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stooboy

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Apr 30, 2008
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Fife, Scotland
Whilst searching for a new car my shopping browsing wandered towards other toys, such as GPS, whilst realistically I don't really need an incar gps as 9 times out of 10 I have a rough idea where im going there has been the odd occasion id whished id had one, rather than circling, scratching head and then finally asking a pedestrian, who is usually equally clueless or shouts out a string of directions, left right, left, striaght over follwed by "You cant miss it" I thought i might check out some of the cheaper models on ebuyer for 60 pounds or so.

Id also like a GPS for getting back into the ole hillwalking again since some folks at work swear by them for when the fog comes down. Im already an owner of Memory Map with maps of scotland so ideally something that killed two birds with one stone would be great.

I noticed that Road Angel now have a Navigator 7000 that encompases both of these two worlds. http://www.memory-map.co.uk/road_angel_adventurer_satnav.htm
http://www.road-angel-gps.co.uk/road-angel-navigator-7000.htm

Has anyone any experience of this device, is a bit more than id like to pay but i like the fact it has dual functionality.

Stoo.
 
I don't have one but I'm not convinced that they are a good solution. Check around to see if you can find any reviews before taking the plunge.

Personally I use a Mapping Garmin Handheld, which can double up as a car Sat Nav. However you can only use vector based maps, to use Memory Maps with it you have to hook it up to a laptop.

For the car I use a cheap Navigo Sat Nav that I bought from eBuyer, the eminently hackable Navigo. Which can be hacked to run Memory Map among other things.

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/146672
 
Thanks for the replies, ill try and see if i can have a play with one instore. The reviews ive seen online have a mixed response. v.tempting tho
 
I have the Navigo too, and have both tomtom and memorymap on it - best buy around!

yeh 65 quid widescreen navigo, searrch google on the how tos and got memory map and tomtom running in a short while. Uber :) battery life not to good for out wandering around but for the price it really is impressive :D :D
 

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