You guys had to see it coming ...

[Tak]

I have a licence to roam the roads now ... with negative navigation skills or sense of direction and the ability to get lost in a bed-sheet

I always said that once I had passed I would look at buying myself some kind of satnav.
Using my iphone isn't an option as the lighter in the car doesn't work and the battery life isn't great on my phone when using it for stuff like that (I also just want one )

So - what is the best type of satnav? The two I've been told so far are tomtom and Garmin but there are so many different models.

I'm hoping to spend £100-£150 (obv after all these lesson costs, the least the better! But as I won't be planning on "upgrading" it for a while, I'd like something that isn't just about to run out of shelf life).

I've heard about problems or extra payments needed to update maps - is that all satnavs or just some?

So requirements are: good battery life, clear audio, easy to update and program, "accident hot-spot" warnings, (if it could to the re-route en-route type thing that would be useful too)

Cheers everyone - be prepared for many daft questions to come ...