deano87
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Just been in ASDA and they have Sat Navs for £79.99! Full UK and ROI mapping, with Post Code finder. The actual Sat Nav unit showed speed and things like that. No mention of speed camera finders and/or updates.
What I want to know is, is there a disadvantage performance wise in buying cheaper Sat Navs (I know it won't be packed full of features, but that is not what I need) i.e. the strength of the signal they pick up? How quick they perform and so on?
I've never felt the need for a Sat Nav, but have some money spare from Christmas, and would quite like one, for the times I go places and don't know where I'm going (which isn't often). Therefore I don't want to spend £300 on one.
But then didn't want to buy one for £79.99 that will be shockingly slow and not do the job?!
Cheers 
[Edited on 03-01-2008 by deano87]
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Gary
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i bought a cheap one ages ago. WAs a bit big and daft but did the job
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willay
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you get what you pay for.
Think about stuff like updates and support, I'd go for a cheap tomtom personally.
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deano87
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How much support do you need with Sat Navs?
This update business? Do some Sat Nav's come with free updates then?
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Mad Moe
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You can get a TomTom Go for £90
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Mad Moe
You can get a TomTom Go for £90
 Where from?
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Mad Moe
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quote:
Originally posted by deano87
quote:
Originally posted by Mad Moe
You can get a TomTom Go for £90
Where from?
Sorry mate I was wrong they're £99 but it's still a bargain
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-Great-Britain-Christmas-Cracker/dp/B000W3H18Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1199358466&sr=8-1
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Jakey
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Halfords are selling a Garmin one for £99 aswell.
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deano87
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quote:
Originally posted by Mad Moe
Sorry mate I was wrong they're £99 but it's still a bargain
http://www.amazon.co.uk/TomTom-Great-Britain-Christmas-Cracker/dp/B000W3H18Y/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1199358466&sr=8-1
Looks pretty good that.
Wonder if the £30 difference is worth it - I quite like the idea of the MapShare business.
Do you have to pay for updates with TomTom?
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Mad Moe
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I think you pay for updates with all Satnav, but dont hold me to that. Good thing about the TomToms is that you can dowloads all the fixed Speed Camera positions and Hotspots for the UK
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deano87
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Carl
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been looking into them for my dad, found the navman f20 thats meant to be best budget one, really easy to use, 8 digit postcode, and an automatic re router thing apparently. 99 quid from argos online.
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Kurt
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i got a tom tom off a lad at work, handy when i need it
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Graham88
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I bought a new Sat Nav yesterday. TomTom UK XL for £135. It's wicked. 
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deano87
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Hmmm
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pow
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Garmin Nuvi 200 is £99 @ halfords. Well worth the money.
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Fad
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Got a Tom Tom One V3 with Europe mapping for £135 yesterday.
Halfords were doing Tom Tom One V3 for £99 thats an excellent price imo
As Willay said you get what you pay for.
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deano87
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cheers guys.
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Tommy L
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from reviews i would get a tomtom
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Mike
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Don't buy any made by Goodmans 
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ash_corsa
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Ive got a tomtom 710, its very good!
Same basic software on all tomtoms so id reccomend the tomtom one to you
Didnt think you had to pay for updates, ive never updated mine though! 
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ash_corsa
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Amazon looks about the best place, £99 for the One and £125 for the One XL (wider screen) both with free delivery too
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Graham88
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quote:
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£125 for the One XL (wider screen) both with free delivery too
Oh mother fucker 
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