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This particular model has a 10.9 cm (4.3 inch) display and maps for Western Europe, although you can spend more to include the whole of Europe, and to increase the screen to 12.7 cm (5 inches). At this end of the market, options like the Zumo 346 LMT-S by Garmin are bike friendly by including IPX7 waterproofing, a rugged, shock-resistant body, and a touchscreen which works when wearing gloves. While spending hundreds of pounds on a sat nav for your car could be debated, they still make perfect sense for motorbike riders.
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What else? Well there built-in Wi-Fi for easy map and software updates without a computer, and super helpful rider alerts for upcoming sharp curves, speed cameras, and hazards.įinally, if you end up upside down in a hedge somewhere, the Zumo will automatically text an emergency contact with your GPS coordinates. The display is easy to read even in bright sunlight, and also comes with adjustable screen sensitivity – enabling you to carry on using it whether you’re wearing thin or thick gloves. The Zumo includes a special feature just for riders like you: Adventure Route finds curvy and hilly roads in between you and your destination, and limits your time on boring motorways. If you’re a 2-wheels-good, 4-wheels-bad kind of guy or girl, then the Garmin Zumo 396 has been designed with you in mind.Īrmed with a 4.3-inch touchscreen and lifetime world maps, traffic updates and safety camera alerts, it’s also weatherproof to IPX7, resistant to fuel vapors, UV rays and harsh weather. TomTom also offers constantly-updated mapping data, which can be installed by plugging the Via 62 into your computer and performing a software update.īattery life, as with most sat navs in this range of the market, is around the one-hour mark. The Bluetooth connection also enables hands-free calling with your connected smartphone, and the TomTom has ‘Advanced Lane Guidance’, which uses graphics to clearly show which lane or lanes you need to be in at junctions. But don’t worry about this nifty work-around hogging your phone data, as TomTom claims the sat nav helps itself to less than 10MB per month. Instead, the Via 62 uses the company’s ‘services via smartphone’, which uses your smartphone’s data connection to feed the sat nav with real-time traffic information and speed camera locations. The Go Via 62 is a lesser version of the Via 6200, and misses out on some integrated features like a built-in SIM card.
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The TomTom Via 62 is a strong contender for drivers who want a sat nav which offer a large touch screen - in this case six inches - for an affordable price. It’s also Siri and Google Now compatible, and can read out your text messages to you - perfect for hands-free driving.
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On the plus side, the TomTom Via 53 includes almost everything else, including the ability to update the lifetime maps by connecting via Wi-Fi to your home network. It also uses a non-magnetic mount so attaching / detaching it is a little less easy. The TomTom Go Via 53 also lacks the TomTom GO 6200’s lifetime SIM, so you’ll need to pair it with your smartphone via Bluetooth to receive life traffic updates - and that will obviously have some effect on your mobile data plan.
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How so? Well, for a start, you only get three months’ worth of safety camera updates out of the box, which means you’ll need to pay an annual sub if you still want them after the trial period is up. It comes with most of its more expensive sibling’s assets, but eschews some, while time-limiting others. If you’d like the features of our first pick, the TomTom GO 6200, but don’t quite have the readies, then the mid-range TomTom Go Via 53 should be to your liking.