Sat Nav

[Guest MrandMrsB]

Hello;

 

Is it a cheaper to buy a sat nav / Tom Tom or equivalent when we are in Australia or buy one in UK and load Australian maps onto it? Does anyone have any experience of this?

 

Thanks in advance.

[Guest brooksey]

They were advertised on sale in Australia in Harvey Normans for$99. Normaly i think they start at around $150 ish. Tom Tom brand is more expensive.

[Guest cazbeckham]

We brought our Tom Tom from the UK loaded with Australian Maps. This was until we got a car with a sat nav built in.

We have since lent the Tom Tom to friends over here and it does work a treat but as Brooksey says they are fairly cheap in Harvey Norman so unless you already have one I would wait.

[Guest MrandMrsB]

Thanks. Seems like there is no big price differential so will wait until we get there.

[LukeM]

Found there's been a few on offer at various places lately.

 

Didn't bother bringing TomTom from UK, sold it.

 

Recently, 4.3" TomTom was on sale for $199 in Dick Smith. Waited and shopped around then I spotted a 4.3" Garmin on offer for $168 and they gave us a good case and some bits and put it up to $199 but was still a better deal than the TomTom and the deal included free "lifetime" map updates which is much better than we'd have got with the TomTom from Dick Smith! :cute:

[Guest sunnyday]

My OH got one off ebay in the UK, 2nd hand with oz maps loaded on, £60 - Bargain!

[pau1evs]

alot of the supermarkets put them on offer x mine was $99 and i havent got lost yet xx worth shopping around x

[Guest MrandMrsB]

Thanks everyone for your contributions.