No I would not use a road atlas. Very confusing and long journey back on the motorway if you miss a turn. Tom Tom came about just to get rid of them.
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doublecuffs
16 Dec 161#1
Waste of money. Just load Waze on your smartphone. Includes free traffic.
Roger_Irrelevant to doublecuffs
16 Dec 16#6
Waze? Too many privacy issues.
I use Google Maps on a burner phone for my satnav, and a good Road Atlas when I want context. :smirk:
trublekidd to doublecuffs
16 Dec 16#9
I love Waze so far it's been brilliant always directs you shortest route also avoids traffic.
sam_of_london
16 Dec 16#2
Or load Google maps with offline maps download.
Bendown to sam_of_london
16 Dec 16#3
Or use a road atlas, or road signs, or a compas
sam_of_london
16 Dec 163#4
No I would not use a road atlas. Very confusing and long journey back on the motorway if you miss a turn. Tom Tom came about just to get rid of them.
smershspy
16 Dec 164#5
Or navigate using the stars and a sextant.
njl30
16 Dec 16#7
Or use Navmii :smiley:
pavel76
16 Dec 161#8
"Eg Smart 25 now £74.99" ...£72 at Currys with full Europe maps. Most Tomtom sat navs are cheaper at Currys anyway...
parahandy2000
16 Dec 16#10
I use TomTom Go on my phone. £14.99 a year, includes map updates and traffic. Bit of a battery killer though
disgraceUK
16 Dec 162#11
Even better, don't drive unless you really have to and let those of us that drive as part of our job have the roads to ourselves.
Many thanks
cmncomp
16 Dec 16#12
waze is owned by Google. not sure what your point is.
kagecom
16 Dec 16#13
I have the tomtom go and find it always loses charge within minutes and struggles to find locations quick enough if at all. Google Maps on the other hand makes a better satnav than an actual satnav!
AdamBrunt to kagecom
21 Dec 16#21
sounds to me like you have a faulty device.
MrRee
16 Dec 16#14
Tom Tom is dead in the water ... as is Garmin ... the smartphone is king now, free traffic as well (Tom Tom want £50 a year for that!!!)
kaviorsky to MrRee
16 Dec 16#15
Yeah good luck driving you Europe on phone's sat nav or on a very busy junction in town that is new to you and you get a phone call in and your directions will disappear of the mobile screen. If you do some serious driving phone is not a good idea to be used as satnav maybe as a backup.
AdamBrunt to MrRee
21 Dec 16#20
I have lifetime traffic on my TomTom and it doesn't cost a penny.
wayners
16 Dec 16#16
Old Samsung phone with data only sim dose me as a sat nav. Currently using Vodafone free 200mb per month sim. Google maps is the best I find.
migavupe
16 Dec 16#17
Just received an email from tomtom saying our 2 devices with updates for life will no longer receive updates.
Eff tomtom. Don't buy.
joxeruk2000 to migavupe
17 Dec 16#19
I got this email but it was for an older satnav I had (TomTom xl) It said map updates would be too big for it unless it had card storage.
I personally like a TomTom instead of a phone. I've got enough things running my battery down and taking up space.
hobsgrg
17 Dec 16#18
Lifetime updates sounds very attractive unless you look at the small print and see TomTom definition of lifetime means however long we want it to be "Lifetime is the useful life of the device, which means the period of time that TomTom continues to support your device with software updates, services, content or accessories. A device will have reached the end of its life when none of these are available any more."
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Eg Smart 25 now £74.99
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I use Google Maps on a burner phone for my satnav, and a good Road Atlas when I want context. :smirk:
Many thanks
Eff tomtom. Don't buy.
I personally like a TomTom instead of a phone. I've got enough things running my battery down and taking up space.