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SatNav - advice please.

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Just spent 12 days on the lodge with BT. 2 guys I was with had their own SatNav systems - TomTom & Navman. First time I've had anything to do with them and fairly impressed. So from the 'College of Knowledge':bow: out there any advice on what to buy, keeping the maps current, any special stuff for Europe and so on before we start looking would be most appreciated.
Cheers, Stu & Sharon.
 
gypsy

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depends on what you want it to do Stu ?
in car or on bike ?
yomping
and how detailed you want it
How long trips are ie a few months and a few countries away
 
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Cheers matey!

gypsy said:
depends on what you want it to do Stu ?
in car or on bike ?
yomping
and how detailed you want it
How long trips are ie a few months and a few countries away
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Looking at 10-14 days and Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy and so on.Really aimed at the bike. I can get point A-B over most of Europe with no worries but once off the beaten track...... Read the thread from Allan (cheers for that) and somewhat the wiser but all very complicated (or not) depending on how much of a Ludite you are. Totally thick me.
 
gypsy

gypsy

MAN on the PAN
a lot of it comes down to budget as per usual Stu :eek:
Ive never fancied the pda type as there not waterproof so have to be put in a bag or box to keep dry
Garmin are the ones ive had and they have ones reccomended for bikes and Ram Mounts do the fittings to set it up on the bike
Memory is going to be the biggest problem if your going to plan a route but allow for deviations
i did a rough guide for another chap a bit back and have attatched this for you to have a gander at
GARMIN QUESTS have a 256 inbuilt memory which if you were to head for the Italian border via France/Belgium/Germany/Swiss and then back through France the Quest would give you give you about a 75 mile corridor of street level mapping with a bit to spare , it will still have a base map of primary roads as well . If you just plan on blatting through an area and dont need a lot of detail just load the areas you plan on exploring ,but you need to do this via pc before ya go
give me a bell if you want any help
07909 685855
 
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I've got a navman

and I wish i hadn't. Compared to the others they are far too complicated to use. I would definitely buy one with the full postcode ability rather than just the first part and then putting in the road. Anyone want to buy a Navman 610......works fine just slow to load in an address :lol:
 
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