Morning folks, was hunting around for a sat nav similar to mine for a family member and spotted this, which i thought was a good price anyway but you can use a code to get it cheaper.
Good reviews and get quite a bit included
Easy-to-use Garmin sat nav with bright 5-inch dual-orientation display
Preloaded with detailed maps of the UK & Ireland plus free lifetime map updates
Driver awareness features include alerts for dangerous curves, speed changes, wrong way on a one-way, railroad crossings, animal crossings, and more
Fatigue warning suggests break times and potential rest areas ahead after hours of driving
Red light cameras and speed cameras alerts
Garmin Real Directions™ feature guides like a friend, using landmarks and traffic lights
Handy route preview and detailed milestones along your route
Easily find places Up Ahead, like food and fuel stations, without leaving the map
Foursquare® data adds millions more new and popular places
Direct Access simplifies navigating to select complex destinations, like shopping centres and airports
Lane assist with junction view eases navigation of complex junctions
Compatible with Garmin BC™ 30 Wireless Backup Camera and Garmin babyCam™ (sold separately)
If it had a crash can then it's a deal but surely bog standard sat nav is a non deal with phone Nav freely available.
Gollywood to thedvdmonster
22 Aug 17#7
Not everyone wants to use their phone as a Sat Nav.
japes
22 Aug 17#2
For any one with an LG G5, a stand-alone satnav is a must!
YouTalkinToMe to japes
22 Aug 17#21
You can say that again! The GPS is absolutely awful!
japes to YouTalkinToMe
22 Aug 17#26
According to LG tech support, they have no known issues with the G5!!
YouTalkinToMe to japes
22 Aug 17#22
Wow. I doubt I'll be sticking with them when this phone finally dies!
360finder
22 Aug 17#3
Good price. Thanks. Heat added. Not everyone wants to use huge quantities of data, or interrupt their music play for maps on smartphones.
berisford
22 Aug 17#4
These newer Garmins constantly nag on screen and via audio about 'alerts' with the most irritating being 'bend ahead', and that seems to mean any deviation in the road however slight...... I don't need some automated woman nagging me about it or flashing the message across the screen. The other problem I've found is the reflections from the Garmin screen, the anti-reflective screens have gone and been replaced with a 5 or 6 inch mirror. Good price though for the deal but as someone above mentions, without 'traffic' it's a non-deal.
danj303 to berisford
22 Aug 17#6
Surely you can disable any types of notifications you like to
Tiddly_fiddly
22 Aug 17#5
Great thank you! My parents prefer to use a sat nav! Heat added
khush01
22 Aug 17#8
Who uses stand-alone sat navs anymore? This is 2017 use Google maps like a normal person :blush: :blush:
mutley1 to khush01
22 Aug 17#14
satnav on phone doesn't work in areas without signal. i have downloaded maps to my phone which is supposed to work off line but it doesn't really and i have to wait until the car gets into an area with data signal for it to work.
people insist that the downloaded maps will work without data signal but surely the maps use GPS to locate your current position to navigate you so that needs data?
johnnystorm to mutley1
22 Aug 17#16
Nope. Gps is direct to the satellite and that gives your location as lat/long that is then placed in the map. Same way that a dedicated gps without traffic updates can find you on a map.
I use waze or googlemaps when in data signal. If not then I use osmand+ which I believe cost me 10p but is usually a fraction more when not on offer.
When you can get a motoc for £80 and a free data sim from three, etc I can't see why you'd buy a standalone that you have to leave in the car and risk a break in.
mutley1 to johnnystorm
22 Aug 17#18
we use our satnav abroad in europe so data will be an issue if we have to use the phone.
kingnet to mutley1
22 Aug 17#23
Not now it won't! Since the middle of June all networks have to allow free roaming in europe so as long as you have data on your contract you won't encounter additional charges. Since then we've used Google maps for navigation in Portugal and Cyprus with no problems and no charges. We previously used to use a Tomtom for nav when abroad because of the charges but Google maps is so much better. Sadly I think the Tom tom will now be heading off to the land of ebay.......
minsx to mutley1
22 Aug 17#17
GPS and data are two separate things, you don't need data to connect to a satellite. I have used offline maps perfectly, but with the enormous variety of phone models consistency isn't there with the service
jeeeeeez
22 Aug 17#9
Google maps is far superior to any standalone satnav I've ever used. I open it, speak in my destination and it drives me right to the entrance. No bulls**t having to figure out what the street number for a Tesco Extra store is or sending me down a road that's been closed for the week due to roadworks (or for an hour due to an accident).
I don't think I could afford something that performed this well in a standalone format - it's not the hardware that makes google great for satnav, it's the incredible amount of crowdsourced hours adding data to it.
flux
22 Aug 17#10
Tesco were doing the world maps edition of this earlier in the year for under £60. Its not a bad satnav. Googlemaps is a great service, but a lot of smartphones still have GPS accuracy issues and lose GPS lock a lot easier than the dedicated units. Its also great if you travel where there is poor signal or you've no data because its too expensive. Caching on google maps has helped this , but its still not perfect and takes a bit of forward planning.
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Opening post
Good reviews and get quite a bit included
Also
TomTom Start 20 WE M 4.3" Sat Nav with Lifetime Map Updates £71 w/code
TomTom Start 42 Sat Nav with Lifetime Western Europe Maps £71 w/code
Few more here code should work with
****USE CODE SATNAV10 AT BASKET PAGE****
All comments (57)
people insist that the downloaded maps will work without data signal but surely the maps use GPS to locate your current position to navigate you so that needs data?
I use waze or googlemaps when in data signal. If not then I use osmand+ which I believe cost me 10p but is usually a fraction more when not on offer.
When you can get a motoc for £80 and a free data sim from three, etc I can't see why you'd buy a standalone that you have to leave in the car and risk a break in.
I don't think I could afford something that performed this well in a standalone format - it's not the hardware that makes google great for satnav, it's the incredible amount of crowdsourced hours adding data to it.
Googlemaps is a great service, but a lot of smartphones still have GPS accuracy issues and lose GPS lock a lot easier than the dedicated units. Its also great if you travel where there is poor signal or you've no data because its too expensive.
Caching on google maps has helped this , but its still not perfect and takes a bit of forward planning.