Evesham (Blue Media) BMC 6300 TMC or Tom Tom or Other - HELP

Alsone1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 33

Hi,

I completely new to Sat Nav and have been looking for reviews around the web.

I see Max Power rate the Evesham BMC (Blue Media) 6300 TMC with Traffic Master re-routing as one of the best Sat Navs around. However, most people seem to rate Tom Tom products most highly, and these seem to be the most popular.

Herein lies the dilema.

I effectively want an all in one device - Sat Nav, Speed Warning and re-routing in the one unit.

I notice that with the Tom Tom you can only get Traffic Re-routing via mobile phone updates which worries me - it sounds slow and expensive. Tom Tom's camera database is only partial. I note as well that some people in the camera data base reported running out of memory when downloading locations from on here. As locations can only increase, this too is a worry.

I notice with the Evesham / BMC product, that although Max Power rate it highly, Personal Computer World slate some of its sister models and slate the Destinator software. It would appear not to be a popular unit at the moment, although that might be down more to its lower marketing profile than other companies.

I only really need UK maps although there's nothing wrong with having European as well.

So the questions at the end of the day are:

1. Which one do I go for (or should I go for something else entirely)? ie which is the best.

2. How does your camera database work:

2.1 Does it replace or supplement the manufacturers databases?

2.2 Does it work in the same way or are alerts displayed / indicated differently?

2.3 What advantages / disadvantages are there to using it.

I'm prepared to spend a max of £400 although the less the better!!

Al.

(PS Posted in the Comparison Forum before finding this one. Please feel free to delete the post in there)

Alsone1 · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 33

Another question, have Tom Tom fixed the mount on the 510 yet?

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