Thread: Sat Nav Suggestions

d2dave- do you leave your GPS mounted on the dash all the time? I have found with previous TomTom devices, if left in the sun or even just from high temperatures when left on the dash when parked up will result in early failure.

Hi,
Yep

Garmin DriveSmart 51/61/7 - Mounting and Powering the Garmin DriveSmart Device in Your Vehicle

It's in the manual.
Cheers

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

d2dave- do you leave your GPS mounted on the dash all the time? I have found with previous TomTom devices, if left in the sun or even just from high temperatures when left on the dash when parked up will result in early failure.

No I don't. I use it in a truck, and as I am only employed on a casual part time basis there are other people use the truck between my uses.

So when I finish a run I take it out and store it in a soft case. 50% of its use is also at night as I leave for Sydney late afternoon.

Return trip is during the day. Having said that, it is pretty ordinary to buy a device that is deigned to be windscreen mounted and then suffer heat stress.

My Garmin died agtee about 5 years so thought would try the app based ones you can use on your phone

First looked for a garmin app but could not find one. Have tried 2 others which seem to have a presence in media from plenty of reviews which are favourable. Neither provide as good functionality as the Garmin did

Combined results. Am 500 metres from local hospital but sat nav cannot find it, travelling to train station 20 miles away which is a major Mainline station that has been there for over 100 years sat nav cannot find it. Can though find a shop on the station platform? Track on map is in red so is delayed traffic which then obliterates the route track so where am I going? Cannot change colours on map so cannot fix. Map moves zoom in and out by itself based on what it thinks you need and you cannot control this

Back to Garmin

I don't frequent AULRO much these days, but got an email alert on this thread. Nice to see familiar faces still hanging around (Dave and Dave )

These days, I pretty much rely solely on my phone using Google Maps or Waze for street navigation. I find the traffic updates handy, and it doesn't noticeably bite into my monthly data allowance. As the eyes get a bit older, I'll probably move to using a tablet with the same software. Keen to hear of any advantages of using other software/hardware like Garmin etc.

Hi,
I ran Sygic Car Connected Navigation APK for Android - Download for a while till I ran out of space on the tablet.
Always found it accurate in normal driving and it surprised me with how much off road track data it could come up with.
When the new Pixel tablet comes out I will replace this Galaxy Tab (16Gb, and WAY too much bloatware) and re install it.
Cheers

Originally Posted by Ranga

I don't frequent AULRO much these days, but got an email alert on this thread. Nice to see familiar faces still hanging around (Dave and Dave )

Loved the old Ranga Special from over 10 years ago - only recently died and I liked the ability to go into the software and mod to suit individual needs.

Thanks for that .

Garry

Originally Posted by Ranga

I don't frequent AULRO much these days, but got an email alert on this thread. Nice to see familiar faces still hanging around (Dave and Dave )

These days, I pretty much rely solely on my phone using Google Maps or Waze for street navigation. I find the traffic updates handy, and it doesn't noticeably bite into my monthly data allowance. As the eyes get a bit older, I'll probably move to using a tablet with the same software. Keen to hear of any advantages of using other software/hardware like Garmin etc.

Nice to see an old face. You still driving a Landie?