Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe

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Wed 29 Jun 2011 16:30
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - dieseldogg

As above, we intend to tour The Czech republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia and Crotia this autumn, so whats best

PS

I drive and Senior Managment is supposed to navigate

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Wed 29 Jun 2011 17:24
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - cilvilservant

Can't go wrong with TomTom - those with Euro maps (make sure the countries you're going to are included, or at least available to download from their website).

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Wed 29 Jun 2011 20:36
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - WellKnownSid
TomTom European maps vary greatly and may not be as detailed for all countries (I have a Pan European map in mine, but when I bring it to the UK it only seems to have about 2 digit postcode support)

The big advantage is that they guarantee you'll always have the very latest map the first time you plug it in to your computer, regardless of how long the device has been sat on display.

Plus 4 quarterly updates are only about 30-40 quid if I remember correctly.
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Wed 29 Jun 2011 21:59
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - dieseldogg

Yes Tomtom is about the only brand I am aware of well Garmin as well to be honest.

Howerver the helpful guy at Halfords was pushing the Navman,

I concluded intutivetly cos it was their "own brand" ,correctly as I later found out.

However is this any reason to avoid it?

I am not interested in the high faluting gimmicks, just want an easy to use Sat nav

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Wed 29 Jun 2011 23:44
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - Duncan112

Very happy with my TomTom - used a Navman once and that was once too often, not as intuitive BUT things may have changed. Had a colleague that had a TomTom and it crashed irreparably whilst updating maps (I've had no problems) and he replaced it with a Garmin and recons it's far better. If I was buying again I think I'd look ast the cost of running the Garmin and TomTom over 3 years and be guided accordingly.

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Thu 30 Jun 2011 00:18
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - unthrottled

As a complete technophobe, I find TomTom to have a very intuitive user interface. The only snag I've found is a tendency to 'hang' during cold start up from a dead battery and the fact that it tends to over estimate short range distances which has resulted in more than a few missed turns! TomTom's idea of 250 yards is more like 50 feet.

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Thu 30 Jun 2011 01:45
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - Avant

My TomTom - a 740 GO - takes forever to find a GPS signal when starting off. Fine when you know where you're going at the start.... OItherwise it's good.

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Thu 30 Jun 2011 01:52
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - jamie745

Ive got a Navman of some description. Its very good!

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Thu 30 Jun 2011 07:28
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - dadbif
I travel throughout UK and Europe, strongly recommend TomTom, but on the iPhone, the map updates are frequent and free, just gone to version 1.8, plus users can correct any anomalies and share with everyone else, again free. Excellent.
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Thu 30 Jun 2011 21:46
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - dieseldogg

Please bear in mind I am quite a technophobe.

So Tomtom

(i) Either the XXL IQ routes edition Europe, only 2 GB flash but contains mapping of Croatia as standard................£170.00 odd........But I have seen comments that 2GB is a bit light/lacking, existing maps "dumped" when map zones are added.

OR

(ii) The Start 25 Europe, 4 GB flash but Croatia excluded from the detail mapping....again £170.00,..............and/but........ I had intended to try and visit Croatia, .............but I could add the Central or Eastern map zones

sigh

Edited by dieseldogg on 30/06/2011 at 21:47

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Fri 1 Jul 2011 09:24
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - jc2

Garmin but with any satnav after the initial free updates,it is better to buy new machine rather than use "paid-for" updates-they're almost as expensive as a new one that comes with updates already in.

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Sat 2 Jul 2011 07:40
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - Collos25

Do not buy a Garmin even with their latest maps autobahns in germany are missing and so are many newish roads in both Poland and the Czech republic.Tom Tom have all the roads on and are very upto date.

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Sat 2 Jul 2011 10:09
Skoda Octavia (shoulda been a Yeti, sigh) - best (but affordable) Sat Nav for Europe - dieseldogg

Thank you Collos25,

I was tending towards the Tomtom anyways ( for no good reason mind)

Still have not pinned down which model from the 2 above, probably whichever is on best offer............................but there would be a reason for that, so then I should buy the more expensive one............................scratches head.

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