[b]Begging Post - PLEASE help[/b]

Jason2304 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jul 18, 2006 Posts: 7

Please can someone help me...

My father in law, a HGV driver, is ringing me every day (sometimes twice a day) as he wants me to find him a Sat Nav for his lorry.
He drives the UK mainly but has tramped in Europe.

He has a budget of around £400. Some of the extra bits would be nice - Bluetooth, MP3 etc.

I have narrowed the choices to TomTom, Mio C510 or C710, Sony U50 or my personal choice Garmin Nuvi 310D (with added TMC).

He would need the Low Bridge POI.

Please can someone give me unbiased information about which model would be best for HGV???

Skippy · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:21 pm Post subject:

alix776 · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:21 pm Post subject:

well having used most of whats available on the market it go with any of the three units named

i have to admit i have used the new mio units and havent see them in action but i have used th pocketpc version of iGO its routing is good but im not sure whether the low bridge databases will support the mio unit. the mio unit do come with free tmc aswell

garmin the truck routing is ok but not fool proof but as long the unit has a browse map function then you should be ok with it though any poi databases will mostlikely need converting for use .

tomtom if you can go for the 910 for as you get all you requirement met ie mp3 playback easy to find and put lowbridges on hint Use robin waltons there free Wink

also you get an Mp3 player as well but maybe
slightly out of the price range also for the 910 a TMC receiver is in the pipline so you will get free traffic. you will need to set the routing preference on the 910 to limited speed at 54mph

copilot ill go with skippy on that personally for hgv use it just doesnt cut it sorry alk.

as already said if think of it more as a moving map rather than a satnav any of the units will do fine

just remember do a back up before letting your dad loose with it and make him read the manual for it too
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currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .

Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

darrenwright · Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 11:33 pm Post subject:

i have bought the Navman ICN520 & downloaded the lowbridges info from www.lowbridges.com to use in the truck but i have my AA road map with lowbridges to use as well to verify the route.

greggy · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:17 pm Post subject:

i use the tom tom 910 i think its the bees knees. when i went to the expo in edinburgh, i spoke to tom tom and they said that hgv routing was in the pipeline as a lot of hgv drivers are using tom toms. like everyone else says no system is fool proof as yet. but remember to check out the phone compatability first for bluetooth. hope this helps. Wink

alix776 · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 9:37 pm Post subject:

you found out more than me Laughing

all i usually get told is that it too much of a niche market Laughing

did you come over to see us at edinburgh
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currently using aponia truck navigation on windows phone. Good bye IOS don't let the door hit you on the way out .

Oh the joys of being a courier.
device Lumia 950 xl

greggy · Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 6:01 am Post subject:

hi alix 776, yes i did and i thought it was a good show , me and the missus could only spend a couple of hours though. Laughing

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