Sat Nav

[missprim]

Am thinking of buying Sat Nav as I am hopeless with maps and get lost all the time. I only want to spend up to �200 and I wondered if anyone can recommend something that is easy to use and fairly accurate. Have looked at some but can't decide between Tom Tom and Navman but of course there could be something else.Please don't blind me with technology, all I want is something that will get me from A to B, it doesn't have to have a facility to make me a cup of tea half way there!

[Whyeyeman]

I looked at quite a few at the beginning of the year and the Tom Tom One came out tops for me.It also seems to have got quite a few top marks in reviews etc in the press/Fifth Gear TV prog. New models coming out all the time of course but I think the TT One was advertised on TV recently at under �200 - PC world I think ( no I don't work there!) Google it and find the best price.

[missprim]

Thanks for the info Whyeyeman.Halfords have got Navman iCN520 reduced from �299.99 to �169.99 (No I don't work there !) but just because it's seems good value for money, doesn't mean to say it's any good so I might see if anyone has had experience of either.

[Whyeyeman]

I did actually go ahead and get the TomTom One and it does it all for me. I don't really like the appearance of the Navman or indeed the bigger TomToms, the One is quite neat. Like most of these things, you can't spend forever agonising over what to do and when you have bought one, stop looking at them coz you're bound to see a better deal and that will just p**s you off. Look at computors, I can't believe how cheap they're getting and to think I paid �1200 only 5 years ago for something that I can't get the flints for now.... Take a deep breath and dive in, it's only money.

[Grunty]

It's also worth thinking about the space that it would need in your handbag or pocket. Leaving it visible in the car is an invitation to find your window and your Sat Nav both gone.

[derekpara]

I've got a Tom Ton One and it's great for me, too. Been driving to Holland now for a number of years and regularly get lost with motorway changes. This year my Tom Tom took me from door to door - arriving at the house in Arnhem with the words ' You have reached your destination.' And I had ! The instructions are clear and timely, with a pictorial screen direction format to back up the voice messages - as well as other useful data. Go wrong and the satellites will pick you up and redirect you, even to telling you to do a U turn where safe to do so ! Great.

[missprim]

That is worth thinking about Grunty.I think I will go for Tom Tom cos if it does it all for Whyeyeman perhaps the pipers son will do it all for me too :-)