Hello,
When my car had to be towed home, the chap in the recovery truck told me he was ex-army and had a military GPS. He claimed it locked onto more satellites than a tomtom and that it updated the location faster. I could not see any make on the satnav and when I asked him what make it was he said he did not know. I found this a little fishy because he had just told me that he bought it and how can you buy something without knowing what you have bought?
I am sure that the military do have better GPS systems than the public but would servicemen be able to buy these off the shelf for their own use after leaving the forces? It did not look particularly rugged. Was this just a tall story?
I am thinking of buying a new sat nav. I don't know whether to stick with tomtom because it is what I have had before. Would that be easier than learning the garmin way of doing things?
I was tempted to buy one with free maps and traffic, as this would be cheaper than paying to update my old one. The only thing is, the maps and traffic are free for the life of the device, not the life of the driver, so I am concerned that "life" may only mean a couple of years and may not be the bargain it appears to be.
What does the group think?
Thanks, Stephen.