I'm a phone convert. I basically bimble about the place in a semi-lost state until cold/hungry/dark at which point I typically want somewhere with a decent eating/drinking establishment. I don't need some silicone valley tart telling me "Off rowt, make a Yooo-Tuurn" all day, but heading for the hotel it is nice to have my phone (which I carry anyway and plays music and holds books and talks to me like Fenella Fielding) help with complex junctions.
I used to use dedicated units (GPS V, then GPS CSx, then TomTom Rider2) which are a) more accurate away from a phone signal and b) can take you along routes all day every day so you stick to the plan. These vary in price, size and power use to a massive extent. The ones where you just enter a post code (TomTom etc. as bought from Halfords or Argos) don't understand that sheep tracks are nicer than Motorway, the blank page type (Garmins and the like as sold by Touratech and so forth) need detailed programming if you want to use all they can do. This is easy at home on a PC, nigh on impossible using the built on buttons. The walkers type (Etrex etc.) is just like having an idiot proof compass that points at the target.
Andy
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