In car GPS Navigator thingy's

Anybody got any recommendations on what's a good type and model of one of those in car GPS navigator things that people have on their windscreens? My wife has said she wants one and since I know jack about them, I figured I'd put it out there.

Cheers
Dale

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GPS

Fri, 2009-09-18 09:52

Hi Dale

I have a cheep TOM TOM, works well and has free updates on line. 

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GO TOM TOM FOR GOLD! I've

Fri, 2009-09-18 13:48

GO TOM TOM FOR GOLD!
I've used a few, tom tom by far is best.

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Im new to in car gps so i

Fri, 2009-09-18 13:55

Im new to in car gps so i  borrowed one ,he had a tom tom it was easy to use ,heard great reports about them, im now buying one for my self, check all others this one was the simplest.

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Navtronics I think are

Fri, 2009-09-18 14:05

Navtronics I think are pretty good.

used one last week, was a bit hard to work out in the beginning but was pretty simple once you know.  Big advantage was it had biult in radar detecor.

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ive got a really cheap ($99)

Fri, 2009-09-18 18:04

ive got a really cheap ($99) navman that works great ... but if i was going to whole hog id go the garmin .. topo maps , marine maps .. it all just plugs in and the 500 series one has a 7 hour battery.

 

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I haven't used any other

Fri, 2009-09-18 18:44

I haven't used any other brand but Garmin and even with the latest maps, it still gets some addresses wrong.  It's brought me to dead ends and wanted me to continue, it has instructed me to jump road dividers and points out the destination on the wrong side of the street.  I use it for my night job delivering pizzas most evenings, so maybe that is why these things seem to happen more often then they should.

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Thanks guys, I bought a

Fri, 2009-09-18 19:45

Thanks guys, I bought a TomTom on eBay for a coupla hundred so hopefully it will be a good one.

Cheers
Dale

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we have a navman, works a

Fri, 2009-09-18 22:59

we have a navman, works a treat and even an fool like me can use it, it even tells you when you have a red light camera it the intersection

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yes

Sat, 2009-09-19 06:12

Ues we have a navman they are good, no need to take the mrs on trips now, to read the map book!