gazza
Registered user
Great Kit
Wot Greg said, superb bit of kit, had 4 or 5 gps's from the very basic to my present Navigator. Paid some £1200 for mine but don't mind has I have used it all over europe while people have been waiting for the price to fall. Your choice but the old choice then comes into force " why pay £500 for a SPIII when for a bit more I could get a 2610 " back to decisions again. Each unit will be superseded so you have to make your mind up sometime if you really want one. Best way to learn about the unit is to use it. Siting reading the book is good for the basics but there is no substitute for getting out and using it. Yes it makes mistakes now and again but it is by using it that you get to recognise these. Last time it made a mistake was going to the hog roast, Betty said take the fourth exit, not good, I was approaching on the forth exit however, a quick look at the display showed the track exiting on the second exit which was also signposted Andover so good as they are they are not without minor glitches. I do tend to load as many maps as possible but just turn the maps off that I am not using and this increases the redraw speed but gives you the flexibility to move further afield should you want to.
Wot Greg said, superb bit of kit, had 4 or 5 gps's from the very basic to my present Navigator. Paid some £1200 for mine but don't mind has I have used it all over europe while people have been waiting for the price to fall. Your choice but the old choice then comes into force " why pay £500 for a SPIII when for a bit more I could get a 2610 " back to decisions again. Each unit will be superseded so you have to make your mind up sometime if you really want one. Best way to learn about the unit is to use it. Siting reading the book is good for the basics but there is no substitute for getting out and using it. Yes it makes mistakes now and again but it is by using it that you get to recognise these. Last time it made a mistake was going to the hog roast, Betty said take the fourth exit, not good, I was approaching on the forth exit however, a quick look at the display showed the track exiting on the second exit which was also signposted Andover so good as they are they are not without minor glitches. I do tend to load as many maps as possible but just turn the maps off that I am not using and this increases the redraw speed but gives you the flexibility to move further afield should you want to.
I tend to either follow routes I've planned on the laptop with the aid of OS maps or just use the GPS as a 'get me home from here' tool when I've been following the front wheel down interesting looking roads...
