Talex Lite Vs Elite

warners · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 19, 2005 Posts: 17

I am moving to a car based Sat Nav so I am now looking for a GPS based camera detector. There seems to be a lot of good talk about the Talex Lite, but I can't find anything about the Elite. Is anyone able to advise on the diference and whether the Elite is worth the extra money?

Thanks
Steve

smstextaddict · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

talex elite was pinched by novus thus no info on the talex site. novus now call it the alpha i beleive and the elite i have does have a nice screen showing you a countdown to traps etc, but its the database, im personally not happy with the databse and have tried numerous times to sell the elite on ebay only to find no one is interested in it. personally i would hold on a few weeks as ive heard talex website will be going live with some new devices.

Beefheart · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 08, 2008 Posts: 39

Steve,

I use a Garmin 250WSat Nav with the Pocket GPSW database installed. Although no system will be 100% reliable I've been generally very happy with this combination.

As an aside, I also own a Talex Lite (which I use for fixed camera detection particularly at night). I've tried both the Novus and Talex databases in, admittedly unscientific, comparison and concluded that I'm much happier using the Pocket GPSW database on the Garmin. Fixed cameras are quickly updated and known mobiles captured accurately.

Incidentally, you might have seen that there is work going on to install the Pocket GPSW database onto the Talex. That, for me, would be the ideal and could be worth waiting for.

smstextaddict · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:26 am Post subject:

do you have talex subscription on the lite? i found the lite i bought a while back with no subscription was well out of date with many missing till i got a subscription and updated and its now spot on.

Beefheart · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jan 08, 2008 Posts: 39

smstextaddict · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:00 pm Post subject:

ive found ALL databases WILL miss mobile locations. talex, novus, road angel, pocketgps. NO DATABASE can say they have ALL of the locations as new locations appear and one site might be only used once in 6 months whilst another site everyday.

incidently i have just submitted some mobile sites to pocket gps and a couple to talex. so i for one as a professional driver know that this will be one issue that no database will ever win on.

MaFt · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 2:22 pm Post subject:

i think there is only talex who claim to have 100% of camera sites!!

pgpsw, for one, certainly have never claimed that!

MaFt

smstextaddict · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:25 am Post subject:

Kremmen · Posted: Tue Jul 15, 2008 6:59 am Post subject:

smstextaddict · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject:

the elite works on a different database up load to the other devices, this caused loads of problems between november and up to spring this year where as the elite couldnt be updated making its database basically useless, thus why i put my elite back in its box.

Kremmen · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:47 am Post subject:

Thanks for the info, I nearly bought one of them, just before the break-up.
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