Sat nav

Pete 62

Has anyone bought one of the sat navs sold on the club shop?

Have you used it in France?

eribaMotters

I have an early Avtex Tourer One. I bought it as I was used to the Garmin range that it is a development of and so found it familiar and easy to get used to.

I believe it uses the same mapping as the viamichelin website, so you can look on your home computer in detail what your route will look like. I then often get my road atlas out and put post-it notes on the relevant pages.

I use it every year, mainly in France, and it has generally proved reliable.

It gives the option to choose toll or non-toll roads, something that I like.

Like all sat-navs it does have glitches were it may think it best to detour you off a bypass and through the village, but these occasions have been few. It definitely makes a lot less mistakes than me.

The updates include POI's on club sites, CL's, ACSI, various camper/motorhome databases etc and these mean you always have accurate site details.

It usually updates fine, but I have had to add an additional micro memory card a few years ago.

Colin

JAC

Got an Avtex Tourer Two, which is excellent, both in the UK and in Europe. Used in France, Holland, Germany, Austria and Italy, no problems at all. Jonathan

peedee

Avtex sat navs are basically Garmin sat navs with added emphasis towards caravans and motorhomes. As far as I am aware the emphasis takes the form of providing a touring database of campsites, the routing logic comes from Garmin.

peedee

eribaMotters

Don't discount 2nd hand, which is how I bought my version 1. I can see version 2 on Facebook marketplace at the moment for £100 to £180. If/when mine dies this is where I would look for a replacement.

Colin

Pete 62

Well done all of you. I now feel more confidant about getting one of these.