best portable in car navigation?

alexf2828 · Post by **alexf2828** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 7:42 pm

Been reading some reviews of portable navigation units, tom tom go seems to fair pretty well and is about Â£400,has anyone any experience of portable satnav units that stick on windscreen/dashboard?

Mynheers_a_pint · Post by **Mynheers_a_pint** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:14 pm

the Navman ICN 500 is a brilliant piece of kit- touch screen, euro mapping, post code sensitive and is yours for 400 quid. or there is a medion thing thats similar for 500....

alexf2828 · Post by **alexf2828** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:21 pm

yes ive just heard/looked at the navman,the tom tom go is said to be too big and bulky to carry with u but the navman is a lot lighter/compact,fed up with using maps!

Mynheers_a_pint · Post by **Mynheers_a_pint** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:24 pm

i know its agains a lot of peoples interests, but pop into halfrauds and have a look, they really are good things.

alexf2828 · Post by **alexf2828** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:37 pm

halfrauds have the icn 610 for 400 quid,might go have a look,wonder if they price match if I can get it cheaper? shame u cant hire these things to try em out

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:48 pm

would some kind of PDA with attachment or GPS card be a better & cheaper option.

alexf2828 · Post by **alexf2828** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 9:52 pm

prefer the idea of an "all in one" device rather than having to use external PC heard of problems with these "freezing" etc

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:02 pm

A mate did alot of research in to sat nav recently.

I cant rember what he uses have txted him to ask.

He uses a pda with a bluetooth gps module.
Aparently the tom tom recever is good but cant be used with anything else, which lilmits your future use.

dan

alexf2828 · Post by **alexf2828** » Sun Dec 12, 2004 10:13 pm

the main downside to tom tom ive heard of is its bulkiness/weight,difficult to take with u,and screen can get mucky/difficult to read in sunlight

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:12 pm

Research your purchase well because once the unit has been used it will NOT be returnable.

The navman units that are sold at Halfords all work well but only buy one if you are going to use it regularly. If you will use it less than once a month then don't bother.

The best unit for value for money and ease of use is the Medion MDPPC 250PDA in my opinion and it's cheap as chips at Â£299 in halfords at the moment. Comes with 256mb memory card and usual pocket pc programs.

grant.archer · Post by **grant.archer** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 6:30 pm

Garmin Street Pilots are awesome but pricey. Most are around the Â£800 mark. But they have a huge memory, give you lots of information, and good route planning softeware to go with it. You can always download new maps for different countries too, and no subscription fee

I usually nick my dads when going on a mission, and cant fault it really.

Grant

Grant620 · Post by **Grant620** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 7:50 pm

I've used a HP Ipaq 2210 with Rikaline GPS mouse and TomTom.
AWESOME!
Cannot be beaten for the cash.
PDA is about Â£150 on ebay
Mouse is about Â£70 on ebay
TomTom is Â£???
I've just got most of it sorted out for my car because I was so impressed when Rich Tea and me went to Millway with it.

Post by **Stu** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 8:14 pm

I can get a complete Ipaq (RZ1710) solution with car kit, tomtom3, memory card etc for Â£269+del direct from HP UK.