See post above. The 5150 has the live features and is cheaper than the 7000.
No different in the navigation functionality
Oh, but it is! The 7000 is “old school” TomTom, and is better suited to multi-drop usage, as you can use “Itinerary Planning” to enter all the day’s drops before you set off and then, having arrived at the next one on the list, “Navigate to Next Destination” to carry on your run. With the 5150 you have to use the “Travel Via” function (which is a time-consuming faff anyway), which will then happily “skip” waypoints if you drive within a half mile or so of one. Itinerary Planning (which the 5150 does not do) allows you to treat each leg of the run as a separate journey. Using the 5150 on multi-drop work is a PITA (and yes, I have used both the 7000 and 5150 in this situation).
It isn’t that much of a PITA to spend 30 seconds programming in your next destination every time
The Live traffic will probably make up the 30 seconds required if you need it… as for paying more for older equipment, thanks but no thanks
Horses for courses - I’ve used both and still consider the 5150 to be inferior (for my use) simply because of the absence of proper Itinerary Planning. As originally released the 5150 didn’t even have the “Travel Via” kludge. The 7000 can do the HD Traffic stuff (but only at significant extra expense). OTOH it will happily use the free (but inferior) RDS-TMC service. But regardless of whether it’s better, worse or simply “different”, my point remains that the navigation functionality is indeed different.
And the capacitive touch-screen is too sensitive.
And the auto-brightness has only two levels - “day” and “night” (which is mildly annoying during the hour or so around sunrise/sunset, when it’s neither fully light nor is it really dark).
If the 7000 was available with HD Traffic “out of the box” (and free lifetime map updates) I’d buy one in preference to a 5150 any day.
daffyd:
What’s the best truck sat nav out these days?
Do they still manage to take you down unsuitable roads?
I know some have low bridge poi’s built in but it’s more tight/narrow roads that bothers me. Bridges are always signposted but ending up down a narrowing back road isn’t as easy to avoid.
Then again you could maybe get one of these, apparently they will work without an electric feed . Used to use a 2 mile to the inch one myself. The detail was amazing, down to footpaths in places, never got stuck down a narrow road once. octopusbooks.co.uk/books/de … 1849073226
daffyd:
What’s the best truck sat nav out these days?
Do they still manage to take you down unsuitable roads?
I know some have low bridge poi’s built in but it’s more tight/narrow roads that bothers me. Bridges are always signposted but ending up down a narrowing back road isn’t as easy to avoid.
Then again you could maybe get one of these, apparently they will work without an electric feed . Used to use a 2 mile to the inch one myself. The detail was amazing, down to footpaths in places, never got stuck down a narrow road once. octopusbooks.co.uk/books/de … 1849073226
Sadly this doesn’t have bridge heights, street names or postcodes and the poi features are somewhat limited.
See post above. The 5150 has the live features and is cheaper than the 7000.
No different in the navigation functionality
Oh, but it is! The 7000 is “old school” TomTom, and is better suited to multi-drop usage, as you can use “Itinerary Planning” to enter all the day’s drops before you set off and then, having arrived at the next one on the list, “Navigate to Next Destination” to carry on your run. With the 5150 you have to use the “Travel Via” function (which is a time-consuming faff anyway), which will then happily “skip” waypoints if you drive within a half mile or so of one. Itinerary Planning (which the 5150 does not do) allows you to treat each leg of the run as a separate journey. Using the 5150 on multi-drop work is a PITA (and yes, I have used both the 7000 and 5150 in this situation).
It isn’t that much of a PITA to spend 30 seconds programming in your next destination every time
The Live traffic will probably make up the 30 seconds required if you need it… as for paying more for older equipment, thanks but no thanks
Horses for courses - I’ve used both and still consider the 5150 to be inferior (for my use) simply because of the absence of proper Itinerary Planning. As originally released the 5150 didn’t even have the “Travel Via” kludge. The 7000 can do the HD Traffic stuff (but only at significant extra expense). OTOH it will happily use the free (but inferior) RDS-TMC service. But regardless of whether it’s better, worse or simply “different”, my point remains that the navigation functionality is indeed different.
And the capacitive touch-screen is too sensitive.
And the auto-brightness has only two levels - “day” and “night” (which is mildly annoying during the hour or so around sunrise/sunset, when it’s neither fully light nor is it really dark).
