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Managed to miss the Pitcher Oak Woods Cross race today as I could not find the start. Had a nice drive round Redditch instead of racing. Used RAC route Planner for the last time, and decided I now need a Sat Nav.
Any advice recommendations welcomed.
Happy with my Garmin nüvi 265WT
smart phone
I love satnavs & GPS - I have loads of them
TBH - you could really do with being able to find somewhere using a map before you start though, you'll then know what to follow & what to disreguard
For out of the way places [like races] I tend to get the coordinates from something like Streetmap & enter them direct into the satnav, rather than a postcode
FWIW - Tomtom
Tomtom.
Got a smartphone with GPS, but wouldn't want to rely on it for in car navigation.
Thanks for recommendations.
Still feeling a bit muppet like. Have done the race a couple of years ago. Remember it was tricky to find then. Ah well, I have no excuses for not finding the Friary in Lichfield in 2 weeks time.
A smartphone with Copilot Live and Ordnance Survey maps ought to cover pretty much every eventuality. I tend to use the OS 1:250k map on my phone, as I usually have a pretty good idea where I'm going, the GPS+map combo works incredibly well, accuracy using my phone's GPS is around 16-32 feet driving.
Buy a Dakota garmin. Use in the car on bike and hiking.
google navigation if you have a phone and unlimited data package. works just like a satnav, better even.
course, if you drive abroad at all, you'll need some sort of stanav with maps, otherwise you'll get absolutely pumped for roaming charges. i didn't just spend as much as a budget satnav doing that, oh no... 😉
i've tried a garmin nuvi 245w and a tomtom of some description recently. preferred the tomtom, but bought the garmin as they sponsor a cycling team. 😉