abbz Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Time to look for a new sat nav. Have had Tom Tom ones for many years just curious as to any you guys can recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHappy Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Windscreen mount & smart phone ? Quote Mr Veritas God Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Prefer a standalone windscreen mount. Been happy with my tom Tom but traffics services have just run out and it's nearly £50 to re activate for a year. Friend bought the new go5000 which has lifetime free updates but had to take it back as kept on dropping service and tom tom are aware of it and are working on a fix for it. Further research says they've been working on a fix for last 5 months !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 If you have the pennies, then this is the one to get: https://buy.garmin.com/en-GB/GB/on-the-road/in-car-sat-navs/current-models/nuvi-3598lmtd/prod121763.html If you want a cheaper option - very similar model , but poorer screen then look at the 2598 variant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 They are the 2 I've been looking at. Doing a compare side by side i can't see where the £120 difference is between the 2 units. Only main difference as you say is the screen ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 They are the 2 I've been looking at. Doing a compare side by side i can't see where the £120 difference is between the 2 units. Only main difference as you say is the screen ? I personally consider it well worth it. Pin sharp images, cracking display. Go on, treat yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 A colleague had the cheaper one and says it's a good device apart from he can't find a way to disable the poi enabled on device. Now most probably it's him just being thick ? Think your right and I should just treat myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cubit Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A colleague had the cheaper one and says it's a good device apart from he can't find a way to disable the poi enabled on device. Now most probably it's him just being thick ? Think your right and I should just treat myself More options than you can shake a stick at for settings. I think Matt has shares in them though - i don't think you can turn off the McDonalds poi, but hey, i'm sure we could all find that useful occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichL Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Windscreen mount & smart phone ? I used to prefer a separate nav but recently got upgraded to a HTC One Mini2 and Im using that now, I can hear it and everything. Quote Originally said by Charles Babbage On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abbz Posted August 10, 2014 Author Share Posted August 10, 2014 Must be made for alarm engineers in mind then ! The one you have does the mount stay on glass and you just remove device or do you always have to remove the device with the mount also ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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