|
 Topic: Recommended Satnavs?
|
  |
02/11/2013 at 6:34pm
Location: Morecambe
Outfit: Daystar `91 + Berlingo
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 25/10/2011 Platinum Member 
Forum Posts: 621
| Site Reviews Total: | 0 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
You can get special ones for towing caravans. Are they worth considering? Others probably can fulfill the same function. I have a cheapo one which works whenever it feels like . . .and the voice gets on my nerves . . .!
-------------
Peripheral people don`t have as much excitement but they sure live longer
|
02/11/2013 at 6:50pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Outfit: Bailey Alliance 66-2 Motorhome
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 13/2/2004 Diamond Member 
Forum Posts: 9630
| Site Reviews Total: | 257 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 1 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 6 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 15 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 7 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 1 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 16 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 3 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 22 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 62 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 33 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 4 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 56 |
|
Personally prefer the TomTom variety as I have tried Garmin and did not like it. On some of the cheaper TomTom sat navs you can buy the camper maps which works out a lot cheaper than buying a dedicated caravan/motorhome sat nav.
David
|
| Discounted Insurance Quotes for UKCampsite.co.uk visitors! Up to 12.5% off! |
|
|
|
02/11/2013 at 7:17pm
Location: Sheffield
Outfit: Sterling Eccles Sport 636
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 29/8/2012 Diamond Member
Forum Posts: 1698
| Site Reviews Total: | 6 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
+1 for buying a tomtom and then adding camper map. Much cheaper than buying the camper.
Always found it reliable and I am used to their menu system.
|
02/11/2013 at 8:18pm
Location: Hampshire
Outfit: None Entered
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 17/10/2005 Diamond Member
Forum Posts: 1809
| Site Reviews Total: | 10 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
Have a look at the Navigon ones. Served us well. Don't get the Snooper. Difficult to programme.
-------------
John
|
02/11/2013 at 10:42pm
Location: West Yorks
Outfit: Gobur Carousel
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 24/5/2012 Platinum Member
Forum Posts: 745
| Site Reviews Total: | 1 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
NO to Garmin.
(The Garmin works well, it's just the people who programme the who are useless! - They are non-drivers who have no idea about roads, traffic or directional senses!)
-------------
Some days you are the dog,
some days you are the tree.
Goodbye tension, hello Pension!
|
02/11/2013 at 10:59pm
Location: Padded Cell
Outfit: Calvin Klein Straitjacket & manacles
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 22/9/2004 Diamond Member
Forum Posts: 2930
| Site Reviews Total: | 2 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
Cannot comment on the more expensive Tomtoms, but having been given a Tomtom Go 20 as a gift last Christmas after having had a Garmin StreetPilot i3 for nearly eight years - the Tomtom is crap! IMO, the Tomtom is awkward to use, attempts to obtain too much information to transmit to the company, limits choice of personal preferences/settings, is not easy to update...
By choice - and necessity - I use my Garmin when abroad. At home, I generally "use" them to keep the satellite "location/access" up to date...
The only benefit of the Tomtom is that it has the "lane option" which I believe is now standard on most satnavs nowadays anyway...
Gram
-------------
What's the difference between a chicken?
|
03/11/2013 at 7:53am
Location: S E Hampshire
Outfit: Knaus Starclass 565
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 07/6/2008 Gold Member 
Forum Posts: 471
| Site Reviews Total: | 35 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 3 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 1 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 5 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 38 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 14 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 43 |
|
"Each to his own!" My elderly Tomtom with the Camper addition gives good service and has avoided capital expenditure whilst doing the job. So far it has not led me astray on any of the route criterion whilst using the various vehicle sizes etc. Take your choice and cost it out.
-------------
Adrian
|
03/11/2013 at 11:55am
Location: Morecambe
Outfit: Daystar `91 + Berlingo
View Profile
Reply
Quote
|
Joined: 25/10/2011 Platinum Member
Forum Posts: 621
| Site Reviews Total: | 0 |
|
| Site Reviews 2025: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2024: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2023: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2022: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2021: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2020: | 0 |
| Site Reviews 2019: | 0 |
|
| Site Nights 2025: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2024: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2023: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2022: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2021: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2020: | 0 |
| Site Nights 2019: | 0 |
|
The one I`ve had for three years is the Binatone. None cheaper, but it worked ok except I didn`t agree on the routes! Wife stepped into the argument, the dog starts barking, I have a caravan in tow and fast approaching the roundabout . . .
Cars to the right of me, lorries to the left of me A cemetery in front of me . . .
At least her voice has packed in and I know how fast I shouldn`t be going . . .!heh heh
-------------
Peripheral people don`t have as much excitement but they sure live longer
|
|
