The other night somebody else put on an incident were they had followed there sat nav and got into a really sticky situation with their caravan. Somebody else replied that they put in lorry mode and have had no problems. Hope this helps you
sat-nav absolute waste of money. my mates have got em £300 plus a throw.ive got a £2 road map and we havent got lost yet. also that three hundred quid is over one season caravanning
All the sat nav systems I have seen have two route options, fastest and shortest. If someone could just make one with the option of most sensible route they would be perfect.
I have one and it's great when not towing and when towing we use a map as well Ours only has fastest and shortest and limited speed we use limited speed and fastest route as this tends to take you down major roads.
Ihave got a Garmin nuvi 300 You can set it to car, motorbike,truck, bus, even pedestrain its bril you can carry it or clip it in its holder never had a problem.
Sat Navs, some people love them, some people hate them. I toured France and Spain this summer and while it wasn’t 100% perfect, it was still pretty good and better than using maps. Ours (mio 269+) has a Lorry mode which does try to avoid narrow roads etc. However, it did try to send me down a lane once where I know there is a hump-backed bridge that I would never get over while towing, but I guess that’s not shown on a map either.
I have a Garmin c510d. As with the others I can set it to lorry, motorbike or even taxi to take me down bus lanes(but I havent used that mode ). I haven't had any problems with it yet & I use it everyday for work. I think it's a great piece of kit.
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We use the Advent Sat Navigation system ( PC World) - we bought it because it was on offer and had the maps of Europe down to street level. When travelling with the van behind I always use the lorry setting - this allows for additional time and larger load.
best tip i can offer is to pick the fastest route, no the shortest. then set the speed to 56MPH (lorry speed) look at what on offer. ( with tomtom you can take bits out, if you can see a problem). in 3 years or running tomtom, in france and spain as well as the UK, i have only ever had 3 problems. hope that helps.
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Topic: Road Navigators
