Best cheap sat nav

[dave the german]

Looking for some advice from you knowledgeable fellows - possibly looking for cheap(ish) sat nav that works in Europe for the BMW bash in Garmisch - might just take maps and get delayed (lost) a few times or may consider buying a sat nav - what is cheap (and good)?

[tanneman]

Tom Tom app for the i-phone or android driven one. £49 for full Europe cover.

Or you can try ebay.

[slparry]

If you have a smartphone look at

http://www.mireo.hr/en/

I have it on my Blackberry Z10 and it's light years better than the OEM offering, it uses TomTom maps and I got all of Western Europe for about £13

As a separate item you can pick up the little Garmin car units on ebay cheaply enough and store it in the tank bag.

I have a neat little bag fron Hein Gericke that I've attached to a RAM mount on my BCR. Only tried it once and the flaw was the phone ran out of power just as I needed it but have resolved that now with one of these portable power packs that will also fit in the same bag and will power the phone for 4 times longer

My K12GT doesn't have the problem as it has a BMW Navigator attached to it, I could use it on the other bikes I guess if I bothered to sort out the brackets but the phone solution works fine for the amount of times I go out of Wales with the 'Cup

This is the bag with my N8 fitted as an MP3 player on my KGT

[South_Oz]

Google maps for Android works well down here. And its free.

Dave

[conkerman]

Nav free world for me. Android.

Totally free and uses no data during navigation.

[slparry]

the problem with using Google maps is it downloads the mapping on the fly, and roaming data in Europe would mean an expensive bill, much better to get a program that pre loads the mapping

[South_Oz]

Google maps is available to download so you can work off line.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/06/goog ... e-support/

Dave

[DaveH]

Try Sygic - available for most operating systems and not expensive. Works well on my android stuff and downloads maps to device so no data charges.

I have used Nuvi 760 and 775's in the past - available for about £40 second hand off ebay (budget about 6 quid for a replacement battery as well - that's why most people sell em, but easy peasy to replace) and stick 'em in tank bag or waterproof GPS case - also available on ebay for about 15 quid.

[dave the german]

thanks for the advice - Steve the Blackberry idea may be appealing as I'm getting a Blackberry given (not sure of model tho)