Have just bought garmin sat nav ( still in the box ) after many
years loyal to tom tom.
Last tom tom unit had to be returned after three months as the on off
button was sticking on.
What do other drivers who use Garmin think of the unit /
Is it ok to use 12 or 24 volt outlet in truck ?
should be ok, most are .just look at the sticker on the ciggy plug lead.that will tell you input voltage either 12 only or 12/24 or upto 30 volt
I use a Garmin. Never had any probs.
As far as the Charger is concerned… my normal charger is fine 12 or 24 but my charger lead with the traffic receiver is definitely ONLY 12v so just be careful. My normal charger states 12- 24 on it.
I use speed camera database ok. I gather the Tom Tom was fairly good for customising whereas the Garmin is a little limited for voices etc but If you want it to take you from a to b then its good.
Only thing I do find is that when you hear it tell you to make a turn its worth a glance at the screen as mine sometimes tells me to exit left from the roundabout when it means the next left lol.
I use a Garmin and it works fine in the car and in the truck with the same charger and thats with the traffic info lead on it, but check as I have been using mine for 8 years now so it is older, the updates are great from garmin and mine it still going strong because of them. There is some cool things you can customise it with for free threw the garmin site which is worth a look, don’t be to trusting with the wagon mode on it, I nearly got stuck under a bridge with that, so I advise to have a bridge height map on stand-by just to check your route before plodding off.
Other than that yer, I will certainly stick with garmin and the speed camera thing is a defo as well plus a well known auction site (EBAY) theres plenty of spares and stuff if you need to get a 24volt charger
Forgive my intrusion on your thread. I too have a garmin 265wt with sd card, after taking my tomtom xl iq back to halfords for many reasons e.g no browse facility, no route set up can’t turn iq routes off [it rarely works ]. but after searching the internet i am unable to source a site that i can download truck software onto it. According to the mods it has been dumbed down, is that true ?
Any help on finding a source for my garmin truck software will be treated with the upmost secrecey I promise thanking you in advance…
P>S maybe i should have pocketed the £150 and bought a TT with sd card off ebay… too late!!!
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