Garmin satnav – any good?

[Wilmslow]

My Tomtom 520 has died, will not re-charge. Repair firm want £70 for fixing.

I can get a Garmin for around £54 through work.

Only ever had Tomtom, but considering they are £110 for base model, half the price has to be worth looking into (bear in mind I am a permie these days thanks to the recession)…..

Anyone got / have / had and chucked out of window / waxes lyrical and sleeps with their Garmin?

[Liability]

Love them. I have the street pilot 3 when noone know what a GPS was years back, and now have the newer compact Garmin.

Top bit of kit from the pioneers and leaders of GPS.

I cant fault it or them

[Wilmslow]

Love them. I have the street pilot 3 when noone know what a GPS was years back, and now have the newer compact Garmin.

Top bit of kit from the pioneers and leaders of GPS.

I cant fault it or them

Perfect - for £54 will give it a punt tonight

[lilelvis2000]

I've got a Nuvi 255 - works just fine. Far better than the one builtin to my car.

[d000hg]

I've only ever used Garmin GPS at sea, but they certainly used to be THE name in that field.

[darmstadt]

On TV they keep punting the latest versions which will show you where carparks are or traffic jams and give you alternative routes. They keep on parping about how this the first GPS system(s) to do this yet the one in my car has been able to do that for over a year

[Moscow Mule]

<northern>

Pah! SatNav? All you need is a map and a brain lad

</northern>

Actually, FWIW, my mum didn't like the TomTom interface so got a Nuvi something or other...

[DiscoStu]

Perfect - for £54 will give it a punt tonight

You should spend the money on some new polyester ties instead. It's good to have a nice selection.

[JoJoGabor]

Check out the Navigon as well - I jsut got one last week to replcae my TomTom 1. For the money its feature packed. The 2310 comes with traffic rerouting and full european maps. Haven't quite worked out how to use it yet. Goddam technology!!

[bullseye]

Only ever had Tomtom, but considering they are £110 for base model, half the price has to be worth looking into (bear in mind I am a permie these days thanks to the recession)…..

I had bought my basic tom tom 'one classic' a couple of months ago for £90 at Comet.