My Road Angel!

Advantages: Easy to use
Disadvantages: some may want battery life to last longer

...I have always wanted a Satellite Navigation (SatNav) device simply because I drive a lot and I am forever getting lost on my route. I have been searching for a decent SatNav for a long time now, and up until recently the same one has been recommended to me time and time again from people I work with or know. This is the Road Angel Navigator. I brought this nifty gadget last week, and I am very please with it. ----------------------------------- A brief Intro to the SatNav ----------------------------------- The Road Angel Satellite Navigator combines not only up to date speed camera warnings but also accident black spot warning as well. Road Angel Navigator is capable of alerting you to the complete range of fixed speed cameras including GATOS, Truvelo, Watchman and SPECS. Road Angel Navigator combines clear turn...

dempsey_review 28.03.2006 · Read review
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Review of Blackspot Road Angel

Road Angel Navigator 6000 with Blackspot

Advantages: Speed camera warnings, accident blackspot warning, gets you there
Disadvantages: annoying audible in average speed camera area

...I bought a road angel navigator 6000 a little over a year ago now, i got it second hand for £50 as it had no sd card that contain the maps included, i was quite happy as my friend had one of these with the sd card so i figured i could just make a copy of his card, insert it and away i go. This is what i did and hey presto off we go no problem at all. To be honest i don't actually find the 6000 to bad although i notice a few people have come up with some horror stories regards the software not giving them the correct information. Its a simple basic machine that does what it says it does. I have used it on several occassions when travelling round glasgow, edinburgh and birmingham and find it to be of satisfactory use. Ok so there are a few bad points to it but you almost come to expect this with everything in this day and age...

kb277 10.04.2008 · Read review
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Review of Road Angel Navigator 6000

Be An Angel with the Road Angel

Advantages: Great GPS function
Disadvantages: Subscription and no Radar sensor

...2 miles apart, catches number plate at each and works out average speed between, but no physical signal to pick up. Now the older style detectors would only tell you a direct hit from a laser or a radar signal from a Gatso. The rest of the cameras? you might as well not even have your detector. However, with the Road Angel it is worth it. Basically the way the unit works - it knows where you are and it knows where the cameras are (via GPS). This means that as soon as your going towards a camera it will alert you - the screen flashes bright red and you also get a beep to warn you it's been triggered. You can adjust the amount of warning you get. As you get closer to the point in question it will start to flash faster and you will get more bars appear on the screen. You also have your speed displayed on the unit (at all times...

penguin1052 25.12.2003 (15.01.2004) · Read review
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Review of Road Angel with laser alert

Road Angel Compact - REVIEW - A must have

Advantages: Detects most cameras
Disadvantages: Not 100% accurate.

...The road angel compact is one of the leading brands of speed camera detectors. Plugged into a cigarette lighter, the unit sits in a cradle (attached to windscreen by suction pads). The Road Angel Compact detects: Gatso TruVelo SPECS Watchman Speedcurb DS2 (and a few others). There is also the option to enable accident blackspots, schools, railway crossings and mobile cameras. The system works by synchronization with the road angel server (online). The user pays a subscription of £3.99 a month to access updates. I find that once a week is sufficient. The database is updated constantly - each user having the ability to add a new camera, or indeed delete one, which is then uploaded to the server during synchronization. The Road angel compact looks great. Sitting neatly in the cradle, the neon blue screen gives it style...

johnny12345 22.06.2007 · Read review
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Review of Road Angel Compact

Road Angel Navigator 6000

Advantages: Tough, simple to use and lots of features.
Disadvantages: Recharging takes a while. Sluggish finding intial GPS on start up.

