Thread: navigator which brand

Ive got a Navman Pin 570 that im fairly happy with. Its a PDA aswell so i can store lots of useless crap. I need to get my hands on destinator software though because the standard one is adequte but irritating.

I have had a Navman bluetooth unit running on a Toshiba pda for around 4 years. Its been very good however I recently bought my wife a TomTom 910 which she wont use so am going to take it as I think it is much better than the Navman unit I have.

Ian

l have a street directory for around Perth and several area maps for going out 4wding l find them very good

I have the Tom Tom 910 as well have had it for about six months and have had no problems very easy to use mines got a 20 gig hardrive to store photos and the like on which is handy but this makes the unit heavier than other models. Lots of models on the market now go to store try some out and see which one you find easiest to use.


All the best Mark

I use "the missus" brand of navigator and for one would not recommend it. It's a high maintanence unit that constantly needs money spent on it for it to work happily. In the past few years I have had it in my possession I have literally spent thousands just to maintain the damn thing, then mid journey it will break down into a default mode and the automated voice goes to a high pitched sqeal and then refuses to give any other driving related instructions.



Go buy a Tom Tom

I also have the "missus" model. It's absolutely useless as a navigator.

Ron

Originally Posted by p38arover

I also have the "missus" model. It's absolutely useless as a navigator.

Ron

I used to have the above, tried several places but could'nt get a trade in valuation.
I now have both a Garmin c320 and the original "I told you so" model.
One of them is brilliant.

I purchased an original TomTom GO when they first came out in Europe in 2003 and when we came back to Australia in 2006 I brought her over here, purchased the Australian maps and I'm still using it today.

I tried a couple of other navigators (at the time) but for it's time the TomTom GO was eons ahead of the competition with their ease of use: easily to use menu layout, big touch sensitive screen (no niggly little buttons to fiddle with), good map presentation - not to mention about half the price

When my existing TomTom GO finally does die I'd like to upgrade to a TomTom 510 or equivalent. It has everything the existing TomTom has plus Bluetooth for integrating with your phone so you can subscribe to real-time traffic updates (including speed cameras and navigating you home around traffic jams etc.) and runs off a SD card.

As I work with computers I am reticent to put a mechanical "computer" component in my vehicle (ie. a Hard Drive) because - though they are better these days - it is not what Hard Drives were designed for and when I end up going off-road they'll get bounced around too much for my liking. Even my ipod is only an ipod nano so it doesn't have a hard drive. Both my ipod and TomTom GO have been up to Cape York and back so they've both seen a bit of punishment and have survived it to this day.

I'm pretty sure the real-time traffic services I mentioned are all services that the other manufacturers offer these days but like I said I'm more than happy with my TomTom.

One thing you must remember with all navigation units though is that they are only as good as their maps - sometimes they'll take you strange ways, sometimes they may miss a turn-off because the road has changed since their map was last updated. However no matter what they do get you where you need to go... as for which has the best maps, that's the same as asking 'how long is a piece of string?' Everyone will have different experiences and unless you line 'em all up side-by-side and do test runs to and from the same waypoints you just won't know. Generally maps get updated yearly so it's not too bad anyway, though I probably won't update mine until next year as I can live with being a couple of years out of date on my maps