Wanted: New sat nav.. But which one.

cornz

I am in the market for a new sat nav.

It **must**
Be able to itinary plan, ie, i add 20 postcodes and it calculates the best route to get to all of them in the shortest time/mileage.

Be able to support 3rd party POI's. Specifically PGPSW speedcam database.

I dont need europe/usa maps.
I dont need any of the live or otherwise services.
I dont need bluetooth

I would prefer tomtom but have had a good experience with garmin on my n8.
Money no object...
Suggestions please?????
Thanks..

mikealder · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 5:48 pm Post subject:

I have moved this thread to where it will be viewed by users of various devices rather than the TomTom specific forum.

No TomTom or Garmin can offer the ability to enter multiple postcodes and perform route optimisation, in fact its quite rare to find any any units - Mike

cornz · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:14 pm Post subject:

mikealder · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 6:19 pm Post subject:

Itinerary Planning will take you from A to B to C etc but only in the same specific order you enter each waypoint, the device will simply calculate a route via each point, it will not optimise the route - Mike

NeilRitchie · Occasional Visitor Joined: Nov 11, 2006 Posts: 13

I've been looking at the Garmin 2360LT with a view to buying one. The spec for this has "Auto sort multiple destinations (provides most direct route): "
Is this not what the OP wants?
Neil

sussamb · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 7:39 pm Post subject:

And the Garmin 14xx series will also optimise a route, and can easily accept 20 plus stops, I do it all the time on mine Smile

DennisN

cornz · Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2011 9:49 pm Post subject: Well

for better or worse i've plumped for a tomtom 1005.
After reading numerous reviews, nearly all are praising the hardware and slating the software (nothing new there) but with each incarnation, more bugs appear to get fixed....So, fingers crossed that itinary planning is coming soon... TT!!!
Thanks for all the input...
Cornz.

Andy_P · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 12:48 am Post subject:

Odd choice?
You said in your first post that "optimised" itinerary planning was an absolute **must**.

The Go1005 doesn't even have "ordinary" (A to B to C) itinerary planning yet and is very unlikely to get anything cleverer than that.
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Guivre46 · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:11 am Post subject:

There's nothing rational about purchases - otherwise all the Ad Agencies would go out of business.
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cornz · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 11:40 am Post subject:

cornz · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 3:55 pm Post subject: oh blinking flip.

Well, after much messing around and speaking to Tomtom themselves it has become apparent that the N8 is compatible for the 1005 but the 1005 isnt compatible with the N8. So either way i'm screwed....No bluetooth...
Now its becoming apparent that what others have said about tomtom taking one step forward and two steps back actually has a ring of truth about it.
So, sussamb and neilritchie, thanks for the alternatives as the tomtom is now going to have to work hard to prove its worth before its returned to halfords..

DennisN · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject:

WARNING!! Halfords have a nasty habit of saying you can't return it for a refund ("Because it's a SatNav, or something, it is not included in our 28 day returns policy" - they even print that on their receipt. DO NOT accept that rubbish from them. If it doesn't do what it is supposed to do (and if it says Bluetooth handsfree somewhere), make them give you your money back. It CAN be done - I've done it several times myself, even in some cases taking a TomTom device back to a different branch from where I bought it!
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cornz · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:14 pm Post subject:

cornz · Posted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:21 pm Post subject:

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