TomTom or Garmin

philstoke said:
it seems there are pros and cons for each make, if the routing is just as iffy on each, what about the processing speed when driving, does it vary with each make and which model you get, with my tom tom via 130 I can be round the roundabout before the map catches up sometimes.
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I have both TT and Garmin, have used both extensively, and prefer Garmin by miles. As for re-routing the Garmin is way faster at recalculating if you go off its chosen route. I nearly always use either of them in conjunction with my partner having a map to hand, and I never use it in 3D. 2D gives a far broader picture of where you are in relation to where you are trying to get to, and setting it North up also helps in that respect.
 
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El Veterano said:
I have both TT and Garmin, and prefer Garmin by miles. As for re-routing the Garmin is way faster at recalculating if you go off its chosen route. I nearly always use it in conjunction with my partner having a map to hand, and I never use it in 3D. 2D gives a far broader picture of where you are in relation to where you are trying to get to, and setting it North up also helps in that respect.
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My wife very often helps with having the map to hand as well.

It`s not always the right way up or even on the right page but it`s the thought that counts :lol-049:
 
It was the Navi 55 LMT, cost £69.99, which I thought was okay for a device that had lifetime map and traffic updates. I downloaded the latest maps as soon as I received it. I suppose one danger of using a sat nav is if you rely upon the speed data information, which is a bad habit. It is handy to have in the background to warn you when you are speeding but should always use vehicle speedo and road traffic signs indicating speed limit.
 
Well, that's news to me, and 'the authorities', as I'm quite sure they don't provide Garmin with that info. If they do, Garmin doesn't include it with their updates. There are several roads near my home which have had speed limits changed, but they haven't changed on my Garmin, which I keep up to date.

Having said that, the first thing I do when I get a new satnav is to disable speed warnings - they are a real pain in the arse. And no, I've never been stopped, or caught with a camera, for speeding. It's not difficult to know what the speed limit is, and I've got a working speedometer right in front of me when I'm driving. As my motorhome is a NATO spec. vehicle, the speedo is marked in KPH, and the MPH figures are virtually unreadable, so in that vehicle I tend to use the Garmin as a my main speedometer.
 
I'm surprised that you of all people misinterpreted And no, I've never been stopped, or caught with a camera, for speeding as having a perfect driving record and being completely immune from making errors of any kind. However, you are perfectly correct in stating I have no need of Speed Camera or speed limit warnings.

The majority of my motorhome, and previous Land Rover, driving has been done outside the UK in Europe and Africa, where I've had no difficulty in knowing what the speed limits are as I've always found the signs more than adequate, especially in France.
 
They don't, or at least not anywhere near where I live. Speed limits for my Garmin, for which I download every update, are at least 4 years out of date for many roads in England.
 
antiquesam said:
Thanks I don't do instructions normally, but I have downloaded the app and will use it one day if I find it again.
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If you haven't installed Garmin's excellent free BaseCamp program which allows you to view your installed maps (and switching to Google Earth view) on your PC screen, you're missing out big time.
 
Steve121 said:
They don't, or at least not anywhere near where I live. Speed limits for my Garmin, for which I download every update, are at least 4 years out of date for many roads in England.
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I use Tomtom and the speed limits are very up to date, I have never been caught speeding, notice I said 'caught', I have been luckyView attachment 26593
 
I'm afraid that TomTom and Garmin can't agree on speed limits, and neither are very accurate. Both go up and down like a whores drawers for no apparent reason on French and Spanish motorways but seem more up to date in the UK.
 
A few years ago whilst in Belgium, I set my tomtom for a specific place, and then set the dreaded "Shortest Route". I was heading for the Ardennes, so off we goes, and everything is going fine, right up to the point where the road became a track, then it became a forest track, eventually went through a logging camp, where thankfully no one was working, too late to turn back now, so on and on, and then we came to a tree trunk across the track and there's the road on the other side, sheer panic set in. Got out, set my hands on the trunk and it glided on runners out of the way. My husband was very free with his descriptive words, and I vowed to never ever again to set "Shortest Route":idea:
 
it still seems very odd that they can put speed limits in the techical data but you can't calculate a trip on using just an "A" 0r "B" road which would stop you being taken down tracks etc
 
My Garmin came with three installed voice options. Two were rather boring English voice, but one was an Australia, who we call Bruce and his pronunciations of French streets kept us laughing right through Europe..
 
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