john2001

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Going to get a sat nav but not sure what's best. Thinking of either the tomtom go1000 or garmin nuvi 2310 any one on here know much about them?. Main thing I would like is good bluetooth for hands free calling and speed camera warnings. Tomtom is more expensive but is it worth the extra money.
Thanks

DARB

This is going to be tough to answer as not many will have experience of both, all I can say is I have a TomTom that's years old and it's never let me down and I have always found where I need to be, I drive HGV so it does get some use

Dedrater

TomTom.

If you get a Garmin, you are fu**ing stupid.

HTH

Brun

I have a Tom Tom and have been in a mates car with a Garmin - my TT seems to be easier to use TBH

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Used both, no brainer.

TomTom.

Chop

lozgti1

Garmin.

This will be sat nav ping pong.

Mind you,just get a map.So much better than both and £5.99

Ant

Tomtom never let me down and I use it for work everyday .

topman2180

It doesnt get much better than Tom Tom, just remember you things run out after 12 months so you have to pay renewal subcription fees.

Dedrater

Disagree

Garmin are utter **** and using a map, a good back up, but takes your mind off the activity of driving.

I would like to hear what the professional drivers have to say.

DYK

Snooper

paulr

I bought a Garmin as i was told the maps are more accurate. one negative, it takes absolutely ages for the maps to load from turning on.

Ant

I just upgraded to via 120 live. Hd traffic is so accurate it's unreal! Saved me from traffic jams a few times. You get it free for the first 12 months.

DARB

Can you even comprehend the amount maps you would need to cover what a sat Nav does ?

Yeah a map will get to to the town/city but then it's time to ask the locals

One problem with sat nabs is they make you lazy, put in postcode then house number, follow instruction without thinking, if it then packs in when you're there you won't have a clue how ya got there

x3cute

I agree with Darb that SatNavs leave you in a blur of "how the hell did i get here". I got a Garmin Nuvi, pretty happy with it had it one year - no probs. Have the speed camera addon thingy which I keep upto date.

A snooper would also be good addition (do they do both?) as aliens and there radar beems track you down and use there lights to blind you and make you pull over. Then they begin the probing and charge you for the effort...

lozgti1

Humans are cleverer than the Sat Navs

Just slowly though that is being eroded

lozgti1

Got to disagree too.When you are looking for the roads yourself you are concentrating on where you are,where you are going and understanding Scotland is up North and London dahn sowf.

Sat nav gets right on my paps

500

Tomtom without a doubt

Dedrater

Humans are vastly more expensive and much more unpleasant.

DARB

Sat navs should always be used in conjunction with common sense, this is where a few fail miserably

Dedrater

It's not the main trunks when i personally use it, it is the ****ty roads, I have never seen before and have to go down on.

Being an Escort is difficult.

wot

Chip

Tom Tom

Simon C

Either, I used to use a TomTom pack on pda, and it was good. 2 weeks ago I got a Garmin, not had any problems with it yet, although it does have 1 annoying feature that if the road has a name and number, then it will display the name rather than the number. Which would make driving Wattling St interesting!

The TomTom in the Mageane company car is horrid! You can't turn the sound off for the speed camera alerts, which meant a beep every 5 seconds through any specs system I passed through.

And don't get me started on the live traffic, how about telling ne wher ethe hold up is so I can make a decission, rather than a box of electronics tell me it knows a quicker route.

john2001

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Thanks for all the replies

SirFozzalot

Have used both Garmin and TomTom in the UK and on the continent, prefer the TomTom.

boxst

I have had both. The advantage of Garmin was around value for money. For a lower price you got maps of Europe and as I wandered off to Poland every so often this was critical.

We decided to replace our five year old Nuvi 255 and had a look around. The price differential seems to be less and CostCo were running a deal on the TomTom so we bought one of those (TomTom Via Live120). The quality is much better and the directions clearer.

Steve

Ant

the via live 120 is briliant so much better than its older brother 520 that i had for 4 years.

alcazar

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I may be in a position to answer, having actually owned both TomTom and Garmin products.

The TomTom woked OK, but was always dicey at the on/off switch, sometimes it would, others not. The touch screen needed "stabbing" to make it work. It was slow and got a bee in it's bonnet about certain routes.
After a year, the maps just corrupted one journey, for no reason. The helpline informed me, "Oh it does that, just reload the maps from your computer".

Great.........especially since they weren't ON the computer as it didn't TELL me to back them up when I bought it

"Oh, right, we'll sell you another set, that'll be £50 please". Not likely.

That was shelved and a Garmin purchased.

Nearly a year old, no probs so far. Works first time every time, better, faster touch screen, brilliant live junction/lane view, no contest, Garmin every time.

TomTom: piece of junk.

The kids now have it, downloaded the maps for free, it still limps along, now it's recently decided you can't input a postcode. Rubbish. Dutch rubbish.

Ant

you just dont know how to work it , it's not incredibly hard to get postcodes back on, and do a scan on the unit to repair the corruption

lozgti1

Every time I have upgraded anything it ends up worse!

gpssti4

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I found Tom Tom customer service to be worse than crap. My unit went faulty (within warrantee) and Tom Tom were very unhelpful. Eventually they fixed the problem, but only after lots of pressure from me. So, I'd try a Garmin if I had to choose between the two.