Which Sat Nav ?
- Thread starter Coopsy
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Regardless of which one you use, always set it as if your driving a truck (18 wheeler or bigger) so it'll keep you on the main roads and not a road so narrow you wouldn't fit a wheelbarrow on it.
If your planning on touring the EU and beyond, get a stand alone Sat Nav. Then you have your iphone as back up if need be.
If your planning on touring the EU and beyond, get a stand alone Sat Nav. Then you have your iphone as back up if need be.
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This is a regular question.
There is a section of the forum here just to discuss GPS and Satnav's
Have a look at this thread (amongst others) to get an idea.
There is a section of the forum here just to discuss GPS and Satnav's
Have a look at this thread (amongst others) to get an idea.
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I’ve always had TomToms, probably because of Jane’s voice.
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CoPilot Caravan, because besides your dimensions and weight there is a very good selection of road preferences, so for instance you could strongly favour motorways, favour dual carriageways etc. Through the different road types to local roads which I set to strongly avoid by doing that it will only take you on local roads if there is no alternative. I have Sygic Caravan as well but it's not as good in my opinion.
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I think this is what people forget.
£500+ quid on a decent quality satnav
Plus
£80 quid a year in updates.
Stray over the speed limit into a camera, or wander into a CC or LEZ zone, or end up stuck in a Cornish Lane.
The cost in fines and your time doing re-education courses will be considerably more than the cost of getting a decent SatNav and paying the fee for the regular updates.
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Ain't no such thing as 'free'Free updates on garmin…
Remember Garmin and TomTom are the base maps for almost every SatNav system.
The software provider pays Garmin/TomTom an annual fee to use their base maps on their own software package.
Just to confuse the issue both Gamin and TomTom also produce their own software.
They both also licence their own software to others.
It means there are three basic software models.
Buy direct from Garmin or TomTom (For example the "Garmin RV Three")
Buy Licenced from Garmin or TomTom (For example the "Avtex Tourer Three"
Buy Something with a Garmin or TomTom base map and their own software on top,
which can vary from crap (such as the Zenec/Xzent systems)
to the very good (such as the Alpine or Pioneer systems)
As you may have realised the Garmin RV three and the Avtex Tourer Three are exactly the same product, except the Avtex version has a database of C&MHC sites added on top (and the language options removed).
There is a German and French version as well with their own national sites on the database, sold under different names.
Ultimately Garmin and TomTom make their money from selling licences to a variety of suppliers, and from the regular updates to their own base maps, whomever supplied the original software on the top.
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I’ve had my garmin for years and before that other garmin, all came with updates for life…. Free..
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Google maps is 20 years ahead of the dedicated sat nav manufacturers.. Street view. Satellite view. Contact details. Web site link. Reviews. Free. Always up to date.
I use the navigation feature when i'm getting close but on the way I use map over view and sign posts, this NEVER fails, low bridges, narrow roads, or any other problems just don't exist
I use the navigation feature when i'm getting close but on the way I use map over view and sign posts, this NEVER fails, low bridges, narrow roads, or any other problems just don't exist
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Apple Maps for me 
Can’t stand google maps for sat nav, it puts you in a very odd place on the screen, and doesn’t work as well on CarPlay.
Can’t stand google maps for sat nav, it puts you in a very odd place on the screen, and doesn’t work as well on CarPlay.
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Same as ChisL, I've used Copilot Caravan for years never had any problems at all, brilliant.
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Contrary to all the Google haters, I use Google maps on a 10" tablet but what i do is check the full route before setting off and adjust if it looks dodgy.
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There is a long thread on the wildcamping forum about the Magic Earth app. Its the first free one I have used in anger that I can honestly say is pretty good. I got sick of Google Maps letting me down and my trusty TomTom is now about 13 years old. I quite like Magic Earth as you can add your own POI such as all the Aires etc. Having said that on a recent trip to Leicester when the M1 got shut it didn't know about it so no alternative was offered. On the slip lane I quickly changed to Google Maps which I have to say saved the day.
Magic Earth is updated by users though so usually has up to date live info. I guess Google Maps just has millions more users at the moment. Definitely one thats worth a try though. I find it works better offline (no signal) than Google Maps does even if you have the downloaded maps.
Magic Earth is updated by users though so usually has up to date live info. I guess Google Maps just has millions more users at the moment. Definitely one thats worth a try though. I find it works better offline (no signal) than Google Maps does even if you have the downloaded maps.
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Apple Maps for me
Can’t stand google maps for sat nav, it puts you in a very odd place on the screen, and doesn’t work as well on CarPlay.
I find Apple Maps is very good for live traffic updates and mobile speed cameras etc. However, Magic Earth is my usual freebie satnav go to as I’ve input the mohos dimensions into ‘Truck’ mode and run it in that on the Fiat Uconnect head unit. Other than a couple of easily avoided goat track ‘shortcuts’ it tried to route us into on Crete, it’s been great.
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I’ve downloaded the relevant country maps on fibre at home but don’t update when away. Usually have a very solid mobile internet connection with the Teltonika RUTX12 so normally run on that while travelling.
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I’m now using Apple Maps, and use data. But on last holiday I discovered that as standard when you start the directions it downloads/remembers the required maps along the route. Which is fantastic until you deviate off route, and don’t have data. Which we found out after crossing boarder where we find we have to turn off WiFi, and the back on.
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One of the reasons I started using Magic earth as said was it seems to work better offline than Google maps does. I would say have both. Everyone has Google maps on their phone anyway.
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