Sat Navs for caravan units including in Europe
Hi
Can anyone recommend a reliable sat nav system when towing, especially in Europe (we got hopelessly lost trying to follow the (limited) options in our VW Tiguan built in satnav)?
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Great, thanks for the info. Funnily enough I’ve just opened the latest Club magazine and it opened at a page with the Avtex Tourer One Plus nav system which also has a dash cam so I’ll do a bit of research on that.
in France we found some of the roads in Normandy (out in the sticks) were narrow and winding and not really suitable for an outfit although ok in just the car. I’m quite nervous about the towing part of our hols and want to lessen the chances of meeting up with large tractors and having to try to reverse!
Cheers.
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Over the years I have owned four stand alone sat navs, two Garmin for short periods and two TomTom's. Much preferred the TomTom as they have proved much more reliable in avoiding difficult routes. If I were to buy again, which I am in the process of thinking about, it would be another TomTom. I have added the Camper maps to my current device but this is not so easy on their more modern versions but they do sell a dedicated Camper version which currently is a bit expensive but it will get cheaper. The idea of having a built in dash cam is attractive as it get rid of the clutter of two devices. However if you are thinking of venturing as far as Austria in the future I have heard that they are in the process of banning dash cams for some reason!
David
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There has been many threads on this subject, so it's worth doing a search and reading them.
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I have been using Snooper for a number of years now, it has the capability of putting in the dimensions of your caravan etc. The early models did have some design flaws and I am on my 3rd device, fortunately replacements have been made either under guarantee or as a good will gesture, and fortunately the design flaws that seemed to be the root of most failures seem to have been addressed. The C&MHC did promote this product but this role has been taken over by the C&CC. The latest version I took delivery of a couple of months back came with all the C&MHC sites, all the C&CC sites, Archies POI's plus several others so very comprehensive. I have used it extensively in Spain and the UK and it has proved very efficient. Does not have built in dash came, but as somebody else pointed out previously, is this a good idea?, if the dash came fails and you have to send away for repair etc you could be without satnav, each to their own, but I am impressed with my latest Snooper.
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Thanks everyone, I’ll look into your suggestions (my problem is that our satnav is built into our car (VW Tiguan) and my hubby (the driver!) is reluctant to have another as it will clutter up the dash!). I wonder whether any other Tig owners have had problems.
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We have the same issue as our Ford Kuga comes with in built satnav, pretty rubbish I might add. OH has had to fit the Aguri to the windscreen, doesn't block his view.
Rufs, if dashcam failed then its no big problem, we would send it away to be fixed at a time when we would not be using the caravan. As said up thread it comes with everything loaded like the Snooper.
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Not a Tig, but a Touareg and I have had no end of problems with my built-in unit. Firstly, the maps were probably out of date when it came off the production line and I understand, from comments on the 'net, that a dealer upgrade is something like £300!!
Secondly, it seems to have a mind of its own. On selecting a destination, three options of routes are offered - but despite selecting a specific one, it will try to take you on the route it favours - regardless.
I have now resorted to a Tom Tom 6200 - and use the MyDrive App to plan routes on the computer (in conjunction with Google Street View) and download them to the Tom Tom. It works faultlessly but it is time consuming and is only really feasible if planning beforehand with plenty of time. Wouldn't be so good, planning 'on the hoof' so to speak.
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What is it with 'in vehicle' sat-navs? The one in my MH seems to have a mind of its own. That coupled with the difficulty of loading your own POIs make them rather user-unfriendly.
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I've virtually given up with mine, Cy. This summer, we were staying at the C&CC site at Stoke Fleming. I had a minor problem with my car and was taking it to a specific garage in Totnes. I put in the postcode for the garage and selected the route from the available three - i.e. turn left out of the campsite towards Dartmouth and Totnes. I know the way to Totnes from there, like the back of my hand and only wanted the satnav to help me find the garage in Totnes. I get to the main road outside the campsite - "Turn right" says Flossy on the satnav. How on earth could it have arrived at that conclusion - especially as I had selected the route beforehand. And that experience is fairly typical to the extent that I just don't trust it anymore. Hence my use of MyDrive and Tom Tom for all long journeys.
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The built in sat nav in our car is for solo vehicle only,so tends to try to take us into "situations" when towing,
We have a Garmin Camper which we use if on an unfamiliar tow,and it is far more user friendly,although even that can make for a bit of a "bum clench",on some roads although they are bus routes!!!
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Illegal to use (and own!) in Austria and Portugal. There is also a massive hole in Google Streetview for Austria. The are obviously hot on data protection etc.
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