Tom Tom

Elo all,

I'm of to France 14 Aug for a trip on the bike over 4 days,, as this is the first time, i was wondering if any one has a tom tom i able to borrow for said trip........

if the trip goes ok and i enjoy it then ill invest in to a tom tom, but see no point until I've tried it lol

Many thanks :-)

jack, cant help but you will need brackets and electric supply preferably waterproof holder as well.

I have a psu cable if you need it, fraid i just use iphone miself.

I have a backup tom tom which is just a start 25 (low end car). You might be able to use it in the map pocket of a tank bag but the screen isn't that bright especially viewed off the prime angle. You would also want power to it while in use as a full charge doesn't go very far.

I have used mine for 4 Europe trips everybody on the trips loves the plan twisty route function. So just buy one! Plus the time is very accurate for trips. I'm sorry I can't lend it to you as I use it nearly every trip to keep an eye on journey times etc

cheers any how, may have to use mobi in a tank bag,, just need the usb connector to batt

Get a cigarette lighter socket to batt, then a usb adapter for that, you can power other stuff like air pumps etc from that then.

Agree with Mitch , I bought an accessary cigarette lighter socket from ALdi £2.99, 3 cigarette sockets and 2 usb sockets built in, cut off the male cigarette lighter plug, fitted and inline fuse and attached straight to battery terminals, all tucked under the saddle with a 2m usb lead under the tank to a phone case on the handlebars and use my phone as a sat nav,and mp3 player via bluetooth,done 12,000 miles so far without a problem :)

Keep in mind roaming data can be expensive abroad - so ideally get a sat nav solution on your phone which will work offline. I found google maps on my iphone in france got so costly I ended up stopping at Mcdonalds instead for free wifi to see where to go next.

Some networks will be better though - Three now looks like you can get roaming data in some countries from your monthly data bundle.

hmmm good idea ,,didnt think about the roaming

Funnily I'm with Three and used my free data in france last year without problems,but i use a program called Navigator for android,maps are downloaded so less data downloads when mobile and it allows "waypoints" so you can force a route through a location etc ,worth a try although i still use google maps as well because its search function is better for buisness's etc