Off Topic Sat navs

Can anyone recommend a decent mid price range sat nav?my teletrac navman does not work anymore...thanks for any advice

 

Download Waze App on your phone. No need for a 1980s sat nav.

 

As glp says, Waze is the best in my opinion

 

Google Maps is also perfectly fine, and uses much of the same data that Waze does (Google owns Waze). Only caveat would be if you were driving a large or high vehicle.

 

Use your smart phone, just no need for a seperate system these days

 

Ooh that was useful, just remembered to take out my old Garmin sat nav out my car, that I found the other day.
Car links to 'car play' via phone, acts as sat nav, Spotify thing, what's app and text thing if I understood how half of it works...

 

Apple Car Play / Android Auto then Google Maps.


Brilliant for real time traffic updates. As an example I’ve just driven from Teesside to Helmsley and got an indication of slow traffic halfway there. Wondered what was causing that until I came upon a procession of half a dozen tractors with all the drivers in full morning suits. Presumably on the way to a wedding.

Also, so long as you’ve got a phone and compatible car system it’s free.

 

I’d suggest using your phone, Waze or Google Maps.

 

And when your abroad and roaming charges kick in?

 

Can anyone recommend a place to go for a decent mobile phone contract...I got quoted £17.99 a month at O2....seemed a little on the high side for not much GB. Tah

 

Waze is the waze to go.

 

I signed up with Lebara a few months ago, pay monthly, no contract, 15gb, unlimited mins/text, £3/month for 3 months, £7/month thereafter. Look on uswitch.com.

 

Giffgaff, who use the O2 network, are currently offering 40gb per month for £12 on an 18 month contract, with 5gb free roaming per month.

 

Stating the obvious probably, but use a mobile signal checker first to check signal coverage in places you frequent / need it!
I use EE (ex BT) which isn't the cheapest but is good .... except when I'm up at my daughters!
I tried a mobile wifi sim with Smarty (3's signal). The cost was very good and the user experience, website, etc also. And it's only a rolling month contract.

 

Also iD mobile are worth looking at. I only pay £7 per month for unlimited calls/texts and 15gb of data which rolls over any unused each month to the next. No roaming charges in Europe either (within reasonable limits).
It piggybacks on 3 network so just check coverage where you live. It's been very good for me to be fair.

 

All included for me.....if not you can download the maps before you leave.

 

same with my provider (EE).

 

You could try something like this - it's actually 40GB/ month, unused data rolls over. That's £14.95 for the 6 whole months, not per month. When your 6 months is up, port your number out to a free Three SIM then port back to another of the VF Sims. Cheap as.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/22602059...bJkHN-8STS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

This is good advice, but also sometimes those signal checkers are misleading. For parts of Kingswood most of the providers have absolutely terrible signal (I've used EE and Lebara) but the signal checkers say that they cover the area fine. When I was moving to Kingswood I asked EE about it because I'd heard so many people in Kingswood talking about the crap signal, and they said no no the signal is good there. Moved and sure enough, it was absolutely useless just as everyone says.

 

Might be a high demand and not enough capacity; like at the MKM at half time.