In - Car Navagation

dazla · Post by **dazla** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:20 pm

Hey folks,

I am looking at getting a in-car navagation system for the car/work but I am caught between the Tom Tom and the Navman.

I used a Tom Tom on the weekend and loved it, but at $800 I would want to be sure.

Does anyone have any experiance using these things, good or bad?

Walks · Post by **Walks** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:45 pm

I have a tom tom 710. Have taken it on holidays to Brisbane and Melbourne. Worked a treat. Only a couple of minor hiccups e.g. where it told me to take the next exit off the freeway, only to tell me to go straight over the lights at the top and back down again

Just make sure you have good access to power in the car........battery only last <2hrs.

Walks.

Turbo · Post by **Turbo** » Mon Jul 02, 2007 9:32 pm

We have 2 Navman's (Navmen?

) and find them quite easy to use. I actually prefer TomTom though, and most people who have tried both tend to agree.

You can always have both - I just copied TomTom software to a different SD card, so if I want to run that I basically just insert the card.

Tom · Post by **Tom** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:01 am

I wonder if luke has a navman strapped to his pushy?

Markmywords · Post by **Markmywords** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:24 am

hahaha probarly

luke · Post by **luke** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 6:24 pm

IM sorry

Schism_ · Post by **Schism_** » Tue Jul 03, 2007 9:41 pm

I used a tomtom in a 'first responder' sja subaru a few months back along with a navman, must say the tomtom was alot easier to understand and visually better

herbie1204 · Post by **herbie1204** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:30 am

I have a tom tom. I used it to drive to Bunbury. It was O.K. until I nearly drove off a cliff.

.........just kidding. Tom tom, highly recommended. Haven't used a road map book since purchase.

Post by **Zebedee** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:03 pm

I have a Navman and it's not bad.

It's only tried to send me into a field once

(there was a road on the map that didn't really exist) and one or two intersections around Perth aren't quite the same on the map.

I'd give it about an 8.5 out of 10

WPXZBP · Post by **WPXZBP** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 10:12 pm

I have a Dell Axim X51v pocket pc, Destinator 3 software and a Leadtek CF GPS card. Only a few faults with the software - mainly not telling me that a road is actually a dirt track. The software claims to have 99% of the roads in Australia and I haven't been able to fault it yet.

Bungarra · Post by **Bungarra** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:57 pm

I'm looking at getting the Road Angel 3000, any body know if these are good. Seen them on special at Harvey Normans for $300.

Post by **Zebedee** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 12:24 pm

Bungarra wrote:I'm looking at getting the Road Angel 3000, any body know if these are good. Seen them on special at Harvey Normans for $300.

Sorry, have never seen one of those before. What comes up if you do a Google search looking for reviews? Are they mostly positive?

Bungarra · Post by **Bungarra** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:22 pm

Thanks Doug, checked on google, it's about 50/50 on the Road Angel. I'll think about it a bit longer, stick with my road and track atlas for a while longer when I'm doing country work.