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petengail

09/6/2014 at 1:56pm
Location: Shirebrook
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Anyone know of a good satnav to use that has a option to change to towing a caravan

clever

09/6/2014 at 3:16pm
Location: Derbyshire
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It's been mentioned a few times on here before, but the best option is probably to get yourself a TomTom sat nav and then download the caravan and camper maps to it.

Halfords are currently doing the TomTom Start 25 for £79 including lifetime map updates.

You can then download the Caravan and Camper maps direct from TomTom for approx £70

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david8858

09/6/2014 at 8:02pm
Location: Teesside
Outfit: Lunar Clubman SI H

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iPhone app for TomTom is brilliant and with free maps for life a snip at 50quidish if you happen to have an iPhone.

Daresay you can download the caravan maps to that but I tend to use a manual analogue method which involves the wife arguing with the sat nav whilst reading the map.

This represents the best of both worlds and in any event if we get lost its always my fault

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David Klyne

09/6/2014 at 8:18pm
Location: Milton Keynes
Outfit: Bailey Alliance 66-2 Motorhome

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I have a TomTom Start 60 with nice big 6 inch screen to which I have added the Camper Maps. You will need a micro SD card as the base device does not have enough memory for both maps. It works reasonably well but personally I always check the route against a map. You can view the route in several ways one of which is the ability to view the destination in more detail which I find useful.

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AL53HX

10/6/2014 at 9:18am
Location: BLACK((gods)) COUNTRY
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When driving my truck,I used a HGV formatted satnav,very good for lorry drivers,so could be good for caravanners

petengail

10/6/2014 at 10:32am
Location: Shirebrook
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Thanks very much to all

captainevo

10/6/2014 at 3:38pm
Location: BlackCountry
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I had a Garmin 465T (until my car was stolen) great as you could switch between Car and Truck mode. You enter the diameters of the caravan and it does the rest. When I purchased my replacement Nav I wanted Lifetime Map and Traffic updates but I couldn't find one that did truck mode within my price range.

I was always a TomTom man but I cannot fault my new Garmin, had it for 3 years had 4 free map updates a year and not had to pay extra for the traffic re-routing which is useful especially with the amount of miles i do a year.

Albourneboy

10/6/2014 at 3:56pm
Location: Darlington
Outfit: Santa Fe & Bailey Unicorn Madrid

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I have a built in SatNav in my Santa Fe (which is not to be relied on) and a SueNav that self installs occasionally and is often at loggerheads with the SatNav. Trouble is, I can turn the SatNav off but the SueNav doesn't have an on/off switch

The SueNav is handy though as it can be equipped with a traditional map and programmed to check that the SatNav is actually taking us down the right road, especially when we are off to areas of France that we've not been to before.

On the whole though, the SueNav is a little more reliable than the SatNav even though it sometimes gets its rights and lefts mixed up and occasionally gives directions out a little too late

enid-hartshill

10/6/2014 at 8:03pm
Location: Warwickshire
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We like our Snooper much better than our built in sat.nav

realbusdriver

10/6/2014 at 8:28pm
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one or two more suggestions here

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david8858

11/6/2014 at 4:04pm
Location: Teesside
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I have a similar model to the SueNav. Unfortunately it displays unwanted behaviour at times by reading out speedometer readings at regular intervals and asking if I'm going to fast.

Running costs for these self installing NavAids can be high as they usually demand red wine on arrival at destination.

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Tony 72

11/6/2014 at 11:09pm
Location: where the tent is pitched
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Sat Nav and Sat Nag here.
Allways turn off Sat Nav voice as I cant stand being told where to go by 2 woman.

Tony

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