Sat Nav in Canada
 

Does anyone have any recomendations for sat nav in Canada, Garmin vs Tom Tom or any other preferences?
I carried out a search on past posts but got mainly USA/Aus info and someone wrote that thier Tom Tom was about 20 metres out in Canada?:confused:

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Hi

We have the Tom Tom 300 and it has been a godsend for us. My hubby is useless with directions and has found it invaluable. When we were in the UK, we just downloaded the Canada map from the Tom Tom website, think it was about £20 but it covers the whole of Canada, not that we are planning to travel that far at the moment! It has had the odd blip though and did take him down a one way street once....but other than that we use it a lot to find points of interests etc.

We are planning to download the USA map incase we decide to travel further afield. People say we should just use maps, why if you can something that tells you the way!!

I think the new Tom Toms have the Canada maps built in.

HTH
Mel

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I prefer getting lost. I've had great experiences by taking the wrong turn.

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Hi

When Mels123 said that Canada maps are already downloaded on Tom Tom sat nav's - this isnt what I was told. Some of the more expensive Tom Tom's (£500 +) have a built in hard drive I do know that you can download the maps straight onto the Sat Nav but as far as Maplin's were aware there was a charge for this.

Having investigated Sat Nav's (as I only got mine a couple of months ago) I have gone with a Garmin Nuvi - this runs the mapping off like a photo card which you can buy on line or I do believe there are Garmin shops in Canada to go in and purchase them from.

Gaynor

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Tom Tom 910 can be picked up for around £300 (just saw this online). It has UK, Full European, US and Canada maps already loaded.

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We've gotten lost with our Tom-Tom and did meet up with some lovely people.

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What model of Garmin do you have?

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Thanks all. I can pick up the Tom Tom 910 from Curry's for £275 with discount which has European, USA and Canada maps already downloaded.
Seen mixed reviews about it's performance mainly with the fixing to the screen. I Have checked Future Sops web site and could only find the Tom Tom Go.
So undecided, Garmin or Tom Tom, decisions, decisions?

It's a bit like buying a new HiFi so much choice!

Really p***ed off at the moment the house we were after in Van has just disappearedoff mls!

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My wife would got lost with Sat Nav and god help her navigation skills without.

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Very happy with my Garmin. The only time it's been a pain was in the Windsor region. It would tell me my nearest ATM/food/gas was such and such miles but that was as the crow flies, in another country, with an actual journey of 2 or 3 times as long due to limited crossing places. I suppose that's just a quirk in that region.

Otherwise no complaints. I chose Garmin as it got better reviews than TomTom (on this continent at least). I read things like with the TomTom equivalent model, to change the volume, you have to go into a menu and tinker about - not too easy whilst driving. If I want it loud because the kid's screaming, I want easy access with a regular volume button on the unit :D

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I have a nuvi 300 - i think

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Sound sensible thinking. We have young screaming kids as well. I will check out Garmin and Nuvi as well, thanks.

I must admit I have been very sceptical about these devices. We had a driver take us to Leeds Castle in Kent and I think the device put at least 10 miles on the journey! But being in a strange place such as Vancouver I think it is a must have.

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Mine (C330) has setting options for vehicle type - taxi is one - do you think that adds a wee bit more to the suggested route? :D

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Nice one! I need a lift today (sorry no pun intended). Bad day.

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There are often two ways the units can be set: routing for least distance, or routing for least time.