Sat nav recommendations?

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I've got a Garmin 500 and use a Midland BT2 bluetooth headset paired with it.

Works great and saw me round France and Germany on the bike and Italy in the car without fault. Pair your phone with it and you can have a conversation using the boom mic fine up to about 50mph. Completely waterproof (thoroughly tested in Scotland ) at least the sat nav unit is I should say. The powered mount it sits in burnt out after about the 7th or 8th time I used it, looked on a few forums and seems like this has happened to a fair few people. Was out of warranty so had to fork out £40 for another 1 though mount I have now is currently still going strong even after experiencing the Scottish summer! Not ideal though.

The Midland headset is wireless and lasts about 7 hours fully charged.

Pretty happy with the setup

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Originally Posted by specialone

I have a tom tom 710 car sat nag and i have another dock which i leave on the bike all the time, its cable tied at present though because the sprint has not round bar to clamp to.

Get one of these and a RAM mount if your sat nag, if it doesn't have one. Its great

http://telferizer.com/

Originally Posted by specialone

What would i need to hear the bluetooth in my lid? i have tried a bluetooth headset and that dont work but it does say output to bluetooth speaker on settings .

Pass, I had a headset with connected with my phone but Sat Nav doesn't have bluetooth.

I don't know which car sat nags have bluetooth and if they'll work by giving spoken directions

I have tomtom runing on my phone connected to a parrot sk4000 via bluetooth, best bit of kit I ever bought for the bike. I can even make calls with it.

I've ordered my Garmin 550 from http://www.satnaveasy.co.uk/

They are factory refurbished in white boxes sold as new with full 12 month warranty for £340 delivered. They come with UK & EU maps, bike and car mounts, power adapters and some software.

I have just ordered a Garmin Zumo 660. Can't wait it looks mint!