Satnav recommendation

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Spawn_e_git

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Hi just got my Burstner 747 stuck down a road in Six-Fours Les Plages. scraped the side window a bit and bent the tow bar cross member a touch (done its job).

Had the geondarmorie close the road while I backed it up for 20 mins.

Fringing Tomtom and Google maps took us down there.

I know there are satnav for caravans and motorhome but are they any good and will they stop me having to back the SS Torrey Canyon back down the lanes.

recommendations please, price no object after today.....
 
we have been wrong footed on several occasions by Tomtom, Garmin and now Aguri down really narrow lanes and even tried to get us under 8'6'' bridge in York! I always double check that the settings are Moho with dimensions inputted and not set to shortest route but to no avail. Now reverting to the map book but disappointed with these gadgets. I have been told that 'Snooper' satnavs are very good but won't waste any more money.
 
Hi I have something like this
Amazon product ASIN B07VGRVFB4I can put in dimensions of my vehicle and the route caters for that.
There are loads like this just search for 'Lorry Sat Nav' and make sure it has the Vehicle Dimensions Feature
 
Used co pilot for the first time and has been good with the excepted sat nav wtf directions occasionally.

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Calamaster said:
Hi I have something like this
Amazon product ASIN B07VGRVFB4I can put in dimensions of my vehicle and the route caters for that.
There are loads like this just search for 'Lorry Sat Nav' and make sure it has the Vehicle Dimensions Feature
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We purchased the same sytem too and to be honest...its bloody marvelous ! Really quick to fire up and find us. A stated before..put your details in and job done.

Kev
 
Tom tom 6000 truck... put in length and other dimensions.... never let me down... free for life maps
 
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We have TOM TOM 6200 and if you set the route via the web or the app you can specify large MH and input sizes & weights. Send route to device over the airwaves and bobs your mothers brother
 
vin0114 said:
I have been told that 'Snooper' satnavs are very good but won't waste any more money.
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Don't bother with Snooper, we still have our £320 Snooper S5000 which lasted a year before it began to regularly crash with "application error". Only way to reset was to switch off and start again. Not great when you're on a complicated bypass around a large city in France.
We now use an Aguri RV700 motorhome satnav (length, width, height, weight) which has been pretty good regarding not sending us down narrow roads etc, my only critsism would be the inaccurate speed reading.
 
Pretty much any satnav is good on height and weight limits , but width and length is trickier , as they are to the most part relying on posted limits . If the local info isnt there they cant integrate into the software data.

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My TT 6200 has saved me a lot of heartache BUT....

it's only as good as the data it receives.

IT thinks my postcode is half a mile from my house [google, Garmin know where I live - strange isn't it?] and regularly I get phone calls from delivery drivers asking for directions. "You're using a TT" is my comment. Have TT acknowledged that I know better than them during frequent emails over the last two years? NO!

IT would happily direct me over a bridge with a 3T limit [MH = 3.5T]. Once they accepted my info it told me to get out and walk, rather than directing me to avoid the bridge by taking one of two alternative routes. NOW SORTED!

IT would happily direct me down a 6'6" restriction [MH = 7'6"] with a 90deg turn between two tall flint-lined walls, which cars regularly scrape. NOW SORTED!

IT still happily directs me down a 6'6" restriction limited by low bollards, which can be avoided by driving on the near-side pavement (although an alternative route exists).

That is where local knowledge comes in handy. FORTUNATELY it has proved 99% successful on other routes, but occasionally I have had to reverse or slam on the brakes. However, it is better than relying on the human navigator!

We like the TT interface: if money is truly no problem, buy a couple of different ones and see which you prefer. You could run them in parallel and see which one directs you along a bad road in your area. Then keep them or sell the least preferred version as second-hand.

Nothing will be perfect - Gordon
 
Like the Aguri but despite all the right dimensions being put in it's taken us down lanes that were way too narrow!
 
Calamaster said:
Hi I have something like this
Amazon product ASIN B07VGRVFB4I can put in dimensions of my vehicle and the route caters for that.
There are loads like this just search for 'Lorry Sat Nav' and make sure it has the Vehicle Dimensions Feature
Click to expand...

Wow - that does look awfully like a counterfeit copy of my Garmin.

My approach is to enter dimensions for a humungous RV but even that doesn't always stop it sending me down narrow lanes and tracks. But it helps.

I had to set the MAM back to 3500 kg to stop the Satnag nagging with too many warnings about weight limits on roads I wanted to use.
 
Christoph said:
Like the Aguri but despite all the right dimensions being put in it's taken us down lanes that were way too narrow!
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I'll bet that's usually in the last few miles of your journey? I always preview the end section of the programmed route just to make sure there's nothing untoward or dodgy looking. Its happened with all satnavs I've owned though, so not particular to Aguri.
Sometimes I think the software writers are having a bit of a laugh at our expense, perhaps coding for last 10 miles of Bourne, send then round the houses so they end up throwing the satnav out the window and then have to buy another one, :rolleyes:
 
No sat nav will guarantee to prevent what just happened.

Its a case of driver beware

If the road looks too narrow I just stop, zoom out on the sat nav screen and look for an alternative route.

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Calamaster said:
Hi I have something like this
Amazon product ASIN B07VGRVFB4I can put in dimensions of my vehicle and the route caters for that.
There are loads like this just search for 'Lorry Sat Nav' and make sure it has the Vehicle Dimensions Feature
Click to expand...
Kev and Carolyn said:
We purchased the same sytem too and to be honest...its bloody marvelous ! Really quick to fire up and find us. A stated before..put your details in and job done.

