Sat Navs

[Mole]

Yesterday i took advantage of Halfords Sat Nav offer and bought a Tom Tom XL Europe 22 (with Canary Island mapping as well as Europe for my hols).

 

As i'm not a techo junkie please tell me it's the bestest and a good buy at £123.

[swannymere]

I hear Rupert recommends them.

[Iowsaintsfan]

can anyone recommend a decent one for a simular price too please?

[Mole]

can anyone recommend a decent one for a simular price too please?

 

Ignore the £149 reduced price, you get it in store for £128 or £123 if you don't mind haggling for the 15% Vat rate.

 

I've been playing with it and its ****ing brilliant!

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_515471_langId_-1_categoryId_165685

 

P.S I've been told to either buy a tom tom or a Garmin. All the others are ****e.

[Mole]

I hear Rupert recommends them.

 

Surely you mean Ruperts Chauffeur.

[Weston Super Saint]

Ignore the £149 reduced price, you get it in store for £128 or £123 if you don't mind haggling for the 15% Vat rate.

 

I've been playing with it and its ****ing brilliant!

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_515471_langId_-1_categoryId_165685

 

P.S I've been told to either buy a tom tom or a Garmin. All the others are ****e.

 

I borrowed a Tom Tom XL to go to France over the summer from a mate, and was so impressed with it I bought a tom tom one when we got home. Excellent bit of kit IMO.

 

Shop around on the innernetz though as I found my one for about £30 less than Halfords were selling it for.

 

If you don't need European maps, then at £90 this is a bargain : http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-ONE-v3-Great-Britain/dp/B0018NPL5M/?tag=satisfactiong125-21&gclid=CKLRwOGurpcCFQoh3god_2LdjQ

Edited 7 December, 2008 by Weston Super Saint

[Mole]

If you don't need European maps, then at £90 this is a bargain : http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-ONE-v3-Great-Britain/dp/B0018NPL5M/?tag=satisfactiong125-21&gclid=CKLRwOGurpcCFQoh3god_2LdjQ

 

A few quid cheaper than Halfords (about £7) once you've haggled for your VAT reduction, but it's still a poxy sized screen and therefore old hat IMO.

 

For the sake of an extra £30 you've gotta go for an XL sized screen.

[St Landrew]

Yesterday i took advantage of Halfords Sat Nav offer and bought a Tom Tom XL Europe 22 (with Canary Island mapping as well as Europe for my hols).

 

As i'm not a techo junkie please tell me it's the bestest and a good buy at £123.

 

No Lane assist..? Useful feature which means you get that awkward unfamiliar multi-laned junction correct first time. Very useful in continental Europe if you're not confident.

 

Beckers are fitted as standard to Mercs and Ferraris. Sort of says something, eh..? Available at Halfords too.

[Mole]

Beckers are fitted as standard to Mercs and Ferraris. Sort of says something, eh..? Available at Halfords too.

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_702357_langId_-1_categoryId_165685

 

 

Reduced from £300 to £150. Sort of says something, eh? And when i enquired about this "bargain" the shop assistant told me on the quiet that it's **** compared to Garmins or tom toms.

[St Landrew]

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_702357_langId_-1_categoryId_165685

 

 

Reduced from £300 to £150. Sort of says something, eh? And when i enquired about this "bargain" the shop assistant told me on the quiet that it's **** compared to Garmins or tom toms.

 

That's the shop assistant's opinion. I'll trust my own.

 

EDIT: Let me put it into some perspective for you. When I managed one or two Comet stores, I would ask my staff to give completely honest information, and not to tell half-truths. Once or twice I came across sales people who would advise customers to purchase a particular product over another, even though it was clear that the other was more suitable, and the customer actually wanted it. I found that there was more commission obtained with the product they had advised the customer to buy.

 

Do your own research, and don't take anything as gospel. Even what I might say - except the previous sentence.

Edited 7 December, 2008 by St Landrew

[Mole]

That's the shop assistant's opinion. I'll trust my own.

 

EDIT: Let me put it into some perspective for you. When I managed one or two Comet stores, I would ask my staff to give completely honest information, and not to tell half-truths. Once or twice I came across sales people who would advise customers to purchase a particular product over another, even though it was clear that the other was more suitable, and the customer actually wanted it. I found that there was more commission obtained with the product they had advised the customer to buy.

 

Do your own research, and don't take anything as gospel. Even what I might say - except the previous sentence.

 

You may be right, but after linking my sat nav up to the tom tom site and getting loads of freebie add ons (like different voices) i think the size of tom tom compared to the company you recomended means tom tom is a better bet.

 

BTW it does say stuff like "keep right" on dual carriage ways and junctions so son't really see lane recognition as a very important feature unless you're a really crap driver.

Edited 7 December, 2008 by Mole

[St Landrew]

I'll let you into a little secret. I don't like Sat-Navs. I've a pretty good sense of direction, due to so many years of sailing; i.e. knowing where the light is, even on a cloudy day, sense of time, and hence direction. I've used Sat-Navs several times, just to check them out, and I've found them all useful, in a overly helpful way. But the one thing I didn't like about any of them, was that I wasn't aware how I'd got to my destination [all used during night time driving]. Which means I didn't learn anything about the journey, because I'd wholly trusted the Sat-Nav. Not good to surrender a skill, however lowly you might judge it. I suppose I'm kind of old fashioned about these things.

 

The only really Sat-Nav I'd ever contemplate is one designed for a sailing boat, just because it saves a lot of extra equipment. But then it would have to be 100% reliable. Which isn't going to happen.

[Al de Man]

I'll let you into a little secret. I don't like Sat-Navs. I've a pretty good sense of direction, due to so many years of sailing; i.e. knowing where the light is, even on a cloudy day, sense of time, and hence direction. I've used Sat-Navs several times, just to check them out, and I've found them all useful, in a overly helpful way. But the one thing I didn't like about any of them, was that I wasn't aware how I'd got to my destination [all used during night time driving]. Which means I didn't learn anything about the journey, because I'd wholly trusted the Sat-Nav. Not good to surrender a skill, however lowly you might judge it.

 

I suppose I'm kind of old fashioned about these things.

 

 

I can relate to that. My advice is to trace your route on Google maps afterwards.

[Mole]

I'll let you into a little secret. I don't like Sat-Navs. I've a pretty good sense of direction, due to so many years of sailing; i.e. knowing where the light is, even on a cloudy day, sense of time, and hence direction. I've used Sat-Navs several times, just to check them out, and I've found them all useful, in a overly helpful way. But the one thing I didn't like about any of them, was that I wasn't aware how I'd got to my destination [all used during night time driving]. Which means I didn't learn anything about the journey, because I'd wholly trusted the Sat-Nav. Not good to surrender a skill, however lowly you might judge it. I suppose I'm kind of old fashioned about these things.

 

The only really Sat-Nav I'd ever contemplate is one designed for a sailing boat, just because it saves a lot of extra equipment. But then it would have to be 100% reliable. Which isn't going to happen.

 

Through watching Saints all over the country i know how to get anywhere but where a Sat Nav really is useful is once you get into big cities. They are brilliant in places like London.