garmin or tomtom
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garmin or tomtom
Going to get a sat nav but not sure what's best. Thinking of either the tomtom go1000 or garmin nuvi 2310 any one on here know much about them?. Main thing I would like is good bluetooth for hands free calling and speed camera warnings. Tomtom is more expensive but is it worth the extra money.
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This is going to be tough to answer as not many will have experience of both, all I can say is I have a TomTom that's years old and it's never let me down and I have always found where I need to be, I drive HGV so it does get some use
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This will be sat nav ping pong.
Mind you,just get a map.So much better than both and £5.99
This will be sat nav ping pong.
Mind you,just get a map.So much better than both and £5.99
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Garmin are utter **** and using a map, a good back up, but takes your mind off the activity of driving.
I would like to hear what the professional drivers have to say.
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Yeah a map will get to to the town/city but then it's time to ask the locals
One problem with sat nabs is they make you lazy, put in postcode then house number, follow instruction without thinking, if it then packs in when you're there you won't have a clue how ya got there
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I agree with Darb that SatNavs leave you in a blur of "how the hell did i get here". I got a Garmin Nuvi, pretty happy with it had it one year - no probs. Have the speed camera addon thingy which I keep upto date.
A snooper would also be good addition (do they do both?) as aliens and there radar beems track you down and use there lights to blind you and make you pull over. Then they begin the probing and charge you for the effort...
A snooper would also be good addition (do they do both?) as aliens and there radar beems track you down and use there lights to blind you and make you pull over. Then they begin the probing and charge you for the effort...
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Can you even comprehend the amount maps you would need to cover what a sat Nav does ?
Yeah a map will get to to the town/city but then it's time to ask the locals
One problem with sat nabs is they make you lazy, put in postcode then house number, follow instruction without thinking, if it then packs in when you're there you won't have a clue how ya got there
Yeah a map will get to to the town/city but then it's time to ask the locals
One problem with sat nabs is they make you lazy, put in postcode then house number, follow instruction without thinking, if it then packs in when you're there you won't have a clue how ya got there
Humans are cleverer than the Sat Navs
Just slowly though that is being eroded
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Sat nav gets right on my paps
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Being an Escort is difficult.
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Either, I used to use a TomTom pack on pda, and it was good. 2 weeks ago I got a Garmin, not had any problems with it yet, although it does have 1 annoying feature that if the road has a name and number, then it will display the name rather than the number. Which would make driving Wattling St interesting!
The TomTom in the Mageane company car is horrid! You can't turn the sound off for the speed camera alerts, which meant a beep every 5 seconds through any specs system I passed through.
And don't get me started on the live traffic, how about telling ne wher ethe hold up is so I can make a decission, rather than a box of electronics tell me it knows a quicker route.
The TomTom in the Mageane company car is horrid! You can't turn the sound off for the speed camera alerts, which meant a beep every 5 seconds through any specs system I passed through.
And don't get me started on the live traffic, how about telling ne wher ethe hold up is so I can make a decission, rather than a box of electronics tell me it knows a quicker route.
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I have had both. The advantage of Garmin was around value for money. For a lower price you got maps of Europe and as I wandered off to Poland every so often this was critical.
We decided to replace our five year old Nuvi 255 and had a look around. The price differential seems to be less and CostCo were running a deal on the TomTom so we bought one of those (TomTom Via Live120). The quality is much better and the directions clearer.
Steve
We decided to replace our five year old Nuvi 255 and had a look around. The price differential seems to be less and CostCo were running a deal on the TomTom so we bought one of those (TomTom Via Live120). The quality is much better and the directions clearer.
Steve
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I have had both. The advantage of Garmin was around value for money. For a lower price you got maps of Europe and as I wandered off to Poland every so often this was critical.
We decided to replace our five year old Nuvi 255 and had a look around. The price differential seems to be less and CostCo were running a deal on the TomTom so we bought one of those (TomTom Via Live120). The quality is much better and the directions clearer.
