[Advice] SatNavs.

[dancefloorlandmine]

I know that a number of you have SatNav devices, and some of you might have been through more than one. Having had an unscheduled detour this morning, I've finally decided that I'm going to bite the bullet and get one soon. But, being indecisive, I'm appealling for advice.

So, far, the top options appear to be the ViaMichelin X-970T, the TomTom ONE XL GB (Traffic), or, if I get carried away, the TomTom GO 520 Traffic.

Anyone had any good/bad experiences with any of the above - Amazon's user reviews are somewhat inconclusive ("sliced bread"/"road to hell")?

My want list includes: postcode and address searching, decent clear display, speed camera locations and speed limit information (too many Tiger Tokens), traffic alerts and rerouting. Out of car portability is less important, but might be handy. Hands-free phone function might be useful, if it works well.

Music playing and photo displaying less useful - my cameras don't use the relevant card sizes, and I have a CD player and an audio input to my stereo already.

Comments

[willmate.livejournal.com]

TomTom One is very good at being a SatNav device.

I've had bad reports about its traffic routing (it considers traffic problems that might be 3-4 hours drive away (and thus gone when you get there) when routing you. I don't use traffic alerts (you get a month's free trial)

Can't remember if it shows speed cameras (I think it does) but it definitely does speed limit info, and has great maps.

I believe it's pretty cheap these days (relative to what they used to be).

[ivory-goddess.livejournal.com]

Speed camera notification is an extra (at least we haven't got it), and in fact it count all traffic cameras, including traffic light cameras and ones that are on the other side of the road! Which can apparently become a tad annoying as it effectively means the damned thing beeps at you every 2 seconds in town!

Speed limit info is not entirely correct - some roads are not known, some are incorrect. But again that could be sorted with a paid update thing.

I think TOMTOM is great, but I haven't had much experience of alternatives.