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| Ease of Use | 6.3/10  |
|---|---|
| Clarity of Instructions | 6.5/10 |
| Map Accuracy | 4.5/10 |
| Value for Money | 7/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 4.5/10 |
| Overall Rating | 3.4/10  |
| CarTrek 400 Car GPS Receiver |  | £199.99Free P&P |
Full review by
needle35
on 29th Oct 2007
User Rating : 1
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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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Review by
bassblower
on 6th Sep 2007
User Rating : 5
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I have had my CarTrek 400 for 2 years, so it is one of the earlier ones. It takes a long time to start and register the signals then takes a while to work out a route. It loves motorways and will take you out of the way to use one. At times you appear to be in the middle of fields whilst driving and also some areas of the UK maps have vanished, just a blue screen. If you are in a tunnel for more than 15 seconds, go to France and you will see in the cities, it loses itself and you don't have dire ...
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Review by
kjacks
on 5th Sep 2007
User Rating : 2
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0
I tested this on routes that I know well and on every occasion it tried to take me on routes that would have been of greater distance and taken more time. One built-up area disappeared altogether leaving a big sea of blue, and again on the return trip, so no coincidence. The unit takes ages to start up, on one trip I gave up waiting for it and switched it off! Both the history and favourites don't seem to record what, or how, you would expect. The voice is too quiet on anything expect maximum 10 ...
kjacks's full review | 174 words
Review by
Roxsan
on 17th Feb 2007
User Rating : 10
Respect :
+2
Everything in the CarTrek 400 satellite navigation system is already installed so you do not have to down load anything from the computer, all the speed cameras for both the UK and the whole of Europe are already in CarTrek. This was good for me when I went to France as I found it so easy to use.
I found the CarTrek 400s good value for money I had looked at a lot of makes before I brought the CarTrek 400 and I must sat I am very please with it. What I did find very good was the fact that when I ...
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