Which Satnav?

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I have a Hewllett Packard Travel Companion Rx5720. Its a PDA with built in gps and came with TomTom 6 installed. You can have the screen orientation any way up but I prefer it sideways (landscape). I also have Ordnance Survey maps (Anquet) on the PC and can download areas of these to the Rx5720, the gps "engine" works with these also.
I went with the PDA as I prefer things to do more than one job, so I can run spreadsheets on it, have reminders, etc. It's also handy for walking about 'cos it's small enough to slip into a pocket.
One of the useful POI sets I have on it is the "bridgex" POI set from: The Truckers' GPS Specialist which for around £10 for lifetime subs is good value for money as you can download updates as they come out for no extra charge.
I've had it for a couple of years now and have had no problems. (fingers crossed)

Frank
 
Hallii said:
Tom Tom One XL Western Europe is the one to go for. Small enough to fit in your pocket, battery lasts about 3 hours and it is great for finding your way about cities.

Halfords have some offers

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Hallii
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Got the ok from insurance and have gone for this one as its got europe maps
and the price is right and collect from local halfords( 2 mins away) for same
price.Thanks for all the info
 
rebbyvid said:
Got the ok from insurance and have gone for this one as its got europe maps
and the price is right and collect from local halfords( 2 mins away) for same
price.Thanks for all the info
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Good choice, TomTom the original and still the best (imho)
 
would just add though,keep an upto date road map on board just in case satnav dies/guz off on one:)
 
Hows the new TomTom then?

I'm still looking to buy a new one but there are so many now & when you look at the specs they list there doesn't seem to be any difference in some apart from the price:confused: Would like the Truck version but I can't find out if this is extra software that you can install on some of the TomToms or it is different hardware. New they are very expensive but saw some used ones on eBay at a reasonable price.
If it is just an add on that will run on some of the existing TTs I might try to get a suitable TT & think about adding the truck part later.

Tried asking questions in the likes of places such as Halfords & Currys but they are clueless, in one Halfords branch a guy had a Garmin shirt on advertising satnavs & the message 'ask me' he was about the worst one I talked to.

I think satnavs are going the way of mobile phones & its more about what other things they do such as play MP3s, link to your phone, look at photos, etc.... All I want is a satnav for navigation & a phone for phone calls.
 
who needs a sat nav ? send the missus off ahead to check out the route.
when you catch up you can decide whether to pick her up or not.
tony
 
Kontiki said:
Hows the new TomTom then?

I'm still looking to buy a new one but there are so many now & when you look at the specs they list there doesn't seem to be any difference in some apart from the price:confused: Would like the Truck version but I can't find out if this is extra software that you can install on some of the TomToms or it is different hardware. New they are very expensive but saw some used ones on eBay at a reasonable price.
If it is just an add on that will run on some of the existing TTs I might try to get a suitable TT & think about adding the truck part later.

Tried asking questions in the likes of places such as Halfords & Currys but they are clueless, in one Halfords branch a guy had a Garmin shirt on advertising satnavs & the message 'ask me' he was about the worst one I talked to.


I think satnavs are going the way of mobile phones & its more about what other things they do such as play MP3s, link to your phone, look at photos, etc.... All I want is a satnav for navigation & a phone for phone calls.
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Not really had chance to use it yet but it may be worth checking this site out for addons
HGVSOLUTIONS.COM -Leader in HGV Sat-nav add-ons
Rob
 
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