Where to buy a sat-nav?

.........and this is needed for?

Mark

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Nige

The car mount does.

 

I know I'm a northerner and therefore genetically tight, but why is this
SatNav so stupidly expensive?

It's just an electronic map, surely.

--
Veggie Dave
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"To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim
that Jesus was not born of a virgin." Cardinal Bellarmine

 

Because a fool and his money are easily separated.

D.

 

I bought the cheapest one I could find with European maps and so far
it's been great.

Obviously it does have a hissy fit when I don't put the correct
information into it and the useless piece of junk left me 100 miles
from the ferry when it should have known that was where I wanted to be
but I'm not sure that £1k worth of satnav would have worked out what I
really wanted it to do.

 

Cunts. Took my money and then told that it was out of stock and the
price would be higher when it was back in stock.

 

Correct, it comes with a bike mount and a car mount with internal
speaker.

That's part of the reason I want the Zumo 550.

Precisely my thinking. If I bought a cheap one and tried to use it on
the bike I'd get increasingly frustrated with myself for not doing the
right thing and buying a waterproof one with bluetooth capability and a
bluetooth headset for my helmet.

When I use sat-nav I tend to listen to the instructions and then the
map. If the instructions aren't forthcoming I tend to ignore what's
going on on the screen. To keep a car biased one waterproof would mean
either sticking it in a tankbag where I won't look at it, or sticking
it in a plastic bag, which is just damned pikey.



--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer
Fireblade 929 (For sale)
CBR600F-W trackbike
SR250 SpazzTrakka,
SR250 wivva topbox
TS250C
RD400F, somewhere
I see a bright new future, where chickens can cross the road with no
fear of having their motives questioned

 

Trouble is that, these days, map updates cost almost as much as buying
another unit.

Was looking around at some of the clearance ones in work today - 60 quid
for a Sat Nav with full Euro mapping and TMC traffic alerts is just
insane.

Just been checking the specs and decided I'll be buying one tomorrow.

 

They're not cheap. Then again, I've just spent £100 on Garmin's
lifetime update. As long as I have the unit I'll be able to update to
the latest maps, POIs etc, for free.

 

You sure about that Colin? I understood it as meaning as long as Garmin
consider it a current or supported "old" model the maps will be available.
IIRC this could finish before you stop using the device.

Mark

 

Unlikely IMHO. What they say is "entitles the user to receive up to
four map updates per year during the useful life of one compatible
Garmin product or as long as Garmin receives map data from its current
third party supplier". Seems worth a punt to me. Garmin pride
themselves on their customer service.

 

Mate, if you can find a place without using a GPS, you don't need a
GPS.

 

(SteveH) wrote in :

Not if you use the link posted by Ant a few weeks ago.

I paid Garmin for 2 updates for my 2610. I don't intend to pay for
another...

 

Ben, I have to drive between up to 15 different private addresses in
towns and villages anything up to 100 miles from my house, every single
working day - I *NEED* a good satnav.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer
Fireblade 929 (For sale)
CBR600F-W trackbike
SR250 SpazzTrakka,
SR250 wivva topbox
TS250C
RD400F, somewhere
I see a bright new future, where chickens can cross the road with no
fear of having their motives questioned

 

You're a gigolo now? Cool.

 

Well, if you don't need new, I've still got these up on fleabay at the
moment:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=120389124247

The 2610 is waterproof and work very well on a bike, the only downside
is that it isn't battery powered so you need to wire it in. Works
extremely well on my BMW when combined with a RAM mount.

Not saying should buy mine, but if you're happy to splice in a cable,
the 2610/2720 or 2820s are a bit of a bargain. I just paid a little over
200 quid for a complete 2820 kit on fleabay, admittedly with out of date
maps but I'm budgeting for one mapping upgrade a year anyway.

 

I had the 2610 before the 550 and I couldn't believe the difference. The
redraw rate and ability to keep a sat lock in areas with tall buildings is
no comparison. The 550 can sat lock indoors FFS.

I loved the 2610 but is a poor relationship to any of the newer motorcycle
specific Garmins.

Mark

 

If people could give decent directions, then maybe, but as long as
fuckwits like you are incapable of doing so there's a perfectly valid
reason to have a SatNav.

It's hard to remember which time I lost most time - riding to your
Essex pad or driving to the Colarado one. Probably the latter,
actually, although the former was worst as I was soaked to the skin
and having to stop and consult your shonky directions and a map in the
pouring rain every so often.

Decent directioms should be able to be committed to memory and never
referenced again on the journey.

 

Those two words alone seem to tally with the previous post. It's all
down to the definition of "useful life".

 

I agree, where decent directions = a post/zip/whatever code followed by
a bit of research using Google maps, with a printout "just in case".

It's rare[1] that I need to to go to anywhere in the UK to which I've
never been before but the above has served me well on several Euro
tours.

[1] A couple of times a year, on average.