Navman My Escape III

Hi Tom,

Yes, in hindsight I should have avoided it. Navman have agreed to refund my money so now I need to decide on what else to get.

Size is not an issue as the 7" unit is the same as the HN7. It is not in the way. The only reason I purchased it was because of the large vehicle assist. I will have a look at the Go600.

Thanks,

Sn00py2

The GO 600 will be "Onroad" only I think whereas the Escape also has tracks.

My friend bought a Navman a few months ago on special from DS and when we installed it it wouldnt start took it back and neither would the second one.
Third one is chugging along Ok. It is a 7" but not the My Escape

Navman have come to the party and are going to refund my money. Looks like all the My Escape series have issues.

A friend of mine also told me that they had a Navman MY75T and that it would also freeze on occasion.

I'm certain now that I will avoid Navman like the plague.

Did you read the reviews

Hi Terry,

Thanks for your feedback. I've sent the unit back to them and they have agreed to give me a refund.

Not the best approach in all cases Cruiser, especially at the start.

The seller has the opportunity to do one of three things when it is "broken" as the OP's is, 1. Fix it, 2. Exchange it, or 3. Refund.

A properly working unit is fit for purpose (the op chose it) so one could be said to be lying using your suggested approach.

You should give the seller the opportunity to fix it. You have a good chance of a refund as it sounds like it is really faulty.

Sellers are only human and should be treated as such. Put yourself in their shoes and be fair about it.

I would also just talk to them. You can't express yourself properly with emails and sms's. So many people can't write or even spell correctly these days and so very easily get the readers hackles up by putting it the wrong way when written.

Even you yourself Cruiser said, "seems to be holding up"! Your way of putting it makes you sound not too confident. Nah Call them and hope they choose option 3 first. - Refund.

Phil

Maybe I should've explained it better.

I did initially go through warranty with My Escape I 3 years ago, after being dicked around for 2 months without any positive results, I then took it back to the retailer for a refund as mentioned in previous post.

I have no faith in their after sales services, so why do I have a III now? It was given to me for free and yes it is holding up unlike the my escape I I had.

I am a bricks and mortar retailer and do stand in their shoes on a daily basis.

Cheers

Oh, and the retailer does not lose out on the refund.........they are credited from manufacture.

Hi Bushy,

The off-read maps seem to be very good but I have read mixed reports about the on-road maps and directions. 90% of my time is on-road so that is important to me.

Regards,

Sn00py2

Hi Phil,

Looks like I now have 2 on my short list. Thanks for the suggestion.

Regards,

Sn00py2

X 2 on all of the above

x 3.

Used to run a Navman and very disappointed. 10" tablet in a RAM mount gives me a very satisfactory solution.

Oops, now 3 on the list! This is what I am after.

Thanks,

Sn00py2

I've been trawling around to see what maps and imagery is available, as far as I can tell the std maps are 1:250K GA topos with some state 1:100K and 1:50K available. Also Landsat imagery (IV I think) with 14 m pixels is sold by Hema. I much prefer the imagery as it tells you a lot more about the track than a dotted line, particularly if you towing something. Unfortunately I don't think 14 m pixels cut it as this is several times track width. Google earth/maps imagery has much better resolution than this for many areas. You can if you have the pro version of Google maps download images which then have to be georeferenced or registered I think is the correct word (sorry not a GIS person) but it's not too hard to learn and there is free software available that is fully capable (QGIS). Possibly something that could be done specifically for the off-road section of a trip?

Hi Sigmund and Warren,

Thanks for this feedback.

Regards,

Sn00py2

This could be a useful link for diy Scan and import paper maps in OziExplorer - Tutorial