I need to buy a sat nav for my work's van, need's to be idiot proof, as I have five different drivers using the works van, only really needs to be used when new build areas are not on in the map books, this one seems a good price, I work for a charity so need to keep the price down, Is it worth buying a refurbed one or a new one? bearing in mind, as a charity we get the VAT back, everyones opinon gladly excepted.

http://www.totalpda.co.uk/Navman-iCN-330-Refurbished.aspx

brand new, and cheaper


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i didnt read the small print

medion go pal 250 are £99.97 in tesco

doubt any sat navs would be good for new builds, will depend on when the software was installed

it may just be cheaper to buy a new map

gaz_wrexham said:

medion go pal 250 are £99.97 in tesco

doubt any sat navs would be good for new builds, will depend on when the software was installed

it may just be cheaper to buy a new map

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yeh, whats wrong with agood map? cheap & easy 2 use
[eh i,m not going 2 mention women & map reading ] <joke

gaz_wrexham said:

medion go pal 250 are £99.97 in tesco

doubt any sat navs would be good for new builds, will depend on when the software was installed

it may just be cheaper to buy a new map

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but post code should point to roughly where it is, like on multimap?

its a very small screen but for the price it looks good.

if you want fool proof go garmin. absolutly brilliant and really easy to use.

whats wrong with road signs?

T14086 said:

whats wrong with road signs?

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they dont have peoples address on them

I've found my tomtom easier to use than other brands of sat nav.. No buttons to remember what they do - it's all touch screen apart from the power button

You can even activate a 'basic' mode which hides all the advanced options.. Great for making it as easy to use as possible.

dave said:

but post code should point to roughly where it is, like on multimap?

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i have never tried , I would imagine it give a rough idea

navman f20 are easy to use , £127.97 - tesco

and that F20 Navman was £110 at ebuyer the other week.

please dont buy the 330, they were new at £99.. about a year ago... they have old SIRF*2 (old) technology in them, and they are not touch screen.

we couldn't get rid of our old ones.

if you can, spend the extra on an f20, tomtom one or something similar, unfortunatly with this kinda thing you do get what you pay for.

Toys R Us are now selling Medion Go-Pal for £59.99 peeps cheap and cheerful .

dave said:

they dont have peoples address on them

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I just ask folk...................& if I ever meet that w*nker again who sent me off the wrong way in daventry that time hes for it

Mrs. Dave said:

only really needs to be used when new build areas are not on in the map books

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the map books are made using data provided by the same agency (Ordnance Survey) that also provide data for sat nav maps.

this means if something is not on the latest paper map it will almost certainly not be on the latest sat nav map.

the problem with sat nav maps is the vendors dont release new maps every time an update is provided by Ordnance Survey, instead they only release once enough changes have been made to warrant it.

this is starting to change as sat nav vendors are realising that there is big money in regular map updates, so hopefully more regular updates will occur in the future. that will no doubt mean the price of subscription will increase. i dont recommend downloading pirate maps online for company use, an individual can ignore licensing, an organisation can not.

jug said:

this is starting to change as sat nav vendors are realising that there is big money in regular map updates, so hopefully more regular updates will occur in the future. that will no doubt mean the price of subscription will increase. i dont recommend downloading pirate maps online for company use, an individual can ignore licensing, an organisation can not.

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Yup totally agree with both statements.