Tom Tom Amigo

This is not really a caravanning post,the wheels are still off and in the garage,but it may just help you retain your driving licence.

I waas recently prompted on my phone to down load Tom Tom Amigo as I have the phone set up to receive Tom Tom alerts.

Thought I might as well see what it was about so downloaded and installed it.

Now this is, in my opinion,a really good piece of kit for those of us who don't have a digital speed readout in our cars.

The hire car we used recently had one and I found it much easier to keep within the limit using it rather than use the analogue speedo.

It's a bit difficult to take a photo of it in use as of course I am driving at the time.

Amigo can be used as a traditional sat.nav but the most useful thing in my book is you can set it up to show a page with a digital speed readout,a coloured indicator which goes from blue to orange to red when you exceed the speed limit,a speed limit sign for that particular road and finally the name of the road you are on.

It also gives a visual and oral warning of impending speed cameras along with the distance to the camera.

If using as a sat.nav the speed readout can be overlaid over the map.

It is available for Android and Apple and best of all is free so in my book worth a try,if you don't like it you can always get rid of it.


Coupled with the above I recently bought a car phone holder from Halfords that has an adhesive magnet which you stick on the back of your phone that magnetically attaches to another magnet which fits onto an air vent.

It works through a case as well.

Get your phone,slap it onto the magnet and it's all done,fixed and available.

This is the USA website but as I say available in Halfords,about £14 or so.

Scoshe

Doubtless someone will say they have been using one for years but as I have said before I am always the last to know,.

Early adopter,no chance.

Ian