Couperwife Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 does anyone have one of these? can anyone recommend one? my mum wants one, but I dont know anyone who has one and I dont know which is good or not Im sure Omletland has some super gadget people on it thanks in advanced cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I've got TomTom One. It's fine for what I need. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 They did a survey on The Gadget show last week on these, i'll ask my ES which one won! Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Tom Tom is by far the best in my opinion, & we have had several makes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I've got a Tom Tom One and I think it's really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I've got a tomtom. It's good for me and what's good is if you do take the wrong turning she very kindly and calmy tells you to turn around and the next turning. She doesn't shout at you or ask you to put the map up the right way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 There was another thread recently....... and we've still got a TomTom One V3, Europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I've got a tomtom. It's good for me and what's good is if you do take the wrong turning she very kindly and calmy tells you to turn around and the next turning. She doesn't shout at you or ask you to put the map up the right way. Ahh yes - is that English 'Jane'? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I've got a NavMan and often when I say "its OK I've got SatNav" people say "oh Tom Tom always takes you to the wrong place" (seems like the newer places around basildon are poorly mapped). But my trusty Navman always gets me there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helly Welly Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 Ours is called a HelenHelen, does the same job but is free We just use AA route planner for journeys we aren't sure of, it's never let us down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 I love my Tom Tom and I find it easy to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 TomTom here too europe version. Can't fault it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 We have Karen Karen, and when OH does the opposite of what she says it goes Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Couperwife Posted May 9, 2008 Author Share Posted May 9, 2008 thank you I shall discuss with mum and go shopping with her tomorrow cathy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susanbb Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I've got a tomtom. It's good for me and what's good is if you do take the wrong turning she very kindly and calmy tells you to turn around and the next turning. She doesn't shout at you or ask you to put the map up the right way. Ahh yes - is that English 'Jane'? Yes...that's her. she must have had a good upbringing...she's soo polite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 We have Karen Karen, and when OH does the opposite of what she says it goes Karen x Funny that, we have an EmmaEmma and it does exactly the same! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I used to have a Dave Dave and he was USELESS. Once we had a weekend in Madrid and had to drive 13k from the airport to the hotel. THREE AND A HALF HOURS later after I finally found the hotel - I knew Madrid like the back of my hand. He could neither drive a car or read a map. In this case his problem was that the map was in Spanish - SO WERE THE STREET NAMES!!!. I ended up driving round Madrid in the rush hour whilst reading the map myself!!! I'm remembering yet another reason why I threw him out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 we used to have GranGran.........but found that between the going 'oh did you see that.........' no, I was paying attention to the road, the occasional senior moment and the constantly changing from map reading glasses to road sign reading glasses meant we quite often missed turnings We've replaced her with TomTom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Webmuppet Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I've got an EloiseEloise, hand her the directions from AA.com and she reads the directions from her car seat..........she managed top get us from Ipswich to Ongar without getting lost we don't rely on the DaddyDaddy model but the MummyMummy version isn't too bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah B Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I used to have a Dave Dave and he was USELESS. Once we had a weekend in Madrid and had to drive 13k from the airport to the hotel. THREE AND A HALF HOURS later after I finally found the hotel - I knew Madrid like the back of my hand. He could neither drive a car or read a map. In this case his problem was that the map was in Spanish - SO WERE THE STREET NAMES!!!. I ended up driving round Madrid in the rush hour whilst reading the map myself!!! I'm remembering yet another reason why I threw him out... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 I bought one for OH but he still doesn't listen to it, so it's back to the Snowysnowy - it shouts louder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Ours is called a HelenHelen, does the same job but is free We just use AA route planner for journeys we aren't sure of, it's never let us down. brilliant! DH has some sort of sat nav programme on his mobile phone but I much prefer using an Atlas and a route planner like the AA one. Much more fun. **edit** although, we drove off the ferry once in Calais and DH started heading for the chunnel when we got there! The shortest holiday in the world was avoided by my quick map reading skills ** Sorry, not much help I know but Helen's post did make me laugh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
