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Sat Nav question
 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm tempted by a Sat-Nav for our trip to Europe now they are under a £100. The Garmin 205t looks good, except that our car does not have a cigarette lighter and it looks like the battery life is only 4 or 5 hours.

Does anyone have any suggestions for one with a longer battery life, or some other way of recharging the unit while it's still navigating (from a laptop maybe, but apparently not the Garmin ?)

Cheers

David
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david@mediacopy, .... I am a Tom-Tom kinda guy ... Laughing

.... and found the 720 series the best ... I purchased one a year or two ago for the particular experience of navigating gay Paris ....

.. absolutely top class .... pre-programmed with maps .... plug and play ... Very Happy

If you don't have any 12V power on board, perhaps consider a low-cost solar thingy ... although the battery in the 720 seems to last for 8hours + ...

Where are you gravitating to this Winter ... ?
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BernardC, We've been lost in Paris Embarassed hence thinking about one. Off to the Aosta Valley (so at least we'll mis out Paris !). I'll check out the solar charger option - could be an idea.
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david@mediacopy, By a Disco you get sat nav free Toofy Grin Toofy Grin . Joking aside using sat nav now for the first time and am sold on it. Like you we got horribly lost in Paris 2 years ago, but last month the Disco sat nav took me ot the door no issues. Cool. Its just handy to have, mine also alerts me to upcoming traffic problems, saved me a 14 mile shut down M5 recently, sat nav took me to my meeting by back roads and even alerted me well before the closed roadway. Now thats technology at its best.
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david@mediacopy wrote:
We've been lost in Paris Embarassed hence thinking about one. Off to the Aosta Valley (so at least we'll mis out Paris !).

Just head for Mont Blanc - you can't miss it!! wink
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Even if your car does not have a lighter socket it probably has one marked 12v maybe in the glove box, what do you drive?
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why dont you go to halfords and buy a cigarrette socket and fit it yourself. Only Two wires to connect one direct to the metal work of the car and another from a 12volt supply, job done!
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

daveqpr, 's a good suggestion if you definitely don't have one in the vehicle ..... do add an 'in-line fuse holder' though, that you can readily access .... don't want an early bonfire ... Laughing

Halfords can actually fit them for you .... for a consideration no doubt ... Toofy Grin If you haven'y bought the SAT-NAV yet, they might do the whold package for a good deal.
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We'll be travelling over in a very full Panda. I'll have a poke around today and see if I can find one. Halfords seemed helpful yesterday so I'll pop back in and see if they can help.

Our problem in Paris came about from not following the 'Plan'. It was a tad stressful at the time Skullie
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david@mediacopy, ... if you have a roof rack on the Panda .... DON'T overload it .... !!!

I have seen the results of a Panda with an overloaded roof rack .... and it wasn't pretty ... Toofy Grin
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david@mediacopy, just be careful about winter road closures. Ours (before it learned better) tried to route us over the summer road to Champoluc from St Vincent.
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BernardC, Just ski's on the rack. Heavy stuff on the floor.

David Murdoch, nasty. Once we're there I'll be fairly happy to navigate old style. It's really just the route down and finding our overnight stop in Reims.
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Im currently halfway though France using a garmin nuvi 250 bought from amazon, and i'm not lost yet. Think they are about £80 - 90 at the minute Very Happy
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.

freestyleandy, ... how do you know you're not lost ... if you're only half way there ... ? .... Laughing
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 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

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just be careful about winter road closures. Ours (before it learned better) tried to route us over the summer road to Champoluc from St Vincent.

I concur with this wholeheartedly. Year before last my TomTom took me through the Mont Blanc tunnel when I was trying to get from Geneva to Tignes. Trying to get back through the summer pass I was informed by a bemused Carabinieri that this was not a road it was a piste. Just added about 4 hours to a two hour journey.
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I would go for a Gamin Nuvi- very good. The other thing that is worth considering is the fact that you can also get resort and slope maps for the Garmin! A bit expensive for the maps but if you are interested:-

http://www.mountaindynamics.com/en/europe-sets.php 40 Euros a European resort.

The Garmin uses a standard mini USB so there are all sorts of ways of charging- cigarette lighter or if you are patient enough and get enough sun where you are going I think the solio will work as well.
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