Sat Nav Recommendation.

[Trawler]

Looking for a new Sat Nav with European maps.

Don't need mp3, etc but being safety minded must give me warning of danger spots. Can this also be disabled as some countries are a bit sensitive on this facility.

Any recommendation welcome.

Thanks in advance

[sailorbaz]

My Mrs got me a Garmin a couple of years ago for Christmas, good wee unit, took me to France, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Germany, Austria, Netherlands with relative ease. Free lifetime maps too. Halfords.

I wouldn't go down the app on the phone route, tried that and was a real pita if you wanted to talk while using the sat nav feature.

[Yanto]

Tom Tom or Shim Shim (for when I can't be arsed to program)

[Rick H]

Day to day, I use Waze (iPhone app) as it's free and accurate BUT when there's no signal Waze can come unstuck. I've had an old TomTom Go 520 that I got in 2008 and it's been faultless - I did look at replacing it with a newer TomTom but user reviews were generally poor. Never bothered to update the map, its probably due after 5 or 6 years.

I'd def go for lifetime free updates on the maps though, to update mine costs about £70 so a bit of a sting in the nuts and hence I haven't bothered.

[cslsuperfan]

Originally Posted by Rick H

Day to day, I use Waze (iPhone app) as it's free and accurate BUT when there's no signal Waze can come unstuck. I've had an old TomTom Go 520 that I got in 2008 and it's been faultless - I did look at replacing it with a newer TomTom but user reviews were generally poor. Never bothered to update the map, its probably due after 5 or 6 years.

I'd def go for lifetime free updates on the maps though, to update mine costs about £70 so a bit of a sting in the nuts and hence I haven't bothered.

TomTom used for work since 2008...been faultless and it's been hammered.
never failed finding a destination in over 6 years, 3 merc sprinters and lunar miles. company bought garmins as replacements in 2013. Utter shite. Take a wrong turn and it can take 2-3 minutes to recalculate route.

[Trawler]

My old Tom Tom works great & never let me down in any of the countries I have driven in. I just feel I need an update when the poor thing thinks I am driving in a field when a new road has been built.

[CraigMillwardCroft]

Originally Posted by Yanto

Tom Tom or Shim Shim (for when I can't be arsed to program)

[CraigMillwardCroft]

I brought a Garmin from Halfords good little unit has got me to Bretangne, SPA a few times no issues.

[digi]

Originally Posted by Trawler

Looking for a new Sat Nav with European maps.

Don't need mp3, etc but being safety minded must give me warning of danger spots. Can this also be disabled as some countries are a bit sensitive on this facility.

Any recommendation welcome.

Thanks in advance

I used Tom Tom for my entire Europe trip that covered western and eastern Europe it.

Never got lost once.

[Graham]

TomTom XL and my mate cracked the European maps for some beers. I'd buy with lifetime updates if I was to do it again though as every now and again you come across a new section of road and it shits itself, but that's rare.