so... what satnav?

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Originally Posted by Jasper

I thought the Garmin UI was a bit crappy - it seemed to have some cool features (known speed cameras), but what I've seen of it, the unit wasn't as robust. Having used a TomTom Go 300 since I knew about GPS, I wouldn't use anything else, and I wouldn't advise using anything else! which is what I said the other day - silly woman

It's six of one and half a dozen of the other really. I love the Garmin UI, to me it's naturally easy to use and very straightforward. I think the TomTom one sucks, things aren't where I'd naturally expect them to be and the display isn't any where near as customisable as the Garmin.

But the same thing goes - I've been using Garmin GPS units since 1997 so I'm very used to them.

I'm also not impressed by the map database that TomTom use, from what I've seen of friends units, it's generally about two years out of date which is much older than the Garmin one. I think that's partly why TomTom is so cheap, they use old maps which are cheaper for them to buy.

I do like the TomTom 3D display though which automatically zooms in and out depending on distance to travel (and speed?). I think that's a nice touch and although I know Garmin now do a 3D display, I've not seen it in operation to compare.

I've had Garmin GPS II, GPS IIplus, GPS III, GPS V, Streetpilot, Streetpilot III, eTrex and my current Streetpilot 2600. Ideally my next one would be a 2800 series but I can't justify the cost right now.