gps bugs

[VL_5SPEED]

whos used them whats best to get. Ive seen the ones where you put a sim card in it and then msg or ring the number and it gives the coordinates of the location.

[calais24/7]

And how much are they

[VL_5SPEED]

couple hunj

[fkford]

i own a garmin, easy and simple.

[calais24/7]

i own a garmin, easy and simple.

Care to elaborate bud? Price what store you got it from and a model number so i can google it?

[fkford]

Care to elaborate bud? Price what store you got it from and a model number so i can google it?

no worries, got it for a present but im sure it would be at dicksmith/harvey norman etc.

mines called a Garmin Nuvi, great little navigator which is also free to use (alot of others you have to pay for maps) i had a TomTom before that, which was crap and always got me lost lol

[Tim Smtih]

I got a TomTom One version three. And not the 1Gb as i had assumed it was when i purchased it. I didn't even know they sold this model in a 512Mb. Wtf is the point? sure it's great if you only ever need the one map but if you want other maps you're stuffed. I wanted to get the Western Europe map for when i head overseas, and found the file was to large for the GPS unit. Always check the specs of the unit you are buying and make sure it will meet your requirements. Oh and this unit has a handy feature that will allow you to take the shortest distance to a location. Fantastic right? Yeah not if you are travelling two hours to a national park and the damned thing takes you down thirty kilometres of unsealed and often naturally corrugated road. At one point the gps sent me off down a "road" (which by the looks of it had just been cleared by a bulldozer) which was sandy and marshy. I had flashbacks to those movie scenes where you break down in the middle of nowhere and have to ask the local inbreds (i mean lovely caring country folk) for help only to be murdered. Anyway i lived to tell the tale.

[fkford]

I got a TomTom One version three. And not the 1Gb as i had assumed it was when i purchased it. I didn't even know they sold this model in a 512Mb. Wtf is the point? sure it's great if you only ever need the one map but if you want other maps you're stuffed. I wanted to get the Western Europe map for when i head overseas, and found the file was to large for the GPS unit. Always check the specs of the unit you are buying and make sure it will meet your requirements. Oh and this unit has a handy feature that will allow you to take the shortest distance to a location. Fantastic right? Yeah not if you are travelling two hours to a national park and the damned thing takes you down thirty kilometres of unsealed and often naturally corrugated road. At one point the gps sent me off down a "road" (which by the looks of it had just been cleared by a bulldozer) which was sandy and marshy. I had flashbacks to those movie scenes where you break down in the middle of nowhere and have to ask the local inbreds (i mean lovely caring country folk) for help only to be murdered. Anyway i lived to tell the tale.

lol, the TomTom did the same thing to me when i was on my way to Portland from Melbourne to pick up a front end. I also chose 'Shortest Route' and lets just say i ended up facing a dead end and a pack of cows.

[wildss]

navman owner here, got it for 300ish and never had any issues.
i have a chioce of what i want in the top corner of the screen (speed, DTG, ETA etc).
had it a few years and never done a map update, navman site tells me 180 pa if i want new maps every year

[thedeadwalk]

same got navman S50 never had a problem $220 a few years ago

[crazyspoon05]

Chinese GPS unit here ($99 on Ebay) and have 8 or 9 Nav programs onboard with the 'latest' maps

Have also got Garmin, Sygic and Route 66 on the mobile which work just as well as the larger unit IMO

[VL_5SPEED]

Sorry guys im talking about gps tracking bugs. Not gps navigators.

[Evolution_Ends_Here]

i own a garmin, easy and simple.

+ yeah i used to use before my phone scrwed up

[Tim Smtih]

Sorry guys im talking about gps tracking bugs. Not gps navigators.

For what purpose? You looking to stalk someone?

Asset Tracking Australia : GPS Fleet Manangement : Affinity-One Tracking Solutions

Or are you looking at vehicle security. In which case if you have the money i say go nuts. If someone is stupid enough to steal your car with one of these units attached you can hunt them down yourself, no need to get the cops involved.

[Deutscher]

For what purpose? You looking to stalk someone?

Asset Tracking Australia : GPS Fleet Manangement : Affinity-One Tracking Solutions

Or are you looking at vehicle security. In which case if you have the money i say go nuts. If someone is stupid enough to steal your car with one of these units attached you can hunt them down yourself, no need to get the cops involved.

"TracerTrak is a self-powered providing up to 7 years battery life and has near global coverage including Australia and its surrounding waters."

What does that mean? near global coverage ... and it includes Australia and surrounding waters? huh? we are usually not in the global coverage regions?

Dictionary.com - Global - pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal:

[calais24/7]

Yeah we were both talking about the vechile security ones. Where you can track your car if it gets stolen.

[jakbob]

DealExtreme: $104.43 Handheld Dual Band GSM + GPS Remote Personal Position Tracker
Maybe try this one.
Or this one:
http://dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11314

[VL_5SPEED]

yehh car security. Dont want another vl turbo stolen

[Maxxiz]

Ignore this, irrelevant haha