Has anyone got one, and what are they like?
It’s kind of hard to read any kind of reviews on the Interweb, so a real world perspective would be good.
Thanks.
Has anyone got one, and what are they like?
It’s kind of hard to read any kind of reviews on the Interweb, so a real world perspective would be good.
Thanks.
Got the 560 model…best sat nav I’ve ever owned.
Sometimes a little slow to calculate the route, but has never put me wrong.
I have a 560 too, and I like it. The routing is sometimes a little over cautious, for instance Newcastle to Accrington yesterday and it wanted to go via the M62 rather than the A59. You can swap from faster route to shortest route, which might be better. Mine seems to adjust itself over time to your average speed, which means the arrival time it gives is very accurate. As for bridges and weight limits, it’s never led me the wrong way. We have three different trailer heights, so you can program three different vehicle profiles and switch easily between them when you swap trailers. The only down side is the traffic info, which is wildly inaccurate, and the alternative routes it offers are ridiculous. From Newcastle to London avoiding the roadworks between J32 and J28, is via the M62 and M6.
All in all, it’s a good machine…easy to use with a decent display. I would certainly buy another if I needed one.
Thanks, anyone used the 760 with the Digital Traffic, would be interested to know if that is any good.
Also, how good is the speaker for bluetooth, etc?
Been happy with mine until last week when instead of taking me on a straight run up the A6 from Stockport into Buxton it took me on the A537 via Macclesfield (voted the most dangerous road in Britain) at 3am in thick fog!
I also have the 560 and although it has never sent me under a low bridge it often tries to send me down ridiculously small roads. I had it last week in St Helens when it tried to send me through a housing estate instead of just following the main road around the estate. Apart from that it is easy to use although as said above the live traffic is pretty much useless