Steve
We decided to replace our five year old Nuvi 255 and had a look around. The price differential seems to be less and CostCo were running a deal on the TomTom so we bought one of those (TomTom Via Live120). The quality is much better and the directions clearer.
Steve
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I may be in a position to answer, having actually owned both TomTom and Garmin products.
The TomTom woked OK, but was always dicey at the on/off switch, sometimes it would, others not. The touch screen needed "stabbing" to make it work. It was slow and got a bee in it's bonnet about certain routes.
After a year, the maps just corrupted one journey, for no reason. The helpline informed me, "Oh it does that, just reload the maps from your computer".
Great.........especially since they weren't ON the computer as it didn't TELL me to back them up when I bought it
"Oh, right, we'll sell you another set, that'll be £50 please". Not likely.
That was shelved and a Garmin purchased.
Nearly a year old, no probs so far. Works first time every time, better, faster touch screen, brilliant live junction/lane view, no contest, Garmin every time.
TomTom: piece of junk.
The kids now have it, downloaded the maps for free, it still limps along, now it's recently decided you can't input a postcode. Rubbish. Dutch rubbish.
The TomTom woked OK, but was always dicey at the on/off switch, sometimes it would, others not. The touch screen needed "stabbing" to make it work. It was slow and got a bee in it's bonnet about certain routes.
After a year, the maps just corrupted one journey, for no reason. The helpline informed me, "Oh it does that, just reload the maps from your computer".
Great.........especially since they weren't ON the computer as it didn't TELL me to back them up when I bought it
"Oh, right, we'll sell you another set, that'll be £50 please". Not likely.
That was shelved and a Garmin purchased.
Nearly a year old, no probs so far. Works first time every time, better, faster touch screen, brilliant live junction/lane view, no contest, Garmin every time.
TomTom: piece of junk.
The kids now have it, downloaded the maps for free, it still limps along, now it's recently decided you can't input a postcode. Rubbish. Dutch rubbish.
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I may be in a position to answer, having actually owned both TomTom and Garmin products.
The TomTom woked OK, but was always dicey at the on/off switch, sometimes it would, others not. The touch screen needed "stabbing" to make it work. It was slow and got a bee in it's bonnet about certain routes.
After a year, the maps just corrupted one journey, for no reason. The helpline informed me, "Oh it does that, just reload the maps from your computer".
Great.........especially since they weren't ON the computer as it didn't TELL me to back them up when I bought it
"Oh, right, we'll sell you another set, that'll be £50 please". Not likely.
That was shelved and a Garmin purchased.
Nearly a year old, no probs so far. Works first time every time, better, faster touch screen, brilliant live junction/lane view, no contest, Garmin every time.
TomTom: piece of junk.
The kids now have it, downloaded the maps for free, it still limps along, now it's recently decided you can't input a postcode. Rubbish. Dutch rubbish.
The TomTom woked OK, but was always dicey at the on/off switch, sometimes it would, others not. The touch screen needed "stabbing" to make it work. It was slow and got a bee in it's bonnet about certain routes.
After a year, the maps just corrupted one journey, for no reason. The helpline informed me, "Oh it does that, just reload the maps from your computer".
Great.........especially since they weren't ON the computer as it didn't TELL me to back them up when I bought it
"Oh, right, we'll sell you another set, that'll be £50 please". Not likely.
That was shelved and a Garmin purchased.
Nearly a year old, no probs so far. Works first time every time, better, faster touch screen, brilliant live junction/lane view, no contest, Garmin every time.
TomTom: piece of junk.
The kids now have it, downloaded the maps for free, it still limps along, now it's recently decided you can't input a postcode. Rubbish. Dutch rubbish.
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Every time I have upgraded anything it ends up worse!
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I found Tom Tom customer service to be worse than crap. My unit went faulty (within warrantee) and Tom Tom were very unhelpful. Eventually they fixed the problem, but only after lots of pressure from me. So, I'd try a Garmin if I had to choose between the two.