scoobyverysoon

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Im on the lookout for a new sat nav as mine is like 400 years old (navman 510)

Im useless at getting from A-B without one so it needs to be decent but not mega expensive - budget is about £250 max

I like the look of tom tom 730T as it has IQ routes and advanced lane guidence and has europe maps

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anyone got one or sugest another must be able to put my own POI on like speed cameras etc

cossie-nutter

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You can't go wrong with Tom Tom and are the best IMHO

scoobyverysoon

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Come on someone must own one

Ant

I have a 530 there basically there same bar a few thingsand there brilliant, I've been working in center of London all week and perfect.

I've always had tomtom and swear by them

R 14NS R

i ve got a garmin 760, really good unit, light weight, big screen, euro maps, bluetooth, speed cameras, paid about £200 for it.

like most of these are now, simple and very similar to use.

LeeMac

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Not got 730 but rate TomTom again

currently have Nav n Go iGO8 on my phone which is good (speed limits etc) but routing wise tomtom is better

stuart n

Tom tom are the best by far. Used the companies navman in the week to get to Chichester and it was shockingly bad.

scoobyverysoon

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I always liked my old navman but its well out of date and there new S series are a bit iffy as you have limited POI just found my old recept for my navman 510 £301.80 3 years ago

defo going for the tom tom will compare the 530T with the 730T I think both units have the same features apart from more memory and europe maps on the 730T

thanks guys

WRX marv

what ever happened to good old map reading

scoobyverysoon

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We got lazy and they dont shout out when a speed camera is approching also they dont put on stupid voices with lisps

delcbr

i heard Garmin are the best but tom tom is the most popular.......the thing is can u enter a street name and number into a tom tom or does it have to be a postcode i heard tom tom is postcode only someone should be able to confirm.its not always easy to know a postcode.

Jamo

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ive got the 730t what do you want to know?

Removed.

It's not just postcode, you can search by address, in fact they only do postcodes for UK and Netherlands, or that's what's on my One V2.

Ant

yeh it does everything!

Also get map share which is good, also you can change your pointer to a subaru, and boot up screen little gimmick but I love it

gazza-uk

Get a Garmin, TomTom is like what a Ford is to a BMW

Jaybird-UK

tomtom far superior IMO

Jerome

With the proliferation of Scamera vans and speed cameras, I use my Sat Nav as a warning of revenue generation teams ahead.

scoobyverysoon

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Is it any good basicly has some nice features - I want a decent sat nav for £250 max - the 730T has dropped in price to £235 delivered now so even better

was wondering is the 530t the same as the 730t apart from the europe maps?

rallycol

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Garmin any day.Even though I never go to PC World ,I was told they had Garmin's on offer ,but not on display, as Garmin don't supply them with display stands,so went along and yes they had them in the backroom,and bought one that retailed at £180 for £79.99 with Europe and traffic alerts,a bargain.We used it all over Italy for two weeks and was spot on .

Turbohot

Agreed

Just one thing. When he says "After 800 yards, take the exit", it's only 200 yards in reality. Anyhoo, I am used to his wrong distance measuring by now.

salsa-king

which sat nav is good around the £100 price??

Turbohot

It is one of the Tom Toms, isn't it? I bought mine for £140-ish, but now they are much cheaper. Halfords and Argos are selling them quite reasnably, I think. Some have mentioned Aldi too.

sarasquares

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i have the Indago Snooper and have not had a problem with it in the few years i have used it

Chris L

Been a TomTom fan for years - still haven't found any unit to better them. I currently have a 720 and a One - both are very good (the One is a little slow, but then it is a much smaller unit). If I was buying a new one today, I would go for the 730 - it will do everything you want.

Chris

salsa-king

its expensive at £299 though.

Jamo

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iq mapping is crap, it still sends you some really stupid routes, but the extras you get with it are good. its easy enough to use and its still got all the good features of the previous models. I got it at £235 about 3 months ago. buy yourself a good paper map to go with it and use it with the tomtom, check your route first and then put it in the tomtom

scoobyverysoon

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Well took the plunge got the Tom tom 730T for £230 delivered brand new - had me worried as plugged it into the home dock and it said I was entitled to a map update free (new map came out yesterday )

Anyway after a while it downloaded and installed then the unit said no maps found after a bit of a fiddle it decided to work and so far so good - nice bit of kit - the traffic thing also seems to work fine and picks up signal very quick

Just need a case now dont fancy paying £12.99 though for a propper one