Being a bit of a ludite, never had a satnav, but thinking of getting one now. Any recommendations out there. Must be easy to use, and I don't want to pay any subscriptions or the like to keep it working, and it doesn't need all the bells and whistles, just the basics.

Seen the Garmin Nuvi 40 which appears to fit the bill, any thoughts?

TIA.

Cheers, Trev.

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Edited 10 November, 201114 yr by Trev2

The choice of Sat Navs appears to be a very personal thing, so be prepared for all sorts of comments.

Personally I have always liked Garmin products, and currently have a Garmin GPS reciever and a Gramin Nuvi sat nav, and have never had a problem with them. The sat nav is easy to set up and always gives me the results I want. Like any it will try to send you down some silly roads if you are not careful, but as long as you still engage your brain you can't go wrong.

The choice of Sat Navs appears to be a very personal thing, so be prepared for all sorts of comments.

Personally I have always liked Garmin products, and currently have a Garmin GPS reciever and a Gramin Nuvi sat nav, and have never had a problem with them. The sat nav is easy to set up and always gives me the results I want. Like any it will try to send you down some silly roads if you are not careful, but as long as you still engage your brain you can't go wrong.

Thank you Graham, does that mean I need to get both items for the satnav to work?

No you don't. Just need one unit. They are all in one. I suspect Llanigraham has a handheld one for walking etc. I have a Garmin Edge 705 for cycling, but a Columbus in the car and Tom Tom on my iPhone.

I have used TomTom units in the past as well as on various palm and windoze mobile devices.

As long as you use common sense you will be fine. I always check my routes if I don't know where I'm going, and if the sat Nav tells you to keep going straight on, do not take it literately. I once went down a minor road at national speed limit. It did not tell me I was about to cross a busy main road and carry on the other side :lol: I stopped because I was looking where I was going and interpreting the sat Nav, which is probably the best way of describing it.

Mike

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I'm a TomTom fan, am now on my third unit, not due to reliability just down to wanting some extras and better value to get a new one than pay for new maps etc.

It is a personal preference though and you will need to look at what you like best. Have a look at halfords, you can probably have play with some of the display models.

None of the units I have bought need a subscription to run. The subscriptions just add things like map updates, traffic, speed cameras etc.. Some will come with a one year free to temp you into getting more.

Totalpda.co.uk is a good place to get a tomtom. They are refurbished. But are perfect. All units get new cases and screens and the software re-installed. They come with 1 year warranty with tomtom too.

Or if you have an iPhone then the iPhone tomtom app.

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Thank you all, I'll have butchers it that site and have a visit to Halfrauds. By the way, what's an iphone? Told you I was a ludite!