A8_Tony Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 OK fellas, I'm in the marketplace for a portable SATNAV system. Any recommendations? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_Doe Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 BRT.....have a look at jimdiesels review and comments on the Garmin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules_s3 Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've got the Navman ICN 520 which is very good. I did also have a Road Angel Navigator which i thought was awful and promptly returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J_C Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've just bought a TomTom GO 700 and so far it's been perfect. Last month I drove down to a friend's place in Autun in France (a.k.a the middle of nowhere) and I got virtually all the way to his front door without consulting a map once (which is just as well as I didn't actually have a map!) Whilst there we went out and about in the surrounding hills, and at one point my mate's local knowledge failed him and we ended up lost, on scary single track roads which seemed to go on for ever. Thanks to the GO we easily found our way back to the town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s4dreamer Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've got TomTom Bluetooth Navigator 5 for Palm. Very good system really, although I occasionally have problems getting the Palm to initially pick up the bluetooth GPS device. Once running though it's generally great, although it did miss warning me of a turn-off in Nottingham last weekend, but all Sat-Nav systems suffer from that sort of issue if the maps aren't quite right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilB Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've got TomTom aswell, hasn't let me down once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve2 Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 Agree with the others about the Tom Tom 700, great bit of kit and i love the way it intergrates with my phone. Only gripe i have is that it sometimes tellsme to turn into a one way street against the flow!! Still trying to put the camera sites on it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnss8 Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 I've had problem with my Tom Tom while i was in Edinbourgh good job there wasn't many cars around got some strange looks though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danksy Posted October 15, 2005 Report Share Posted October 15, 2005 TomTom go 700 is the 3rd portable system I have owned. Previously had a Navman 3450+ (IPAQ jacket), and an old Garmin. The TomTom is the dogs b*ll*cks, it's compact loud, and doubles up as a Bluetooth Car Kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pritesh Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 the tom tom go700 is a great bit of Kit i've got one too and it hasnt let me down. as for puttin on the the speed camera site...check out http://www.pocketgpsworld.com you can down load the DB from here and then place them in your POI sections. there online help is very good should have no problem with it....if you do PM me and ill send/post some help sheets (but im sure someone on here has already done that!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helfinger Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 you want to look at the new snooper indago, just had one on demo before its released at th eend of this month and its superb, it blows the road angel navigator out of the water. just click the link below on my sig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skifly Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 helfinger - so when can we pre-order do you work for the one in the sig - only ask as i ordered a denison from them a while back and the guy on the phone mentioned that his partner has an R32 an reccomends the B2 for a scamera detector... seriously considering the indago at the mo. looks great on the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helfinger Posted October 20, 2005 Report Share Posted October 20, 2005 [ QUOTE ] helfinger - so when can we pre-order do you work for the one in the sig - only ask as i ordered a denison from them a while back and the guy on the phone mentioned that his partner has an R32 an reccomends the B2 for a scamera detector... seriously considering the indago at the mo. looks great on the pics! [/ QUOTE ] I have PM You Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helfinger Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 just so you can see it in its full glory here is a example pic of the screen. If you want to know more PM me and i'm sure i can offer a very good TSN discount to all members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helfinger Posted October 21, 2005 Report Share Posted October 21, 2005 and another... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTiMK5 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 Helfinger, Any chance of a review on the Snooper Indago. I am considering buying a tomtom 700 but like the look of the Indago but so far there are no reviews available and I dont want to spend that sort of money before seeing some opinions on how it performs etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helfinger Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 no problem, i will look at doing one next week for you guys. PM if you need any more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] I am considering buying a tomtom 700 [/ QUOTE ] After the abortive attempt with with the abysmal Road Angel Navigator, I'm also considering the TT 700 - I had a play with one in a shop the other day, and the user interface seemed reasonably good. What I couldn't determine on the TT 700, because there was no GPS signal in the shop, was whether the map is displayed north-up or heading-up. It certainly proved that the TT would start up and do useful things in the absence of a GPS signal - the RA definitely won't. However, I could certainly be tempted by the Indago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTiMK5 Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] no problem, i will look at doing one next week for you guys. PM if you need any more info [/ QUOTE ] Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avus_Bub Posted October 23, 2005 Report Share Posted October 23, 2005 [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I am considering buying a tomtom 700 [/ QUOTE ] After the abortive attempt with with the abysmal Road Angel Navigator, I'm also considering the TT 700 - I had a play with one in a shop the other day, and the user interface seemed reasonably good. What I couldn't determine on the TT 700, because there was no GPS signal in the shop, was whether the map is displayed north-up or heading-up. It certainly proved that the TT would start up and do useful things in the absence of a GPS signal - the RA definitely won't. However, I could certainly be tempted by the Indago. [/ QUOTE ] The Mrs bought a Tom Tom Go 500 for our trip to Florida in Sept and I've got to say I made the driving sooooooooo easy. It works fine over here too and has Bluetooth - all in all I can't see the point in OEM sat Nav for the average Joe Bloggs when these portables are so good. P.s You can choose how you want the map displayed BUB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHArtMart Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Looking forward to the review mate! Need a system like this for my GTI when she arrives! Been conosidering the Road Angel and Tom Tom 500 also so will be interested on how the Snooper compares! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTiMK5 Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 The reviews on the Road Angel Navigator suggest that it is crap although I have not seen or used it so cant confirm this but going by the reviews I would go for the tomtom. I was going to go for the tomtom 700 but I am going to wait a while and see if the Snooper Indago might be the better option. On paper it looks good but no reviews as of yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helfinger Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 quick review done for you........ snooper indago review Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sponge Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 I use TomTom Mobile on my SPV C500. I <cough>acquired<cough> the software and bought a Bluetooth GPS unit. Does the job, no problems. Officially, the software isn't available on it's own. You have to buy it with TomTom's own BT GPS unit. But it's heavily overpriced. Here's a review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loafer27 Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 tom toms are good value and there is a new even cheaper one coming out soon which still has bluetooth http://www.trustedreviews.com/article.aspx?art=2047 i still prefer the look and function of the RNS-E especially at craigybs prices and the added functionality is has is great mp3 and phone etc but the tomtom range comes a close second imho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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