Garmen Nuvi 42 -- Any good?

[ricklev]

I've never driven in Bangkok before, although I've lived here for years, and I just bought a car.

Is the Garmen Nuvi 42 adequate. English spoken directions, easy to use etc.

Any comments on your experience would be welcome. I know nothing about these things.....

Thanks!

[guzzi850m2]

I have the old discontinued Nuvi205w and it have been very very good. I just managed to get new 2013 maps in it for free via the GPS forum.

Yes it speaks English and Thai, very easy to use.

The battery is on its way out in mine but since I only use it in my truck I will keep it for now and just keep it plugged into the cigarette socket.

The new 42 is just under 4000 baht which I think I paid for mine about 3 years ago.

Alternatively you can run Sygic maps from your smart phone, they are off-line maps as on the Garmin's and only require a GPS signal.

The app is in the Goggle Play store and you can test them for free for 7 days and then you have to pay about 1500 baht for the app.

I prefer the Garmin, but I am a kind of old fashioned guy, the Sygic app also speaks English or whatever language your phone is set to.

[hkt83100]

Don't forget: Nokia phones come with free off-line navigation - no connection to internet needed unless you download maps via WiFi or from your PC. The maps are updated for free about every three months. You can download maps for umpteen countries for free, as well as many languages for voice guidance, including Thai...

[ricklev]

Sounds like Sygic is worth trying. I have an iPhone 3Gs. Unfortunately it doesn't appear that the App store is allowing free trials. Wonder how it will work on my old phone. Any experiences?

Thanks!