...A very efficient sat nav. Easy to master. Down sides, slowish to boot up and mine takes what seems to be a long time to charge. Easy to see screen and effecient response from touch screen applications. A nice piece of kit and good value. It has the option of being able to be used solely as a safety camera detector, although you need to ensure the monthly updates are always installed, even then they are not always recorded. It also gives the option of recording any camera locations in the memory to upload to Road Angel later and get added to the database for other users. It has various alerts that can be switched on and off at will. One of the most useful is the warning that you have exceeded a set speed. Useful to keep you to a set speed limit and if you come across any cameras that have not been entered in the database yet!...

bigfil 16.07.2008 · Read review
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Review of Road Angel Navigator 6000

Angel On Your Windscreen

Advantages: Great Price
Disadvantages: Very Slow to load

...Welcome to my first review and thank you in advance for taking the time to read and I hope it is of help to you. I bought the Road Angel 6000 from Halfords about 9 months ago it set me back £185 which was at the time an opening offer for this system I believe it now retails at £210. I declined the offer from staff to assist me in setting it up in my car outside as it appeared very easy to install and indeed it was. What was Included Sat Nav System Multi Directional Stand SD Card USB Cable Instructions Once I had a quick look through the instructions I assembled the stand and plugged...

bazzaoleary77 24.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Road Angel Navigator 6000

Rapidly Aging Road Angel

Advantages: GPS camera detector, laser detector. easy to use
Disadvantages: ugly, has to be updated which will cost money, no speed limit notice

...I bought my Road Angel about 12 months ago and was lucky enough to get an 18 month license for updates free with it. This camera detector doesn't sense the camera or its radar or infra red signal but responds to a satellite signal warning you that a camera is coming up. It has given a few false alarms but usually these are mobile sites so you can't be sure anyway. The unit comes with a mounting bracket and suckers, a USB cable, charging cable for the car, and a magnetic plate which allows it to attach to a place on the dashboard. I found the unit looked functional but not attractive. I think other units like the Snooper look far better. In driving it works fine. No problems. It picks up the signal and warns you that there is an upcoming camera providing you with plenty of notice to make sure you are driving at a legal speed...

fightgear 12.07.2007 · Read review
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Review of Road Angel 2

Original Navigator still the best from Road Angel

Advantages: Good mapping, clear speed display, easily understood speed warnings, great customer service
Disadvantages: It takes a minute or so to boot up - an age when you want to drive away NOW!

...I had my Road Angel Navigator stolen, and decided to replace it with the cheaper Road Angel Navigator 7000. It's OK-ish but I found the verbal direction instructions less clear and often they were provided too late, compared to the original Navigator. The mapping display is different between the original unit and the 7000 (they use different mapping systems). I couldn't see that the 7000 offered any key advantage or disadvantage in the map display itself, but it's big drawback is you don't get the simple direction display of the original Navigator unit - the one that automatically replaces the map and gives you simple, clear and easily-read directions such as "turn left on to A6 in 5 miles". The screen size for all of the current Navigator range from Road Angel is the same, although publicity material could lead you to believe...

Sumifu 17.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of Blackspot Road Angel

Road Angel - life and license protection

Advantages: Good looking, accurate and reliable
Disadvantages: Limited laser gun detection, vibration of unit on dash

...WHAT IS ROAD ANGEL? Road Angel uses GPS technology to map the precise location of your vehicle, and using a database of all of the major varieties of fixed speed camera and blackspots, can warn you when you are approaching a camera or blackspot. GPS also means that if you break down, you can use the unit to determine your precise longitude and latitude which can be given to your breakdown assistance company to help them find you quicker. Plenty of warning is given; the unit will light up red whilst a recorded voice will tell you the nature of the danger ahead, whether it be a camera or blackspot. This is followed by a series of beeps which increase in speed as you approach the hazard and stop altogether once you are past it with surprising accuracy. You can also program in your own danger sites and even set your own maximum...

kat9175 02.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Road Angel with laser alert

Road Angel 2

Advantages: Essential driving companion, accurate speed reading, makes you think about your speed
Disadvantages: Display is sometimes difficult to read, no speed limit display

...I bought this product after a long spell of being caught by a variety of gatso and laser traps. The final straw was a gatso on the M62 whilst travelling through roadworks - lots of yellow signs (and dredded boxes) in view, but brain not registering the danger. I later found out the camera that caught me netted West Yorkshire Police £4mil! I went out and bought one a few days after this event, around two years ago. The reason I bought the RoadAngel was that it was the only GPS (Global Positioning System) product on the market that appeared to be comprehensive in that it can detect laser as well as locate fixed cameras. This is not a speed camera detector, it is a locator - it knows where they are relative to you, it cant detect if the cameras are on etc. The Roadangel is a fantastic tool. Since then and after around 50,000 miles...

b3rtie 22.06.2006 · Read review
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