Spotted this in my local Tesco earlier (Dundee South Road.)
There were a few of them on the shelf and it's been reduced from £129 down to £67.49.
Had a quick look online and the cheapest I've seen this for is around £90.
It's not for me, but hopefully this will be of some help to someone.
17 comments
sotv
9 May 17#1
Got one of these from Lichfield Tesco today at this price, easy to update. Not used for a journey yet though.
edamer
9 May 17#2
Hello can you let me know what maps are on this?
Is it UK or Europe as well?
Thank you
Martini to edamer
9 May 171#3
Brexit edition. England, Wales and maybe Scotland and Northern Ireland for a while! :-)
Martini
9 May 17#4
Looks like the Travel edition has downloadable World maps. Some are preloaded and some can be loaded if you need them such as Oz and NZ.
edamer to Martini
9 May 171#5
Confirmed its the worldwide edition 85 maps, I went down to Lichfield Tesco to check.
Got one, two left on shelf if anyone else needs one.
Thank you to poster and sotv for saying they got in Lichfield : )
sotv
9 May 17#6
Box says 85 countries, with lifetime updates and Traffic updates for the expected lifetime of the device.
Only thing missing is a plug, but any mobile phone, or iphone plug can be used along with the usb lead and it will charge it indoors. I have read theses models only hold a 2 hour charge, without the cigarette lighter lead in the car though
Took awhile to find a store local to me with stock, out of South Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield the Lichfield store was the only one with any stock left. But Tesco customer service, arranged for the store to reserve one for me from there, which I collected earlier today. Saved a lot of disappointment and travelling around trying to locate stock otherwise.
Youngsyr
9 May 173#7
Why would anyone buy a SatNav unit nowadays? Just use Googlemaps for free on your phone (get a hands free kit!), works abroad as well as in the UK and is up to date without having to worry about downloading maps.
The days of a standalone SatNav unit are dead, IMO. :laughing:
qwerdle to Youngsyr
9 May 17#9
Not that moan again... lots of reasons like it doesn't use your data. Having said that, I use Here Drive on Android because my Garmin gives some weird routes!
bauer to Youngsyr
10 May 17#10
I travel all over the country for work and a few years back I tried to use my mobile as a sat nav whilst driving and because of the miles I do it kept overheating and as such losing god signal
Stand Alone sat navs are far from dead imo
flux to Youngsyr
10 May 17#11
Proper offline maps. Google is fine in the UK, but unless you want to pay big money its no good for abroad and GPS accuracy can be a bit flakey on a lot of phones. As other people have said too it works the phone hard so they get red hot so not sure how that will effect the device long term. Dedicated devices are a bit less fiddly to use too.
That said there are some good offline map programs for android like NavMii, HERE, TomTom Mobile etc, but if I was driving a lot then you may as well have a dedicated unit.
crazymonkey
9 May 17#8
I must avoid! I must get lost - from this deal!
flux
10 May 17#12
ps.. Satnavs with dashcams built in are the future!
BigAde
10 May 17#13
I have both a Garmin standalone satnav as well as Google Maps on the android head unit of my car. I've tried numerous other satnav downloads, but very few are as easy to use and give reliable navigation and traffic information as Google Maps.
You can download areas for offline use on Google Maps. I tend to use Google Maps for my regular commute... I know the roads and where I'm going, but it's very useful for the up to date traffic information.
If I'm going somewhere new, I'll still tend to use the standalone Garmin unit as it's easier to use in car (big buttons, simple options and menus) and is slightly better for navigation and more reliable in use.
If Google maps put a proper big-button car friendly interface on it and improved a few features here and there, I think it would eliminate much of the competition.
flux
10 May 171#14
Google Maps with a true offline mode would be great with the option to sync realtime info whenever you get WiFi access
ratsdomino
10 May 17#15
the satnav in the posh company car i used the other day rerouted me past a massive traffic incident, is that what this would do?
Youngsyr
11 May 17#16
Rubbish, I just got back from the States and Googlemaps worked there perfectly and with minimal data use.
Phone gets red hot?!! Pull the other one - it's got bells on it. I'd suggest that unless you're using a Galaxy note, if your the phone is getting red hot at any time, you have a problem with your phone.
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Opening post
There were a few of them on the shelf and it's been reduced from £129 down to £67.49.
Had a quick look online and the cheapest I've seen this for is around £90.
It's not for me, but hopefully this will be of some help to someone.
17 comments
Is it UK or Europe as well?
Thank you
Got one, two left on shelf if anyone else needs one.
Thank you to poster and sotv for saying they got in Lichfield : )
Only thing missing is a plug, but any mobile phone, or iphone plug can be used along with the usb lead and it will charge it indoors. I have read theses models only hold a 2 hour charge, without the cigarette lighter lead in the car though
It is this version listed on the Tesco Website
Took awhile to find a store local to me with stock, out of South Birmingham, Sutton Coldfield and Lichfield the Lichfield store was the only one with any stock left. But Tesco customer service, arranged for the store to reserve one for me from there, which I collected earlier today. Saved a lot of disappointment and travelling around trying to locate stock otherwise.
The days of a standalone SatNav unit are dead, IMO. :laughing:
Stand Alone sat navs are far from dead imo
That said there are some good offline map programs for android like NavMii, HERE, TomTom Mobile etc, but if I was driving a lot then you may as well have a dedicated unit.
You can download areas for offline use on Google Maps. I tend to use Google Maps for my regular commute... I know the roads and where I'm going, but it's very useful for the up to date traffic information.
If I'm going somewhere new, I'll still tend to use the standalone Garmin unit as it's easier to use in car (big buttons, simple options and menus) and is slightly better for navigation and more reliable in use.
If Google maps put a proper big-button car friendly interface on it and improved a few features here and there, I think it would eliminate much of the competition.
Phone gets red hot?!! Pull the other one - it's got bells on it. I'd suggest that unless you're using a Galaxy note, if your the phone is getting red hot at any time, you have a problem with your phone.