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Garmin Nuvi 1310 review
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Ultra slim and affordable, the Garmin Nuvi 1310 has a good range of features, including Lane Assist to help guide you through multi-lane motorway intersections and safety camera information. We have been impressed by previous Garmin models and so we were keen to find out how this sat nav scored in our tests.
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 wrote: | paulpeggs wrote: Very Poor   Very unhappy nothing like my previous Garmin that got stolen, main problems are a very poor touch screen having to press hard to input data. When scrolling the screen in map view the screen scrolls on after lifting your finger very frustrating. Maps are strange ie when you zoom out to get an over view of an area it does not show you where the main towns are, it just names obscure small villages. Will be looking at another make next time I buy. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | tarbet.balfour wrote: Screen problems It appears garmin hve screen problems a weakness, ie start to get horizontal lines appearing only solution is to return it to garmin at a cost of £40.00 plus. otherwise works fairly well with lifetime updates Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | micstel wrote: MickJ had for two years maps are still hopelessly out of date, i purchased a lifetime update ,can update 4 times a year, so far no update on a major road that has been open for almost a year ( Bedford to Milton Keynes ) new approach still not updated ,phoned garmin got told nothing to do with them , says it all take the money and run Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | thejames.clan wrote: Garmin Nüvi 1310 I have had this model now for 2 years with no problems. I found the speaker to be fine and I love the Bluetooth hands free. The safety Camera is provided by cyclops and like most things you have to pay for annual subscriptions - i would rate this function as average. I bought the lifetime map subscription which gave me European coverage . Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | Jonno1 wrote: Its ok Purchased this last Christmas for a present. Had problems with its speaker poor sound quality. Had it replaced three times all with the same problem. Eventually replaced with a more expensive Tom Tom Live 120.Preferred the Garmin models to Tom Tom. However I did purchase this again later in the year as it was reduced to £70Seems strange why some functions vary from model to model Bad Points - Bulky Traffic Cable that needs to be attached with suction pads to car windscreen. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | Gillyanne wrote: Nuvi 1310T Got me to Essex from Cornwall brilliantly, I was delighted however for the return journey it decided to take me through Central London, quite amusing at first but an hour and half later it was def not so funny. It also kept getting the speed limits on some roads wrong as well as the speed limits set for the safety cameras. In a 70mph limit it would beep at me that the safety camera limit was 50mph. Or it would miss the safety carmera completely.Has some lovely features but the sound quality is not that great sounded like it was saying clackham not clapham. Not sure whether I will return it or not as unsuitable Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | paulws wrote: Three failed units in eight weeks Although it is great when it works; I had three units fail, each after about 3 weeks with the sound failing on the first and third units and the second one losing all its mapping data and refusing to download more. Garmin weren't too helpful but long suffering Halfords replaced each one without too much problem. After consulting WHICH legal I rejected the Garmin as 'unfit for purchase' and used the refund to buy a Tom Tom XL Live which although not as easy to use, I hope will outlast the 3 weeks which was the longest a Garmin unit lasted. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | paulws wrote: Does Everything I Need This is my first SatNav. It is solid and appears well made and has a good screen. I found it easy to get working (within a minute), easy to use and fun to enter favourites and download PoI files from Garmin. I have also created my own, which is easy. I bought the mains charger because I found it didn't really charge up via USB. Bluetooth is easy and works well.The speaking of road names is really useful. When playing with it at home you can turn off the GPS which saves battery; you can also get it to do 'virtual journeys' which is great fun if you have nothing better to do.A word of warning - I reserved mine on-line from Halfords - should have been about £102; I bought a few other items and on getting home found they had charged me about £130 - my fault for not double checking but next time I will go to Currys.Overall I am very pleased with the device, but I won't shop at Halfords again. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | JACKDAWW wrote: would be lost without it this is my first satnav.i bought it because on holiday in unfamilier parts of southern england, i had to keep pulling over to stop and look at the map, and often having to reverse direction. i think all these negotiations increase ones chances of an incident.this satnav works well, easy to follow and not distracting.nice choice of male or female voice. good screen displays.the menus are not that easy to follow, but once the basic things you want are in place, its ok.switch on, set your destination from your favourites list and go!if you deviate from the calculated route, it re-calculates very quickly.only used locally in rural west wales so far.the other niggle is the cable supplied to plug into the cig lighter is very user unfriendly.its stiff and unresponsive and wont go where you want it.otherwise very pleased.09march2010downloaded latest map to pc - free - took about 2 hrs and contrived to use up 75% of my zen lite monthly allowance !!i dont know why it does this - the actual download from pc to satnav only took about 10 mins.having used it further afield it would be better to be able to switch avoidences eg motorway more easily - should be higher up the menu hierarchy .otherwise still pleased. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | Dizey45 wrote: Great piece of kit This is my first sat-nav so I've nothing to compare it to. However, I did loads of research and chose the Garmin 1310 based on what I learned, what my requiremetns were and the amount of my budget. Only purchased it 4 weeks ago, so not a lot of time to evaluate, except to say that the Garmin 1310 is beautifully made and comes with a simple but perfectly working attachment bracket. You get the usual in-car charger but you need to purchase a separate mains unit or mini USB to standard USB cable, unless like me you have an Ipod type mains unit and an identical digital camera cable. In the box is a slim Quick start guide, but you need to log onto the Garmin website to complete the setup, which immediately gave me a free map update etc. Navigation is straight forward and works well with full post code search etc and so far it's been quick to recalculate routes if you miss turns etc. It appears to have a good 'Points of interest' selection which I've just used to successfully navigate me to a certain shop in a new town for me. Another brilliant feature is to simply put your finger on the car icon and get a comprehensive fix on your position. One drawback (which I believe is relevant to most satnavs!) is that, although the maps do have recent/new roads, they seem in general to be based on very old information.i.e telling you to turn right etc at a point which ceased to be a road junction 20 years ago! Also, safety cameras are identified but no alarm sounds as you get very close to them which greatly detracts from the usefulness of the feature. In summary I'm pleased I bought it - it's slim and pocketable, so great for pedestrian use. Also like the bluetooth feature. Pros: Cons:
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| wrote: | B1ggles wrote: Garmin Nüvi 1310 Dreadful. The software on my four-year-old TomTom One was far more sophisticated than this!The volume doesn't increase/decrease with the car's speed, the voice is tinny and hard to understand, there is no option to fine-tune a route (eg by avoiding a certain road or town), the speed camera warnings are frequently at the wrong speed, causing unnecessary beeping, and the warning flash obscures the next section of road.Fortunately, the traffic information didn't work on mine, so I was able to return it.NB Mine was the 1390T (ie the same but incl Euro maps and traffic) Pros: Cons:
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