Sat navs (1 Viewer)

[treetops1]

sat navs-Hi my tired old sat nav has started to let me down ,after about 20mins on the road its allways trying to send me back home ,so i,v decided to replace it at the next show at Peterborough.Been looking at the cc sat nav S6450 at £400 not cheep Question is are there better or as good around for less money and with features that are more relevent to motorhomes.any advice would be great .being a yorkshire man i do struggle to open my wallet.LOL

 

[chaser]

Try your phone , you may be surprised how good they are

 

[hilldweller]

Chrisboyo showed me his new tool in Chester. A 7" touch screen device from China/ebay for £50.

Not only that it's really just a WindowsCE tablet with navigation software.

As he said, why do people pay hundreds to get lost ?

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[FIDGET]

Hi , Several members have commented on a sat nav from navibuzz on ebay
truck type 7inch screen £75, you are able to put in map refs and the measurements of your vehicle (so as to avoid narrow roads / low bridges etc) they have given some good reports. look under the search section (top of home page under yellow motorhome) for satnavs. I am considering buying one.
Terry:sin:

 

[Larrynwin]

I bought the latest Snooper Ventura for motorhomes loaded with campsites etc but still prefer my Garmin Nuvi 865, much easier to input co ordinates and far more accurate speed limits etc.

 

[Ivory55]

hi do you find the volume not enough hear it in the van on the snooper. like you we had garmin first and very happy with it. cheers ivory55

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[AndyPandy]

Firstly, can I have your old one for me Dad. He shouldn't really be out for more than 20 mins at a time on his own

In the van, we use the iPad. In the 10 months we've had the van we've found it gets you there no bother, great big screen we both can see, and it talks too.

I'm sure there are far more advanced systems out there but this has served us well, and for nowt cos we already had iPad

Good luck

Andy

 

[sdc77]

I use my android phone and Google navigation ..
It works fine . I have used it in europe and the usa with no problems..
One nice touch us you can plan a route with all the waypoints etc on your pc or laptop at your leisure.. save it and then open my maps on your phone to access all of your saved info.. effortless..
Streetview is nice too :thumb:

 

[treetops1]

sat nav

Hi friends ,i must admit i,m getting some great advice although with some of the info ,it looks like i may have to upgrade my phone as well .The one i have used for the last 5 years only cost me a tenner lol .but thank you all for giving me plenty to think about, still got a couple of weeks before Peterborough ,but i may yet end up on ebay judging by some of your comments cheers. Harry:thumb:

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[TheHat]

This is the one i got just over year ago
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hope that's of help

 

[ukbill]

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thats where my 1 came from and its great

 

[toledo]

sat nav

:thumb: ukbill have you forgot to send me sat nav info from china my one has broken you have my info on my buiss card i gave you hope you can remember me :thumb:


THANKS

Dave & Polly

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[dadsmad]

we bought the snooper last year with new mh and i have not been happy with it. even after putting in the size etc of mh it still took us off the main rd to small roads we got through with a squeeze, also it would go off and on rebooting from the start from our home in ulster. it is also very noisy.
anyway have just sent it off to snooperuk to get it looked at
£600 of money seems to be wasted at this stage should have kept the garmin

tally ho

 

[ukbill]

:thumb: ukbill have you forgot to send me sat nav info from china my one has broken you have my info on my buiss card i gave you hope you can remember me :thumb:


THANKS

Dave & Polly

sorry to you both but i did send the info i think still here is the web addy again


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this is the store on ebay please check all the sat nav's as there are lots more they have now than when i got mine
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http://www.archiescampings.eu/

 

[joner8888]

I use my android phone and Google navigation ..
It works fine . I have used it in europe and the usa with no problems..
One nice touch us you can plan a route with all the waypoints etc on your pc or laptop at your leisure.. save it and then open my maps on your phone to access all of your saved info.. effortless..
Streetview is nice too :thumb:

This seems to be the way to go now---also use a lead from your phone to your input on your MH stereo and the voice overides any music you may be plying from your phone.
Calls also work through the speakers too, seems these smart phones are smart after all :thumb:

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[toledo]

sat nav

:thumb: Hi Bill
Thanks for the info about sat nav which one did you get or recommend as I am not up with the technology of these things :thumb:

Polly

 

[Jaspwieser]

I bought a expensive Tom Tom, the signal strength was just awfull. Found that the monitor for the reversing camera interferes with the sat Nav signal somehow

My iPhone mapping is great in built up areas with a signal, not so good in the middle of nowhere

Sometimes you get what you pay for
Sometimes you don't

 

[stcyr]

We use maps ... and don't get lost

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[ukbill]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160719120...l?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=160719120110&_rdc=1

thats the 1 have but please check out which will be best for you

 

[oldun]

Try your phone , you may be surprised how good they are

Be careful of three problems with phones.

