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Drive-Smart had awful customer service. The Royal Mail lost the returned unit for a few months, but after that Drive-Smart claimed not to have received it. When the Royal Mail produced a signature, Drive-Smart just stopped answering my letters, emails and phone calls (they always go to ... Read review
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Advantages: Looks like a solid piece of electronic kit Disadvantages: Didnt notice over half of the many speed cameras near me
I bought one of these but returned it as it didn't recognise most of the speed cameras near me in north London. Maybe that's the price of a free database. I changed to an Origin B2, which was great.
Drive-Smart had awful customer service. The Royal Mail lost the returned unit for a few months, but after that Drive-Smart claimed not to have received it. When the Royal Mail produced a signature, Drive-Smart just stopped answering my ... ...recording machine, not a human). Result: I lost the cost of the unit.
I took them to court and they were ordered to refund the cost of the unit and my costs. It will be interesting to see if they pay voluntarily or whether I have to call in the bailiffs.
For obvious reasons I would not recommend this unit. The database might have improved by now or be better in your area, but the customer service stinks. ... more
I bought one of these but returned it as it didn't recognise most of the speed cameras near me in north London. Maybe that's the price of a free database. I changed to an Origin B2, which was great.
Drive-Smart had awful customer service. The Royal Mail lost the returned unit for a few months, but after that Drive-Smart claimed not to have received it. When the Royal Mail produced a signature, Drive-Smart just stopped answering my letters, emails and phone calls (they always go to a recording machine, not a human). Result: I lost the cost of the unit.
I took them to court and they were ordered to refund the cost of the unit and my costs. It will be interesting to see if they pay voluntarily or whether I have to call in the bailiffs.
For obvious reasons I would not recommend this unit. The database might have improved by now or be better in your area, but the customer service stinks.
Advantages: Free database updates Disadvantages: Customer service is appalling
Having bought my drivesmart and got it working I at first found the Forum on the web site useful. Customer service was slow and emails had clearly not been read... replies bore no relation to the questions asked. But the device itself was good and the promised free updates materialised.
I do wonder about these updates however as some corrections I sent were never included. Is the database accurate? You won't know until or unless you are caught by ... ...the device had a fault. Emails and phone calls to the company went completely without reply, I have never heard from them again. The forum is now not working so support from that is non existant too. Luckily the company from which I purchased the unit were able to help me out.
Database updates do continue to appear regularly.
My advice would be not to buy. I suspect that the company are in trouble .. or that if they are not now they soon will be ...
SalWilts 26.02.2007
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Advantages: Free updates for life, frequent updates available. Disadvantages: None
I have recently purchased the Drivesmart radar detector and am very pleased with it.
Unlike most detectors there is no monthly fee for updates, they are free for life. New updates are available every few days and are very easy to load. If you find a camera that isn't on the database yet, you can add it to your own database by pressing a button. If you notify the Drivesmart people about it, done on their website via a very active forum, it us added ... ...One feature I find very useful, when driving in a strange area, is that when it warns you about a camera it tells you the speed limit at that point.
The features are as follows:-
• Plug & Play installation into any vehicle. • World's first fully upgradeable unit that allows new features to be added by software updates. • FREE DATABASE updates for LIFE an EU first. • Detects accident blackspots, all types of speed cameras fixed ...
alangthompson 02.07.2006
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