Tomtom unit or app on phone

[jb]

My tomtom go750 says that it cannot be updated as it is too old. This was when I tried to renew my live services subscription which would have given me real time traffic routing and speed camera warnings

I tried using google maps back from cornwall last week and it works fine but doesn't give me speed camera warnings and I have also come to rely on the TomTom telling me the speed limit and how fast I am going

What do people use?
I could buy another TomTom but a few years ago many people were using a tomtom app.
What is it best to get ?

[Bootsy]

Waze

Quality app, has cameras, does live route planning based on traffic, show speed limits - give it a try

[Gary71]

Waze

Quality app, has cameras, does live route planning based on traffic, show speed limits - give it a try

From what I understand it doesn’t download maps so will chew your data plan unless you plan the route whilst connected (to McWifi or similar!) then don’t close the app.

[Bootsy]

Waze

Quality app, has cameras, does live route planning based on traffic, show speed limits - give it a try

From what I understand it doesn’t download maps so will chew your data plan unless you plan the route whilst connected (to McWifi or similar!) then don’t close the app.

True - but I use it all the time (and do a lot of miles) and to be honest never have an issue with my data - I'm on a big plan though

[Nick Moss]

I swap between Tomtom Go on the iPhone, Apple Maps and Google Maps. No particular benefit to either apart from low data usage on Tomtom. I used about 300 Mb each on the maps, but I have a 30Gb plan

[hot66]

Waze ... does t seem to use much data

[bjmullan]

Waze is the wazes to go

[Gary71]

Even in rural France with patchy signal?

[hot66]

Soon find out ... I have the old Tom Tom on my phone as back up.... Waze I’m hoping is going to be as useful as it is in the U.K. for speed traps etc

[Nick Moss]

Tomtom has French speed camera locations

[yoda]

If I am doing a longer trip (Wales, France, Alps etc) , I usually have a TomTom and Waze as the coverage / reception goes quite frequently. I oreplan the route on my TomTom and check Waze if behind schedule or need to re-route. Waze has a nasty habit of including a few dirt tracks on the quickest route which are also a bit of a pain.

JB - I have an older TomTom with the Euro maps loaded of you want to borrow it as a back up for CLM. Can check it works if of interest.

[MikeB]

My Garmin was pinpoint accurate for CLM ‘16. Plus an independant digital speed read out is of benefit as car speedos tend to read a tad slow

[Gary71]

...has a nasty habit of including a few dirt tracks on the quickest route...

Should suit James then

[jb]

Thank you all for your replies. I have downloaded TomTom go and waze but am struggling with 3G at the moment as my broadband has been down for a couple of days (Virgin) but I will download the associated maps when broadband returns.

Thanks for the offer Feroz however I cannot come to CLM this time also I think my son may have an old one that I could use however I am leaning towards an iPhone app as being easier provided I get all the features I am used to having. Hope you all have a great time at CLM as I am sure you will.

[911hillclimber]

As Tom Tom has served you well before, buy another?
Tom Tom seems a great simple clear product that simply works, or at least my ancient one does.

For all long trips I use the wife, I swear she maps for Tom Tom, instinct like a homing pigeon.
She will never use sat nav, maps only.