Disappointed with Garmin
March 19th, 2007 by pale_whites
About a year ago I splashed out on a Satellite Navigation System. I did some research and decided that, for my needs, the Garmin i3 model would be fine. It seemed to offer a simple - single purpose - solution and was one of the cheapest available here in the UK. It came preloaded [on a micro SD card] with UK mapping to Post Code level.
I quickly found a POI [points of interest] web site and was able to download a UK database of speed cameras. On a few occasions when I wasn’t traveling the same route to work, and when I travelled on Holiday, I used the i3 with good results.
However lately the Sat Nav, when turned on, informs me that the map information should be updated as the existing data is now out of date.
This is where the disappointment starts.
Having visited the Garmin.co.uk web site for map updates I am redirected to the Garmin.com site [US] where updates are only offered to the US market. This means I am left with a device that is rapidly becoming useless.
When I check the tomtom web site I see that I can update their Sat Nav systems from about €59. Why can’t I do that with Garmin?
Based on my experience, my next Sat Nav will be from tomtom.
(2 votes, average: 4.5 out of 5)
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