I haven't used my old TomTom One for ages as the Yeti has satnav built in and I've sometimes used Google Maps instead in Mrs SDA's Twingo. However the soon to arrive Transit has no sat nav, so I tried to resurrect the TomTom, but no luck. The case is falling apart with three of the four screw fitments broken. Well it is at least 12 years old.

So have any Eribaists got any recommended replacements?

We have just bought the Garmin that has a caravan setting you input your dimensions and it picks your route, however we have not used it yet it will be getting sea trials in June

The one on the car has got us into trouble a couple of times so we tend to plan with maps and use the sat nav as a bit of a security blanket, I do take great delight in ignoring it, probably talk more to it than the wife tbh...........

We use the Garmin 660 camper, you can set it for solo car, car+caravan, or motorhome, putting in various sizes weights etc, hasn't let us down so far in three years use, mapping for the whole of Europe + Morocco, with free updates, it also has all the ACSI sites flagged, we bought it from Aldi on special for £199, it was basically the same one the CC were selling for £300. I think Garmin have updated it recently with a dashcam built in.
I see that TomTom have just released a new one for campers as well.
Dave

My Nissan satnav is quite honesty rubbish at anything. If you choose the shortest route it sends you down unsuitable lanes, and does exactly the same thing if you choose quickest route. My £60 Garmin does a better job. Maybe a HGV satnav would be suitable but they are expensive. What I do is add waypoints to force the satnav to sensible. You could always use a phone app!

Car, only has a TomTom Great Britain sat nav fitted, when we go abroad we have a TomTom Pro 6200 which you can also put in your height , width , and length No of axles ect . This fits directly over the original car sat nav being the same size .It can also be programed in latitude and longitude .

Definitely some things to think about in the replies, thanks folk.

I didn't know the CC sold Santa's, though I've seen the Avtex sat nav advertised in their monthly comic but thought that was an independent retailer. I also didn't know the Avtex and Garmin machines are one and the same. This all very confusing and more complex than I thought.

After my excellent snooper satnav died after 12 years exceptional service and I saw the cost of a half decent replacement, I started using Google maps on my phone. Superb up to date mapping, no purchase outlay or annual map update costs, miserly use of data and also knows exactly where the traffic jams and accidents are, immediately offering alternative routes. I learnt the hard way when ignoring a route change and was stuck in 2 hours of traffic. Should have listened !

Give it a go and save yourself £300.

Out tomtom is pants. Especially if intelligent planning is enabled. If it can send you down a cycle track parallel to a main road, it will. I use a map and Google maps. Its a shame as i like the tomtom screen. Other options are so expensive. I'd need it written in stone that they were reliable before forking out so much.

Like Tonks, I use google maps now. My car has the facility to display a limited version of the phone app on the main screen using Androidauto.

My only complaint with Google maps is that it does not monitor speed limits so does not warn of overspeeding.

Waze can also be used with androidauto and is a dedicated satnav but it is continuously updated by other users and likely to give you a short cut not suitable for towing a caravan.

It's Google maps for me.

I think I'll see how I get on with Google initially and avoid shelling out (always a good aim). One thing I was hoping was to get a reversing camera linked into the satnav screen to save a dashboard strewn with screens.

Google maps and common sense. Research your routes.

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I think I'll see how I get on with Google initially and avoid shelling out.

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