If the 7000 was available with HD Traffic “out of the box” (and free lifetime map updates) I’d buy one in preference to a 5150 any day.
the 7000 with RDS-TMC does it for me
no need for these annual subcriptions nonsense
tells you about delays or when a road is shut on your route a hundred miles before you get there
then like me you can use your own personal knowledge that you have in your head to take a different route
or just sit in it
I’m with fat boy.bought mine from Chris 12 months ago.never let me done.spot on every time.comes with full European maps and they work great too.brilliant bargain buy.
I got 1 of the cheap ebay ones and I can’t complain about it.
It hasn’t taken me down any narrow road up and around Aberdeen/Keith yet.
There is also a lot of info on it, down to the name of the petrol station I’m approaching(ESSO/Sheel ect)
Time will tell though.
Alcpone:
If you have a smartphone get Sygic. Best one iv’e had yet, far better than my S7000 was.
You can get it for free if you know where to look.
most apps are on google play store
anyway
DOES IT GIVE LIVE TRAFFIC INFORMATION
DOES IT DOWNLOAD YOUR INTERNET DATA ALL THE TIME YOU ARE DRIVING AND HOLDING THE PHONE
I have a tom tom 5150 and agree the live traffic is good
I do this procedure everytime now and I never go wrong (anymore)
set the tom tom for destination
I look at the text instructions and route map to see where it is taking me
If road closed warning “do you want to avoid it” say NO! as the road will be clear when you get there and the tom tom will take you on a wild safari !!
View route and select look at destination
I check on my Samsung google maps and look at the satellite image to see my destination
that is it, trouble free ride to my destination and no stress
Alcpone:
If you have a smartphone get Sygic. Best one iv’e had yet, far better than my S7000 was.
You can get it for free if you know where to look.
most apps are on google play store
anyway
DOES IT GIVE LIVE TRAFFIC INFORMATION
DOES IT DOWNLOAD YOUR INTERNET DATA ALL THE TIME YOU ARE DRIVING AND HOLDING THE PHONE
I KNOW YOU CAN, BUT IT WILL BE A TRIAL YOU DOWNLOAD.
alder:
I have a tom tom 5150 and agree the live traffic is good
I do this procedure everytime now and I never go wrong (anymore)
set the tom tom for destination
I look at the text instructions and route map to see where it is taking me
If road closed warning “do you want to avoid it” say NO! as the road will be clear when you get there and the tom tom will take you on a wild safari !!
View route and select look at destination
I check on my Samsung google maps and look at the satellite image to see my destination
that is it, trouble free ride to my destination and no stress
Sometimes the road will have re-opened by the time you get there, sometimes it won’t. If you choose to ignore the warning, you’ll have plenty of time to work out which alternative route you should have taken while you sit in a 5 mile queue on the {insert name of preferred Motorway here}.
What you should really do is use that smartphone and fire up the Highways Agency App, which will tell you what the score is with that particular closure - and more importantly, when it is expected to be open again.
Just tried the Snooper SCR700DVR and found it slow to respond, and had a habit of trying to put a 15ft 6in trailer under low bridges! The drive recorder was a bit too fiddly as well.
After reading your views I am going for the Tom Tom 5150 next.
Fingers crossed.
Alcpone:
If you have a smartphone get Sygic. Best one iv’e had yet, far better than my S7000 was.
You can get it for free if you know where to look.
most apps are on google play store
anyway
DOES IT GIVE LIVE TRAFFIC INFORMATION
DOES IT DOWNLOAD YOUR INTERNET DATA ALL THE TIME YOU ARE DRIVING AND HOLDING THE PHONE
I KNOW YOU CAN, BUT IT WILL BE A TRIAL YOU DOWNLOAD.
Cactus Jaxx:
After reading your views I am going for the Tom Tom 5150 next.
Fingers crossed.
ok mate but just remember you only get live traffic updates for 12 months
every 12 months after that you have to bung 50 quid
also the 5150 is a few years old now
they will probably release a new model / upgrade to the 5150 very shortly
The 5150 is not really that old, nor is a new model imminent - it was introduced only 2 years ago. I wouldn’t expect a replacement for at least another year or two. But does it really matter anyway? The thing won’t suddenly stop working just because there is a new model, nor will updates/support (and free map updates) suddenly become unavailable any time soon.
Some roads have width and length restrictions, one in Reading comes to mind that’s 6’6 width. It avoids those and presumably avoids tight bends too. You can also put the axle weights in.
. Used to use a 2 mile to the inch one myself. The detail was amazing, down to footpaths in places, never got stuck down a narrow road once. 
£ 59 ish! 
