New SatNav for the Elddis - Ohrex 7"

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Since driving the Elddis aka "The Van with No Name" or simply The Van, we have been trialling an app on the phone called CoPilot.

It worked once after a few hiccups but otherwise has locked up on me several times and to navigate we have used Google Maps on the other phone!  It helpful in a larger higher vehicle.

So I had a look online and have risked buying a £70 satnav/GPS called an Ohrex.

It's programmable for the size of the Van and is supposed to assist us in avoiding shitty little narrow lanes and even worse, low bridges. 

It's a 7" screen and looks okay. The route planning isn't as easy as Google Maps or the TomTom program and apps.

In the end I have set home as a favourite and the next three campsites. Only one of them could be set using the address lookup. The other two I needed to use the map lookup with Google maps open on the laptop.

Only time will tell if it is any good. 

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