UK Discount Garmin Nuvi 1390 Bundle with Lifetime Traffic & Mapping Update Voucher for Sale
Affordable Garmin Nuvi 1390 Bundle with Lifetime Traffic & Mapping Update Voucher – For Sale
- Brands: Garmin
List Price: £214.46
List Price: £214.46
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A great SatNav, highly recommended,
Bought this a couple of days ago. Due to the volcano cloud, I had to drive from CH to Calais on the north of France and back. My old GPS didn’t have Euromaps and was 5 years old so I needed an upgrade
+ Very easy to use
+ Points of interest + favourites work well
+ pedestrian mode works well, finding fuel, shops, money, restaurants in an unusual town is now very easy
+ built quality top
+ voice clear
+ route calcuations very quick, 850km takes 5 secs to calculate
+ Add in a “via” point if you want to detour. When you select a new desitination while driving a current route, it asks if this is a via point or a new destination. (some reviews says it doesn’t have this feature???)
+ speed limits displayed, 99% accurate and very handy
+ fixed speed cameras, good to know where they are
+ Distance to go, time to go etc, very accurate
+ Very secure windscreen mount and clasp.
+ At autobahn junctions, display switches to show what lane to be in, picture is very clear and suprisingly accurate. It shows the road signs exactly as they are making it easy to navigate through major junctions/intersections (eg basel border for CH Fr, Ge)
- Kept repeating a speed camera area, software bug, not sure, had to reset (hold power button 10 secs) put in new route then put original route back in then ok
- Calculation jammed at 79% when stopping in services, had to do system reset
- When power cable is plugged in to back, every time you start your car, the GPS powers on, would be better if you powered it on manually.
A great unit, only a couple of small bugs in 16 hrs of driving. Through 3 countries. I don’t think any of these are bug free and the problems I had were solved within a few seconds. I took it out the box, stuck it on my windscreen and drove 1000 miles. No need to read instructions as long as you have a little bit of common sense. I would recommend this unit 100%.
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|Great machine- really works well,
I bought this for a marketing trip in which we were to visit 120 shops throughout the UK in a 2 week period (Poole to Inverness, Canterbury to Menai Bridge). So a pretty extensive undertaking, we were to be on our own in the car for the majority of the time and although I am a confident driver I had never driven in the UK previously. If it wasn’t for this sat nav it wouldn’t have worked!
We had opportunity to compare it as we hired the second unit from the car hire company. The unit we hired was an older Garmin. It was not wide screen and didn’t have traffic knowledge or bluetooth. I have to say this machine was vastly superior in its navigation. We each had highly frustrating situations with the hired one in which we simply couldn’t find our way- telling us to turn where there were no roads/one way roads. Taking us repeatedly on and off packed motorways, ambiguous directions etc. This NEVER happened with this machine. Well, there was the odd ambiguous direction, but I think this was more of a reflection of the crazy lane changing required to get to the correct motorway, and lack of concentration- than the fault of our machine.
It has a brilliant thing in the top left corner that tells you how far to the next change and a small easily understood diagram of what that change is going to be. The speed limit is really handy- British roads are NOT well signposted. They have the Limitied Speed Zone sign everywhere telling you its open road, BUT the open road speed limit changed depending on if you are on a motorway, country road or and highway… So although it is very occasionally wrong- it is very handy. It even knew that there was a temporary change in speed at most of the road works! I think that was actually why it was wrong a couple times- might have been a previous decrease in speed limit that no longer applies.
I did get the plug charger as an extra and this turned out to be handy. I charged it when we first got it. Didn’t do any upgrades online. Then used it for 5-10 hours each day. By the middle of the second week it died on me! Turns out that although I plugged it in each time I used it the charge gradually decreased. So this was solved by a night of charging- all good to go!!
SO I would say get this one. I deliberated over the cheaper ones but am very happy that I chose this one. The wide screen is great! The bluetooth is ok- works fine although not as good as some. It has loads of helpful stuff like where the nearest petrol stations are and will divert your route. The ladys voice is quite smooth- unlike others that I have heard. It is clear and accurate and understands traffic so will divert you.
Have fun!
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|Good but some major functionality issues,
I’ve been using the 1390T for about one month in and around London. I bought it for the competitive price, lifetime traffic and camera database. The package certainly seems to include a lot for the price. And so to my findings.
The Good Stuff
1. Map quality seems good. Few mistakes around London
2. Lane assist. This really works! For me, in London, its saved my bacon quite a few times. Possibly one of the most useful features.
3. Screen size is excellent with clear, easy to read maps and menus.
4. Camera database seems spot on – for box fixed and mobile cameras. Get red alerts if you are over the speed limit on approach.
5. So far seem realiable. Has not frozen, crashed, locked or got confused.
6. PC connectivity is straightforward plus you get one free map update too.
The Bad Stuff
1. It gives road names not numbers or instructions. I really need instructions such as ‘take second right’ or ‘turn onto A406 North Circular’. Instead I get ‘turn right in to Acacia Avenue’ – this only works if you know all the street names in the UK. So major, major problem. Worse, major road signs show road numbers not names – so you still need to look at everything – kind of defeats the purpose of satnav.
2. Traffic alerts can be unreliable in London. In London traffic alerts can pop up, then disappear. Sometimes get no warning at all before hitting traffic. Grrr.
3. Route choice is interesting. Fastest route can be slower that Shortest. Eco route can be least direct and most winding. Maybe thats just London and could be better in other parts of UK.
4. Cables are rather intrusive. Traffic antenna plugs into main cable about 30cm away from satnav unit.
Summary.
The satnav is rather good. Well made, reliable and shows maps and locations. BUT. For me the street name issue is a killer. Maybe it’ll grow on me but I suspect not.
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