The wife and I wanted a sat nav system as we do a lot of caravanning now, and always argue about directions. A few friends of ours had the tom tom systems, but being a tight wad, I didnt want to spend £200 +.
Enter the Navman F20. It was cheap to buy (£140), and came with the following; F20 main unit Car charger Windscreen mount Loads of instructions The unit is ready to use straight from the box, but its better to sit and read through the instructions for 10 minutes, Which were clear and easy to follow. All the advertisments state that the F20 has full postcode search, but I can only get a max of 5 digits in. That is not a problem is you are going to someones house because you can combine p/code search with a house number. But when searching for anything else, it can be a pain trying to find where you want to go. I overcome this by using mapping software on my pc or a good old fashioned paper map. Be warned that if you choose the `shortest route` option, it may take you down some very dubious roads! Its alway best to confirm the route via a map to make sure its not going to take you down any narrow, long forgotten roads. The car cradles simply attaches to the windscreen or dashboard of the car via a sucker, which is activated by pushing a lever and is very stable. It also has a lot of scope for angle adjustment, so you should always be able to see the unit while travelling. Without attaching the unit to the car charger, I get just over 3 hours usage out of it, which isnt bad considering the over-all size of the unit.
Grips? No mains charger (get one from ebay for £4), no pc link cable (Navman keeps putting back the launch date) and the ifffy postcode search. But thats it. All in all a great bit of kit for not a lot of money.
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Advantages: Easy to use, simple instructions, good value price, reliable, spot on location. Disadvantages: Touch screen only ('pen' would be an advantage), doesn't come with home charger or case.
pickledegg 30.05.2007 (30.05.2007)
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Advantages: Cheap, portable, back on track function, nearest parking and petrol buttons Disadvantages: some of the mapping dater is a little small touch screen buttons
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