Time to change Satnav

I use CoPilot Caravan and yes, they have changed the software and screen view slightly. The biggest change is in the layout of the menu, which took me a few minutes to get used to. The main thing is it gets me to where I want to go.

As with all SatNavs if the only route to your destination is down a narrow lane then that is the way it will direct you, but CoPilot will warn you of that face - if it is correctly set-up. But perhaps that applies to all SatNavs!

Peedee.....No plunge yet.

This is a link to the Copilot site where I read the comments from users.  The more I look at the different systems, it get's harder to know which one to go for.  The free one's look as good as the paid for apps...but I don't mind paying for something that works for me.

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Thanks for taking the time.

I used Co-Pilot Caravan today set up for travel in my car. I cannot find a way to display actual speed but like I say it does give you warnings if you exceed the speed limits. You can turn these off for use in countries where such warnings are illegal. As a navigation device for specific vehicles I have found Co-Pilot pretty good. The truck version has certainly kept me out of trouble. It is good at loading your own POIs as well as is the caravan version once you have mastered how to do it. The one flaw I have found with the truck version is when I break the HGV rules, usually during the last couple of miles to a site in an area where commercial trucks are banned., It continually tries to get me out of the area rather than take me to the site. In extreme cases it just stops giving me directions until I am back on an HGV route. I have not had this problem with the caravan version. I'm wise to this now and work around is to just follow the map and ignore the instructions and of course when you are planning a route it will warn you if where you are trying to go is not acceptable.

If you have any other questions about it I'll be happy to help.

peedee

Co Pilot will display speed, distance to go, time to go, distance travelled et cetera. It's all under settings/display. We also set an audible speed warning at 5mph above the local limit. We have speed camera warnings turned off to comply with european law.

Thanks to you both for that......I will make a decision, I will...........

GL, I have just been on line and when checking for the latest updates it looks like it is all change at Co-Pilot. From a very quick look the parent company have been making changes to their structure and it would appear that from the beginning of this year, January for Apple Apps and February for the Android ones, the earlier apps will no longer be supported and will no longer be updated. Not quite sure where they are going but it looks like there will only be one app, but how they intend to support what was Truck or Caravan, if at all,  is unclear. 

Perhaps best to stay clear of Co-Pilot until things settle down and it becomes clear. As far as I can see the old Apps have been withdrawn but their web site has not been updated. It looks like they could only be going to target the commercial market?

peedee

Further to the above more >here<

peedee

So Co-Pilot seem to be suggesting that the new app covers all the old versions? My TomTom is getting on a bit now and I have been looking at the various options and Co-Pilot was one of them. Most sat nav companies seem to be working towards the idea of minimum user input! We have a sat nav in our new motorhome but I suspect it won't be anywhere as flexible as a stand alone sat nav.

David

So Co-Pilot seem to be suggesting that the new app covers all the old versions?

David, That is also my impression. When I tried to update my Caravan version I was offered the GPS version free. My tablet was nearly out of battery power so I am waiting  for it to finish charging to do a back up and then change to the GPS version. Hopefully I will be able to post what it looks like then and revert back to the Caravan version if I don't like it.

peedee

Peedee....I will wait for your assessment.  At present M/H still under cover...will go up this week and start it up?  So no trips planned for next couple of weeks, but do want to have oil changed and new battery, once these are done I will be needing satnav.

Thanks for all your help.