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  • 24-03-2007 7:00pm
    #1
    Rowley Birkin QC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,259 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I'm looking for some reccomendations for a sat nav. Was in halfords today and now im more confused than I was this morning!

    Researching it for my dad who is an auctioneer in North Cork so he needs rural mapping to be pretty up to speed. Also they family tend to holiday in europe so mapping for there is a plus too. Cost shold be around €400 but cheaper is better.

    Was looking at garmin units in Halfords and the 310D looked like a good unit but I forgot to suss the rural mapping. Do all the units "talk" to you? Are the updates seriously €75 p/yr??? Seems a bit excessive.

    Has anyone claimed this as a business expense as it could now be considered a tool of many trades?

    I was looking on pixmania too and they had a Nuvi 350 in a bundle for €427 with windscreen mount and charger. Would this not be standard kit when you buy any sat nav??

    http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/512303/art/garmin/nuvi-350-gps-navigator-eu.html?itag=9698

    Sorry for the long post but theres a lot more to this area than meets the eye!

    Cheers in advance.


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  • #2
    stephend2006
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭stephend2006


    windscreen mount and charger do come as standard with the Garmin Nuvi units. I have the Nuvi 300 and was in Cork last week the only road that was missing coverage was part of the new motorway (around the toll bridge), other than that was very impressed was looking for a townsland around Macroom and found it no bother.

    I'm not sure if the updates cost money or not but by looking at the Garmin website it appears the updates are free.


  • #3
    eamon234
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,924 ✭✭✭eamon234


    Go for the TomTom Europe (think they've reduced it to 350 in Halfords)
    It's a nice size good features and the Navteq maps are great - avoid the GB/IRL version (same unit different maps)
    You also have the option of changing the voices on it (easy to pick up on the web)
    The updates are expensive on all of them I'm afraid


  • #4
    wexford12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭wexford12


    stephend2006 wrote:
    windscreen mount and charger do come as standard with the Garmin Nuvi units. I have the Nuvi 300 and was in Cork last week the only road that was missing coverage was part of the new motorway (around the toll bridge), other than that was very impressed was looking for a townsland around Macroom and found it no bother.

    I'm not sure if the updates cost money or not but by looking at the Garmin website it appears the updates are free.
    I am waiting on a 300 from halfords iv looked at them all in depth and once you have version 9 that is the most up to date maps which the 300 has if you want to pay more all you get is mpg played europe maps etc which i dont need the tom tom some say it has the v9 maps but iv read the leaflet on it and it does not say also tom tom charge for up date garmin is free


  • #5
    Nephew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭Nephew


    Wexford, how much is the nuvi 300 in halfords?


  • #6
    wexford12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 451 ✭✭wexford12


    Nephew wrote:
    Wexford, how much is the nuvi 300 in halfords?
    299euro out of stock till next week


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  • #7
    Nephew
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,340 ✭✭✭Nephew


    Wexford, I know you said in the other thread that you don't need the bluetooth, mp3 features etc, but the Garmin 310 is only an extra e20, at e320 including shipping from this site here http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php?xProd=261&xSec=1 You'd probably have it by Wednesday too, something to consider.


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