Kev
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Been using one for some years now (same unit, different brand), and it is brilliant. It has never taken me down an unsuitable route for the MH, where a better route would have been available. I have often not trusted the unit's instructions and found an alternative way in, only to find out later, that they were spot on after all. :doh:
I update the Truck maps at least once a year, and am now experimenting with a 9" Android version, using the same iGo software and Here mapping, but with a capacitive screen.
First impressions are good, but I do need to sort out the mount, as it's a much heavier unit, so needs a more solid base.

Having experimented with google car mapping, it does nothing for me, in the way of MH navigation. :( Traversing the tiny Georgian streets of Stamford in a Pug 206, isn't the same route I'd want to take with an 8Mtr MH :( and I'm an experienced Truck and Coach driver.

Cheers,

Jock. :)
 
Personally I much prefer the accuracy, traffic information and up to date maps with Google. The sacrifice I've got to make is that if I'm going down a road and it directs me onto something with grass growing up the middle (which is rarer than other navs I've used) or into a junction that has a height restriction sign, I just ignore the turn and drive on. It'll quickly re-route another way. Unlike other SatNavs, it rarely just keeps nagging you to do a u-turn as it assumes you missed that turn on purpose. It's also got the great feature of other routes shown in real-time as a grey line with the extra time it'll take... often it's 'Similar ETA', so you can see if that narrow road is just cutting the corner to save you a minute.

I've only had one occasion where 'driving on' didn't work, and that was approaching Figueres in Spain and every exit seemed to say there was a height restriction. I ended up circling round to the other side of the town, ignoring several requests to take the next exit before I found my way in via an industrial estate.
 
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Rapido925M said:
My TT 6200 has saved me a lot of heartache BUT....

it's only as good as the data it receives.

IT thinks my postcode is half a mile from my house [google, Garmin know where I live - strange isn't it?] and regularly I get phone calls from delivery drivers asking for directions. "You're using a TT" is my comment. Have TT acknowledged that I know better than them during frequent emails over the last two years? NO!

IT would happily direct me over a bridge with a 3T limit [MH = 3.5T]. Once they accepted my info it told me to get out and walk, rather than directing me to avoid the bridge by taking one of two alternative routes. NOW SORTED!

IT would happily direct me down a 6'6" restriction [MH = 7'6"] with a 90deg turn between two tall flint-lined walls, which cars regularly scrape. NOW SORTED!

IT still happily directs me down a 6'6" restriction limited by low bollards, which can be avoided by driving on the near-side pavement (although an alternative route exists).

That is where local knowledge comes in handy. FORTUNATELY it has proved 99% successful on other routes, but occasionally I have had to reverse or slam on the brakes. However, it is better than relying on the human navigator!

We like the TT interface: if money is truly no problem, buy a couple of different ones and see which you prefer. You could run them in parallel and see which one directs you along a bad road in your area. Then keep them or sell the least preferred version as second-hand.

Nothing will be perfect - Gordon
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With My SNIPER TRUCK NAV it warns me if there are issues and it asks me to confirm if I want to go down 'restricted roads' - sometime I have to say YES to get to the coast and it does get a tad tight!
Never been sent somewhere I can't navigate.
 
MichaelT said:
We have TOM TOM 6200 and if you set the route via the web or the app you can specify large MH and input sizes & weights. Send route to device over the airwaves and bobs your mothers brother
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I don't know if you know but there are a couple of problems with the above comment.

If you set the vehicle type in the My Drive website or app then Send the destination, or Stops if you have added some waypoints, any dimensional data you included or even if you set NO Motorways, the GO6200 will recalculate the route when received based on the Routing preferences in it which has no dimensional instructions so the routing will have no relevance to dimensional data. Also if there are any other routing preference differences then those on the GO6200 will be used.

If you have created the route on the My Drive website or App and save it there and ask for it to be synced to your GO6200 then the route is saved as a .GPX file ad the unit will follow exactly what you created. However if you miss a turning it will constantly try to get you back to the missed turn and it will not take into account any Traffic data to reroute if there is a problem. If the road is blocked it will also constantly try to take you along the blocked route. In other words the route is a defined instruction that must be followed exactly which is what a .GPX file is.

Doug

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Bringing this back as at the end of my trip and also the CoPilot trial.

I'd like to swap my crap DAB radio for a double DIN unit that has satnav built in or can run CoPilot.
There seems a few around ranging from cheaper Android screens off amazon to the more expensive Pioneer types for £400+

Any recommendations.
needs to have.

  1. Touch screen
  2. Preferably running latest Android O/S
  3. Double DIN that can easily be fitted to X250 Ducato.
  4. DAB with good reception. I have roof mounted DAB aerial but cheap Velex reception is crap.
  5. Bluetooth for hands free with descent microphone or separate mic.
  6. Ability to add SatNav apps or have built in satnav that can take vehicle size.
  7. Can connect to MIFI so I can stream music direct via app such as Amazon music.
  8. Good sound quality for music. the cheap Velex unit I have is crap.
  9. Preferably able to have rear view camera when reverse selected.
  10. Easy to operate. brought lots from Amazon etc with "Chinglish"instructions and poor support (I work for Amazon btw ?)

sure this a lot and I doubt I'll get them all but if any of you have fitted something that comes close, please let me know, spe officially with ease of installation and pics would be great!
 
Hi Spawnee, what did you get in the end? I'm in the same dilemma

Cheers!


Russ
 
RustyRuss said:
Hi Spawnee, what did you get in the end? I'm in the same dilemma

Cheers!


Russ
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lol. No. I did absolutely nothing :cool:

I might have to as now I have got my van back out Saturday, the DAB head units has locked up on "DAB Loading".
 

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