Which sat nav to buy

Avtex Garmin One Sat Nav.

I would just like to give my opinion on the Avtex Garmin One Sat Nav. I have actually tested this product and I can honestly say it is one of the best sat navs I have ever used. The nice thing about it is that you can use it for your car, car and caravan or motor home. By putting in the dimensions of your outfit the sat nav will calculate the best route for you and not send you down narrow roads, creating havoc on your journey. The setup is really easy to do on the touchscreen and like your smartphone you can expand your view by using the ‘pinch’ method with two fingers at any time whilst you are using the sat nav. You can actually pair the sat nav with your smartphone after installing the smartphone link app available on the app store for apple iphone or the play store for android. The app is also very useful for live traffic updates. Making and receiving telephone calls is a breeze and you can carry on with your journey without worrying to pull over to make or receive a call. I actually downloaded the manual for the sat nav. I just did a google search for the manual and easily downloaded it to keep for reference whilst using the device. I did this because the instructions that came with the sat nav were quite minimal. There are other features on the sat nav but for most people just using the basic features will be sufficient. It is a very good sat nav and I had no trouble using it driving from the South of England to the North. Thumbs up from me. We do have the sat nav tourer one available in our Club shop. If you click HERE it will direct you to our Club shop where you can purchase it.

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Nige

Can I ask whether you have a direct comparison with TomTom products, particularly with a device using their Camper maps?

Thanks

David

Or t wait for them to be in Aldi again at less than half the price advertised in the club shop,that where i got my Garmin camper 660 lmt from

Hello David

I have only tested the Avtex Garmin One so far. If  I get to do the Tom Tom to get some comparison, I will put another report on Club Together.

Nige

David, just to keep you in the loop with the Tomtom, I don't have camper maps on this device (but they are the latest v1005 editions) but the thing I'm getting into is to use MyDrive as the interface.

this is where you can put in the dimensions, and as MD interfaces with most recent (say 2 yr old) Tomtoms, so the device itself doesnt need this 'ability'...

you can set the figures for your van, including speed limits, and it's the MD software that does all the route calculations based on size etc, and even tailor the route by easily adding waypoints to ensure the route is how you want it..

my MH is smaller, lighter and has higher speed limits than Trevdewav's car/caravan examples above, so I got the same 'car' result for the Thirsk to Filey trip but a different one for 'our' MH compared to his 'caravan' route....

so, is this ability likely to be a substitute for the separate camper maps?

as I said, as long as the device can be linked using MyDrive Connct on a PC, it can receive a planned route from MD.

if the device is connected to your smartphone via Bluetooth (for traffic and hands free calling) it can receive the MD route over the net, via your phone without having to use a PC.

Good luck.