Sat Navs

Well, I invested in a Tomtom go Camper. Although the routing was pretty good, the display was quite dim, so even in the avearge sunny day you cannot see the screen. But sunglasses on and it was a definate no no. Yet the built in car one I could see fine.

Anyway, with my Amazon credit back, looking for suggestions on a better built, clearer display?

Have a caravan and quite large car btw.

Paul.

"2) when using Tomtom's MyDrive, i found that once a route had been sorted on a PC/tablet, when transferred to the satnav the only thing it dis was to transfer the destination, in effect leving the satnav to recalculate the route....which defeated the object...any replication would need to be done again on the device with way points."

BB I don't understand that and I think you're doing something wrong. What I do, is first of all, select a route on Google maps and 'drive' any potentially dodgy bits on Street View and alter the route until I am satisfied that it's OK.  Then I go into My Drive - select the route - which is invariably different from the Google one I have selected - but then manually alter it by dragging the 'points' so that it corresponds exactly with that which I have selected on Google Maps.  Then, I save it to 'My Routes' and select the option to sync it with other devices and as soon as the Tom Tom is connected to Wifi, it's transferred in its entirety to the device.

Consequently when the Tom Tom is guiding me it takes me exactly along the route I have selected and it doesn't have the option of recalculating the route.

I know it's a bit long winded - but I have the time to do it and it's worked every time for the last three or four years.

BB - I've just had another thought!  Is your Tom Tom device compatible with My Drive?  Not all are - mainly the older ones.  If it is, there should be a  menu on there called 'My Routes' and that's where your route is stored.

Have you checked the screen brightness settings in Menu/Settings/Appearance/Display/Brightness? I have mine set at 100% all the time (since it's always plugged into power) and it's absolutely fine even in the brightest of sunshine.

I can recommend the TT 6200 and, using the My Drive App you can plan your route, download it to the device and guarantee you are taken on the correct route.