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lostgerry Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:56 pm Post subject: Best GPS for AVOIDING TRAFFIC JAMS ???????????? |
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H could someone please advise me ?
My grandson has a 2 hour car journey to and from work each day and I would like to buy him either a Garmin or a Tomtom to try and help him avoid traffic jams I understand these new units can warn of traffic jams and rout you around them but here is my problem I dont know which is the best bet ???
so if any users can give me some models to look at you would make an old man happy
regards Gerry |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
Joined: Mar 18, 2011 Posts: 4457 Location: West Sussex
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Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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I have a Garmin 1490T that works fine in the south of England and on major routes. I understand the traffic feature isn't so good up north though.
What route are we talking about? |
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lostgerry Occasional Visitor
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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sussamb wrote: | I have a Garmin 1490T that works fine in the south of England and on major routes. I understand the traffic feature isn't so good up north though.
What route are we talking about? |
Hi thanks for taking the time to reply he travels Hasting to Heathrow or Portmouth to Heathrow and back
so its the south of England too I will take a look at the Garmin thanks very much and Happy new year to you and yours hope 2013 will be peaceful happy and healthy |
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Andy_P Pocket GPS Moderator
Joined: Jun 04, 2005 Posts: 19991 Location: West and Southwest London
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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A TomTom with "LIVE" capability will have "HD Traffic".
I believe this is the most comprehensive traffic monitoring system available currently on a sat-nav, as it uses all the normal sources of traffic info PLUS the location/movement details of thousands of Vodaphone SIM cards in mobile phones and other TomToms.
AFAIK, that's a TomTom patent, so no other manufacturer has anything similar.
It also covers more roads than the simpler RDS-TMC system used on non-LIVE TomToms. _________________ "Settling in nicely" ;-) |
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IanS100 Frequent Visitor
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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TomTom also has by far the best routing of all Sat Navs, in my opinion of course _________________ Galaxy Note 4 / TomTom GO : CamerAlert : CoPilot |
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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Very debatable ... I reckon Garmin is better |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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From what I read, they are both good systems when they work.
Unfortunately I see many reports of lost signals and poor reception. Considering aerial technology these days it amazes me that you still need a pseudo 'washing line' across the windscreen on rubber suckers to even stand a chance of getting a signal. _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
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sussamb Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2013 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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Think I did say it wasn't too good up north
But hey, that's one test over a couple of days. I've never bothered with the live stuff as the normal free traffic on Garmin has always worked for me. |
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Daggers Lifetime Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 12:24 am Post subject: |
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Having worked with TomTom's Live HD traffic and their non-live version (which is the equivalent of the Garmin version you are recommending) - in various parts of the country - I can say it's no contest. Despite the shortcomings that are regularly moaned about, the Live version is so much better that I would never go back to anything powered by RDC-TMC.
... and to answer Kremmen's comment, Live HD traffic does not require an extra aerial around the windscreen. _________________ Garmin DriveSmart 50 LMT-D |
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Kremmen Pocket GPS Verifier
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:53 am Post subject: |
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Daggers wrote: | Having worked with TomTom's Live HD traffic and their non-live version (which is the equivalent of the Garmin version you are recommending) - in various parts of the country - I can say it's no contest. Despite the shortcomings that are regularly moaned about, the Live version is so much better that I would never go back to anything powered by RDC-TMC.
... and to answer Kremmen's comment, Live HD traffic does not require an extra aerial around the windscreen. |
Thanks for the update. So it's able to receive a perfectly good signal without the need for any ugly attachments? _________________ Satnav:
Garmin 2599 LMT-D (Indoor test rig)
DashCam:
Viofo A119 V3
Car Average MPG :
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DennisN Tired Old Man
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Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2013 8:17 am Post subject: |
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Correct. The signal comes through the built-in SIM, Vodafone, so it is only constrained by the availability of Vodafone signal. There ARE some areas where there is no signal. _________________ Dennis
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