subscription to the the pocketgps database _________________ currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .
Oh the joys of being a courier.
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