I have a pretty good sense of direction and I usually check a map before starting a journey but going through a city I don't know can be fraught with danger and very stressful. The satnav is very useful in these cases and I do use it to find my way to a new campsite that I haven't visited before. BUT I won't use it for close approach to any campsite, in that case I rely on the guidance of the site owners. They know local roads and won't send you up a farm track whilst towing a caravan! It has happened.

 

Fred

I always check where I'm going using google maps, but with constant traffic problems in South London and dodge 4G/3G no internet, service, a dedicated Sat Nav is the best way, (builtin like the Columbus of which I have had 2, or a stand alone unit like I have now, or on a mobile phone) as it can avoid many incidents, as it has Tom Tom's great traffic built in. I go to places a have never been to every day, and several at that. Today I only went to 5 new places. I could do it with a map, but there is frequently nowhere to stop and look at it. I would have to stop all the time. I do not have a copilot, so can't reply on them.

 

I have now been using various Sat Nav devices for only 10 years now and around 250,000 miles. None of them have ever taken me to the wrong place, and navigating the Arc d'triumph it was a necessity!!!!

 

My Tom Tom Go 6000 rocks. 

I always check where I'm going using google maps, but with constant traffic problems in South London and dodge 4G/3G no internet, service, a dedicated Sat Nav is the best way, (builtin like the Columbus of which I have had 2, or a stand alone unit like I have now, or on a mobile phone) as it can avoid many incidents, as it has Tom Tom's great traffic built in. I go to places a have never been to every day, and several at that. Today I only went to 5 new places. I could do it with a map, but there is frequently nowhere to stop and look at it. I would have to stop all the time. I do not have a copilot, so can't reply on them.

 

I have now been using various Sat Nav devices for only 10 years now and around 250,000 miles. None of them have ever taken me to the wrong place, and navigating the Arc d'triumph it was a necessity!!!!

 

My Tom Tom Go 6000 rocks. 

You've obviously always been going to the right places.  

 

Fred

I hate going anywhere without a map and like to have an idea of the route even when using SatNav.

But SatNav is indispensible when navigating side streets to and from your destination in a town/city and

 for warning you of a turning coming up on unlit roads at night.