1. Some software packages need a continuous connection with the internet - this can be very expensaive, especially abroad.

2. Incoming calls will interfer with the program and often occur at very inconvenient moments whne you are nedding guidance.

3. Screen is very small.

However I use mine Android phone for this purpose quite often.

 

[oldun]

We use maps ... and don't get lost

Maps get out of date and can be wrong plus they don't help you with road speed limits, pois etc.

I use both maps and gps but do not rely 100% on either of them.

I like to get as much hekp as possible.

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[Dubiousp]

I posted a few months ago because I bought the CC TomTom and was a little disappointed however now that Ive driven through france with it I love it. Maybe a little pricy

 

[oldun]

This seems to be the way to go now---also use a lead from your phone to your input on your MH stereo and the voice overides any music you may be plying from your phone.
Calls also work through the speakers too, seems these smart phones are smart after all :thumb:

We don't all have inputs to our stereos.

 

[oldun]

We use maps ... and don't get lost

When it's very dark and pouring with rain and you are in an area with loads of road works and diversions maps are totally useless whereas a sat nav can be of great help.

It seems to me to be rather stupid to decry modern inventions which are a great help when used in conjunction with A PAPER MAP.

Paper maps and sat nav maps can easily get out of date so must always be used with caution. paper maps can easily get damaged even with careful use so another downside.

To blindly follow a route planned by a sat nav is also crass stupidity.

I use paper maps, a sat nav and common sense.

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[ukbill]

Chrisboyo showed me his new tool in Chester. A 7" touch screen device from China/ebay for £50.

Not only that it's really just a WindowsCE tablet with navigation software.

As he said, why do people pay hundreds to get lost ?

same as i have brian and its a great piece of equipment went from home to portugal via spain with no trouble at all dont pay loads of cash get this sat nav job done also if u have a problem they have a rapid response to any questions
this is the store on ebay check it out it now has much more than the 1 i got so look through the list

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[SandJ]

I agree with the comments above and you can get updates as well, very quick to respond to questions and they treat customers like they should :thumb:

 

[Larby]

When it's very dark and pouring with rain and you are in an area with loads of road works and diversions maps are totally useless whereas a sat nav can be of great help.

[HI]
It seems to me to be rather stupid to decry modern inventions which are a great help when used in conjunction with A PAPER MAP.

[/HI]Paper maps and sat nav maps can easily get out of date so must always be used with caution. paper maps can easily get damaged even with careful use so another downside.

To blindly follow a route planned by a sat nav is also crass stupidity.

[HI]I use paper maps, a sat nav and common sense[/HI].

I use maps to plan a route then let the Sat-nav do the rest. There are times I refuse to accept what it wants to give me so mute it

My wife has a wonderful method, she sits back and miraculously arrives without stress wherever she is going.

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[gibbon]

As many have just said,there really is no reason to spend a fortune on a sat nav these days.
We've recently bought a Garmin Nuvi 50 with full European maps & free lifetime update for just under £120. You can also download your custom POI's .
We also like to have a map as well:thumb:

 

[G4OGE]

II use the force and get lost all the time! but you do find some interesting places (Brigadoon) down roads you may well have not gone down

 

[Spenders]

On another thread I saw recently someone recommended an app called NavFree, that enables your smartphone to act as a free sat nav and avoid the data charges that some accrue from using Google maps inbuilt navigation.

I thought I'd give it a go, and it seemed to work fine.... you can even programme it to recognise that you're a larger vehicle and not a car! Yesterday however when getting from Sunderland (the road out was the best bit!) to Old Hartley CC site up from Whitley Bay, it went loopy on me. It seemed to think we were in continental Europe, as at roundabouts it was telling me to drive round them to the right!! No... I didn't do it... and it wasn't a problem with small junctions where you could clearly see where the intended route was, but on the larger interchanges it got very confusing and eventually I had to give up and revert to Google maps navigation.

I'll try it again today, see how it goes, but it's shaken my confidence in it a bit. Shame, but I suppose you get what you pay for!

Simon

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