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[ReadySalted]

Maybe this should have been in the ICE bit, but a sat nav is hardly entertainment. Anyway; here's my question.

I'm after a sat nav and am willing to pay around 100 - 140 quid. But what I'm after, well, I'm not sure it exists.
I'd like a handheld sort of GPS (I do alot of walking, and climbing and have been after an outdoor type gps for a while), but one which I could also plug into the car, and put in postcodes/ lat longs, and get myself across the country.
Does this system even exist? and if not, that's cool; but can anybody recomend me the best normal satnav within my budget.

Cheers everyone.

[camp freddy]

Maybe this should have been in the ICE bit, but a sat nav is hardly entertainment. Anyway; here's my question.

I'm after a sat nav and am willing to pay around 100 - 140 quid. But what I'm after, well, I'm not sure it exists.
I'd like a handheld sort of GPS (I do alot of walking, and climbing and have been after an outdoor type gps for a while), but one which I could also plug into the car, and put in postcodes/ lat longs, and get myself across the country.
Does this system even exist? and if not, that's cool; but can anybody recomend me the best normal satnav within my budget.

Cheers everyone.

prob a mobile phone with sat nav ( I phone etc) or probably look at the Garmin range, Garmin gps is used by the
Navy.....

heres a link http://www.garmin.co.../us/onthetrail/

Edited by camp freddy, 08 August 2010 - 08:27 AM.

[book]

i'm pretty sure the ovi maps system does that. it's on nokia phones and it's also free which is nice, but i don't know how it would cope out in the middle of nowhere.

i use it on my phone in my car and it's been brill.

[jay30]

Don't buy Garmin for the smartphone!

I picked up Garmin for my HTC Touch and it is garbage! Maps are sooooo out of date, you can't move around the map to see anything out of view without dropping out of the Nav screen and it is so old next to Tom Tom, etc.

I'm now looking at picking up the lastest version of CoPilot for smartphone.

An integrated in-dash system always look better and has more bragging points but security is an issue.

[jay30]

Ummmmm! Been doing more research on Co-Pilot. Seems that a fair few people complain about out of date maps there too and a very jerky screen update as you drive.

Just picked up my HTC Desire and the Google Maps Navigation on it is pretty good.

[satvinder]

i sell clarion units at work. there the dogs bits. can put in address post codes, lat and long....
bluetooth your phone to it while driving, music on it vids all on a memory card that can go in it. its got everything. loads maps really quick and can chose transport method

[Bungle]

the cornish satnav system is best + it's cheap

it works a little like this

all you need is a door handle and a ball of string

when you leave home tie the end of the string to your door handle and as you drive just let the string out of the back window behind you

once you have found where your going just follow the string home

if you have a passenger get them to wind the string back into a ball for next time

if you have no passenger just pick someone up on the road side as everyone wants to come to cornwall anyway

it's a simple system that can't go wrong even if a satellite falls out of the sky, us cornish use it all of the time

[Jamie1st]

the cornish satnav system is best + it's cheap

it works a little like this

all you need is a door handle and a ball of string

when you leave home tie the end of the string to your door handle and as you drive just let the string out of the back window behind you

once you have found where your going just follow the string home

if you have a passenger get them to wind the string back into a ball for next time

if you have no passenger just pick someone up on the road side as everyone wants to come to cornwall anyway

it's a simple system that can't go wrong even if a satellite falls out of the sky, us cornish use it all of the time

Hahaaaa

[wardyxxx]

Ovi maps is a good choice, but I prefer Garmin. But they don't tend to be handheld orientated.