[Closed] SatNav recommendations?

Not a Garmin.

All it does is spin and then send you round in circles. Three times in one trip to my folks.

Anything but a Garmin.

Tomtom, Citroën garages had full Europe ones for £89, well my local Evans Halshaw does anyway.

Iphone. With a proper mount and Bluetooth connection to the car it is brilliant.

Rachel

I like my Garmin, and the previous one. Whatever you choose, go for free updates for life

i found a decent offer and suggested it in [url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/best-cheap-satnav ]this recent thread[/url]

Thanks for replies. Did think about using my iphone but the 4s screen is quite small and so is my data allowance. Might check out £40 one.

With a full-blown satnav app such as TomTom or CoPilot, you don't need a data allowance, everything is stored locally. (It may use a tiny amount of data to speed up the initial GPS lock though).

That's interesting to know about the data allowance. I actually have a PDA which has co-pilot on it so I guess I could use that. I do like google maps on my phone. My mate uses google maps on his phone in conjuction with a Tomtom.

I really rate CoPilot (Android rather than iPhone though). TomTom is the daddy but it's a lot more expensive that CoPilot. £20 for the UK, £30 for all of Western Europe. Add SVOX for a couple of quid and you've got full voice-driven navigation.

There's also Waze and NavFree, which are free, well regarded I believe but I've not used them personally (cos I bought CoPilot).

Navfree on your smart phone . downloads the maps so just uses GPS not data when driving. Was good enough to navigate round medieval streets in Portugal when under pressure with my father in law driving.

I really rate CoPilot

Don't you find it verbose?
I have it on a phone that I sometimes use when away in a hire car but can't stand the incessant nattering 🙂