Avtex Camper Sat Nav

I have the Avtex Premium Caravan Club edition Sat Nav and used it in Germany and Holland this year and no problems with it. It is very good and clear. obviously, check the route with a decent map, but it should get you to where you want to be. It also has CC sites, CLs and ACSI sites already on it, these can be updated whenever you connect it up to your computer.

Are you an iPhone user?

CoPilot do a caravan specie app.

you can set up a profile specific to your whole rig to ensure you go on appropriate roads.

it gets some good write ups and I think is only £45.

Robin

Thanks for responding. We do use an iphone and are aware of the ap however we are getting to the point where putting all our eggs in one basket (so many iphone aps) feels wrong. Our caravan is big and heavy and just recently the garmin that we normally use sent us down some really unsuitable roads. We are looking to buy a dedicated system. We appreciate that they are not cheap however compared to the cost of our rig we think it may be worth the expense. 

I woudn't pay extra for the Avtex over the standard Garmin Camper 660 LMT-D because (as far as I can see) all the "special" stuff that is of any use (e.g. POIs for sites/CLs for both CC and C&CC) can be downloaded and installed on the device for free anyway. Some Aldi stores still have the Garmin Camper 660 LMT-D in stock at £199.99 or less.

I wouldn't buy Snooper (or Aguri) because they don't allow customers to load 3rd party POIs.

I wouldn't recommend the current (NAV4) TomTom range either (wish I had looked at their forum before buying).

I would guess that the CC doesn't endorse any particular device (other than through a tie in which has a marketing advantage for them) because none of them are perfect (& depend on sensible use) and endorsement might result in too many complaints from people who did not use them sensibly :-)

You may be interested in my notes of my own experiences (with notes on an ongoing non-scientific comparison) Here.

Graham

Graham, I have responded on the C&CC site. Great information. I appreciate your view on the Avtex re cost however on looking at the Avtex on this site I see that it is powered by Garmin?? Cost seems reasonable and has 3yr warranty. Would appreciate a further comment from you re this.

Phil

Bought the Avtex garmin camper sat nav two weeks ago. I have tried it on the caravan app and with the car some of the caravan routes are not suitable for a caravan and the car route I would use for the caravan. Though the Cc app would use the final routes that the site directory used ha ha no it doesn't but you can use shaping but you can with the garmin 660 so the extra 100 pounds is not worth it in my opinion should have gone for the standard garmin 660.

I purchased the Avtex Garmin recently and used it to go to Scotland without the 'van. I wrote the following in February: "Just bought the Avtex CC satnav and used it last week for the 1st time. I wasn't towing so it was set for car only. It directed me from Gateshead to Fort William with no problems and likewise on the return. The last time I did this journey I was using a Tomtom and whilst got me there okay on the journey back it had me by-pass Edinburgh and took me over to Glasgow and down the M74! Having the caravan on the back I was reluctant to try going off route!"

The Garmin brought me back the sensible way via the Edinburgh by-pass and down through Jedburgh to Gateshead.

I have since then been to Germany and Holland with the 'van and I had no problems at all. Whilst in Germany I used a route to a supermarket about 10 miles away, the 1st time I used it in car mode and it took me through the town to the shops. The next time I put it into Caravan mode and did the same route to the same supermarket, this time it took me round the town and brought me to the shops from another direction thus avoiding taking a unit through a town centre.

Overall, I am very pleased with it and don't have any problem recommending it.

I purchased the Avtex Garmin recently and used it to go to Scotland without the 'van. I wrote the following in February: "Just bought the Avtex CC satnav and used it last week for the 1st time. I wasn't towing so it was set for car only. It directed me from Gateshead to Fort William with no problems and likewise on the return. The last time I did this journey I was using a Tomtom and whilst got me there okay on the journey back it had me by-pass Edinburgh and took me over to Glasgow and down the M74! Having the caravan on the back I was reluctant to try going off route!"

The Garmin brought me back the sensible way via the Edinburgh by-pass and down through Jedburgh to Gateshead.

I have since then been to Germany and Holland with the 'van and I had no problems at all. Whilst in Germany I used a route to a supermarket about 10 miles away, the 1st time I used it in car mode and it took me through the town to the shops. The next time I put it into Caravan mode and did the same route to the same supermarket, this time it took me round the town and brought me to the shops from another direction thus avoiding taking a unit through a town centre.

Overall, I am very pleased with it and don't have any problem recommending it.

 I am glad you are pleased with your sat nav, I will just have to keep an eye on the routes it shows me, see how we go next time out next week I think. 

Graham, I have responded on the C&CC site. Great information. I appreciate your view on the Avtex re cost however on looking at the Avtex on this site I see that it is powered by Garmin?? Cost seems reasonable and has 3yr warranty. Would appreciate a further comment from you re this.

Phil

AFAIK the Avtex is just the Garmin Camper 660 LMT-D with some extra POI sets that can be downloaded for free anyway. That being the case there is no point in paying more for the Avtex than for the standard model, especially if one car find an Aldi with remaining stocks.

Graham

I bought the standard Garmin which is substantially cheaper. You can download all the sites in Europe using Archies website so the question then is, does the "camper" version give you different or better routes. I have seen caravans and motorhomes using roads on the continent, by choice, that I have been reluctant to take a solo car on so how does it determine a "camper" route as opposed to a normal route?