Sat Nav Portable and In Car Manufacturer Fitted

[volvorocks]

I mean what’s it all about eh?

Manufacturer integrated sat nav for Volvo is well over a grand when good portable units are circa £200. Integrated is not helpful if you have more than one car.

I bought my first portable sat nat over 10 years ago when they were around £1500 a piece although paid much much less. Its never been updated either and has only got us 'lost' a few times , (cue A70 to Scotland being one!!) maybe half a dozen in all that time. Also got a Tom Tom circa 2007 which sometimes goes crazy as the battery is kippered as is the Mio!!

Just bought a new Tom Tom yesterday and this new sat nav gets 1 free update then maps are £75 a year..!!!….Why bother ?…I mean there is no road infrastructure investment in the UK really anyway.. Nowt changes, does it??..!!

Am also looking at buying a Garmin for all to use as a 'pool' sat nav which comes with free lifetime updates. What does 'free lifetime updates' mean - forever or for a set period that Garmin fancy and call 'the lifetime of the sat nav'? 1 year/ 2 years? Maybe 3? Is this any good? Anyone have one?

All our sat navs are Europe, which is very handy.

What sat navs do you have? Are you happy with them?

Cheers