sean.clarke Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Hi, I will shortly be wanting to get a sat nav with height and weight restriction capabilities - I know the TomTom Camper has been launched, but I also stumbled upon this from HGV Solutions: http://www.hgvsolutions.com/buy_protour.htm Has anyone used it or is familiar with it? It sounds like it is an upgrade to your existing TomTom (which I think is something TomTom should have done). Can anyone share any experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean.clarke Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 or Garmin Dezl 560LT Truck & Caravan Sat Nav ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duetto owner Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 we got put off the tomtom camer edition as it was so expensive for no obvious reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 I've been using an ordinary TomTom 730 for 6 years all over Europe and allied to a road map and a healthy dose of scepticism and common sense have never (yet) got stuck under a low bridge or in a vineyard, or a bridge less river crossing or between two houses in a narrow village - although it has been mighty tight at times! However we have discovered some fabulous locations that we would otherwise not have found - plus I still love the feeling of never quite knowing what is round the next bend and whether it will test my ingenuity and driving ability yet again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambukashot Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Protour is a great piece of software but it is only for use in the UK! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duetto owner Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 only got a duetto hi top transit. in 4 years had about half a dozen occasions with bridges or narrow gaps.had to just drive at random till totmtom resets another route at times that has been a pain as it keeps wanting to send you back where you cam from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracker Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 duetto owner - 2012-09-17 9:10 AM only got a duetto hi top transit. in 4 years had about half a dozen occasions with bridges or narrow gaps.had to just drive at random till totmtom resets another route at times that has been a pain as it keeps wanting to send you back where you cam from. Not if you ask it to calculate an alternative route. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean.clarke Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 sambukashot - 2012-09-16 10:32 AMProtour is a great piece of software but it is only for use in the UK!Thanks for the info Sam - thats out of the equation then, i will need full EU maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean.clarke Posted September 17, 2012 Author Share Posted September 17, 2012 Has anyone used or evaluated the Android or iOS versions of CoPilot? I guess for a large motorhome you would need to plumb for the truck option: http://www.copilotlive.com/uk/store/truck.asp Might be interesting running on a Nexus 7 tablet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peacock312 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 confirm every thing you say,ours is exactly same age,same model,same adventures,not stuck yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean.clarke Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Downloaded the free CoPilot last night, looks quite good - excellent features, the free version is not the truck with the weights, widths and heights or the 3D navigations, however it did have good 2D navigation and a height restriction capability. Might be worth some more investigations..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Leake Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Tracker - 2012-09-16 9:48 AM I've been using an ordinary TomTom 730 for 6 years all over Europe and allied to a road map and a healthy dose of scepticism and common sense have never (yet) got stuck under a low bridge or in a vineyard, or a bridge less river crossing or between two houses in a narrow village - although it has been mighty tight at times! However we have discovered some fabulous locations that we would otherwise not have found - plus I still love the feeling of never quite knowing what is round the next bend and whether it will test my ingenuity and driving ability yet again! Our experience is much the same as yours if one does not count the time we knocked the arial off a caravan in York many years ago. Not my fault the wife should have been more insistent when she told me the bridge was too low! Happily no damage was done and the arial quickly reattached with only the use of an Allen key borrowed from a warden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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