Looking for a Sat NaV system and need some advice

k123456

Looking for a satnav system.

Will be used in Ireland (and France occasionaly), new to satnavs so not sure where to start
What features should I look out for, what makes to avoid etc

Saw this one on maplins;

http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=222084&C=Newsletter&U=08P01-1_S5&T=11833468

Are there any good deals on satnavs in the sales

Thanks

chris85

Better off going for one with the European maps preloaded on them as they can be sometime be expensive to buy.

Have a few friends with the Garmin Nuvi 250 and it is excellent. Preloaded with Ireland, UK and Europe Maps.

Have a look around for prices as its a common GPS system that many places have and may have deals going for one.

hughes2558

I got a TomTom One in Halfords before xmas and I find it very good.

Jimbo

Sorry to hijack to thread, but is there any thats better for rural parts of Ireland?

EdgarAllenPoo

My brother got the Garmin Nuvi 200 for Christmas and thanks to that he got from Dunshaughlin in Meath to Rathangan in Kildare in less than an hour. It normally takes about an hour and a half but the satnav found him a quicker route(plenty of nasty country roads but it was quicker).

steviel

using garmin 250 for the past 8 months in ireland and uk ,find it absolutely brilliant,had several other makes out on trial first and found most of them to be extremely unuser-friendly not to mention bad mapping systems

tommycahir

I got the Garmin Nuvi 610t for xmas and find it brill, it even has built in bluetooth support for most popular phones so doubles and a handsfree kit and MP3 player also.

got it for decent prices from expansys.ie @ http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=144562

The equivalent to the 610t with the EU maps is the 660t http://www.expansys.ie/p.aspx?i=140671

Have a look through the topsellers on expansys also as that should give you an idea as to teh most popular systems out there http://www.expansys.ie/t.aspx?f=25

311

I'm another garmin fan ,WWW.ELARA.IE have some great deals on garmins.

EdgarAllenPoo

One thing about the nuvi 200, my brother has told me that you can't update it online so that would be one thing to keep in mind if you're thinking of buying one.