CarTrek 400 Review

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CarTrek 400
1.6 stars
Average rating for this product is: 1.6 out of 5

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needle35's Review of CarTrek 400 Satellite Navigation System

29th Oct 2007

Overall Rating

0.5 stars
  • Value for money
    5 stars
  • What extra features are on this model?
    Not supplied
  • Clarity of Instructions
    5 stars
  • Area Covered
    UK IRELAND
  • Ease of Use
    5 stars
  • Map Accuracy
    2.5 stars
Good Points

Easy to use, nice tactile feel, good window holder, long power lead, nice box, no update required.


Bad Points

Poor visability during the day, long search times, tacky software, oh and it just stopped working after a while.


General Comments

I had used a friends TomTom one for a London trip and had a brilliant experience with it. I bought the CarTrek cos it was just over 100quid from Savastore thinking 'what a bargain!' You're probably doing the same, looking at units like the TomTom and the CarTrek wondering 'what's the difference then?' and you're here looking for a review. Well, I don't know about those other people, but I wanted to use this to navigate around place where I had not been before and for this purpose, the Cartrek is rubbish. there are times when the signal just drops out and you have to turn it off and on again several times. Routes can take 30mins to find often the route is never found. This is nothing to do with the signal being poor, my route in and out of work is fine - so how can it be a weak signal? It's not like a mobile phone! This unit just stops working as if the satallite just goes out of range (y'know, like in Patriot Games?) that's the only way I can describe it. I threw the unit to the floor from my window in utter fury after it had got me totally lost in London. The unit is in very small pieces by the side of the road - where exactly? I have no idea. My recommendation: DO NOT BUY THIS spend some more money and buy a TomTom.

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