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WHICH SAT NAV TO BUY? ADVICE APPRECIATED.

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  • 28-10-2008 5:04pm
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    dsg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭


    Hi guys, I'm looking to buy a sat nav for use in Spain a few times a year, also Northern Ireland a few times a year, possibly UK (mainland). Any advice or suggestions? I'll be honest with you I don't have a huge amount of spare cash at the moment, so please don't suggest the 500 euro ones!!!

    Apologies if there's a recent thread on here already regarding this query.


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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,455 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    You need to buy a unit with all of Europe and if you don't want any other bells and whistles then the Garmin Nuvi 250 or 255 is the one for you. The 255 speaks the actual street names ('turn left into Sycamore Drive'), the 250 just says 'turn left', the 250 will be cheaper as it's a slightly older model but the maps and navigation s/w are the same on all the models.


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    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    I got the Nuvi 255w last weekend and I am very happy with it. Very easy to use and it's very well supported in terms of availability of POIs and extra software.


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    Hagar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,793 ✭✭✭✭Hagar


    I use a Tom Tom One in France and Italy and find it pretty good. Cost €200.


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    Do-more
    Registered Users Posts: 4,748 ✭✭✭Do-more


    Hagar wrote: »
    I use a Tom Tom One in France and Italy and find it pretty good. Cost €200.

    Check out your local Tescos for cheap TomTom Ones, ask at the Customer service desk as that's where they keep stock, they may not be on display.

    If they still have stock they are about €80 (still have some in Mullingar at least) watch out though there are two versions, one with only UK and Ireland maps and one with EU maps.

    invest4deepvalue.com



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    #6
    dsg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 103 ✭✭dsg


    I like the sound of 80 euro in tesco. Going to drop into them this evening and see what they have. Thanks for the help everyone.


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    sonic74f
    Registered Users Posts: 56 ✭✭sonic74f


    Hiya, i was looking at the tom tom latest v4 one for Ireland and UK, are these good and can the EU maps be loaded to it at a later stage? Does this cost much?


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    leex
    Registered Users Posts: 1,228 ✭✭✭leex


    Would recommend getting one with full uk postcodes. Used an Aldi Medion one in UK last week and although good when getting finding house numbers in an estate with first 4 chars of postcode it was next to useless when I wanted to find a building on a road when house number was not available - ie Policestation.


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    sharkman
    Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 6,525 Mod ✭✭✭✭sharkman


    sonic74f wrote: »
    Hiya, i was looking at the tom tom latest v4 one for Ireland and UK, are these good and can the EU maps be loaded to it at a later stage? Does this cost much?


    You can customise your maps , I can advise you if you need . PM me .


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    Payton
    Registered Users Posts: 1,682 ✭✭✭Payton


    I was looking at the Tom Tom one V4 around €140 seems pretty good but cant really find much comparision sites between Garmin and Tom Tom


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