My Tomtom Go 530 is dying, so with the newer tomtom's being locked down in relation to cracked maps, I am considering a change of brand, but I must say that I know next to nothing about Garmin devices and have only used it back on my Nokia N95 many, many years ago.

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As such, I have loads of questions;

1) Can all Garmin devices run hacked/cracked maps that are uploaded to this forum or are there certain ranges that I should look for?
2) If I buy a device that has lifetime maps/traffic for one region (e.g. the UK) can I also run a cracked North America map via an external SD card without forfeiting the free traffic/map updates when I am in the UK?
3) What model would people recommend (key features would be a 5" or bigger screen, SD card slot, or enough internal memory for both UK and North American maps, lane guidance, speed cameras)
4) Is it easy to add cracked speedcam information and can I use this on a 'genuine' map that I have got from Garmin via the lifetime updates offer?

Thank you all very much, in advance, for any help and suggestions that you offer

Spudgun

spudgun Reviewed by spudgun on 15th March 2015. Which Garmin model should I buy? My Tomtom Go 530 is dying, so with the newer tomtom's being locked down in relation to cracked maps, I am considering a change of brand, but I must say that I know next to nothing about Garmin devices and have only used it back on my Nokia N95 many, many years ago. As such, I have loads of questions; 1) Can all Garmin devices run hacked/cracked maps that are uploaded to this forum or are there certain ranges that I should look for? 2) If I buy a device that has lifetime maps/traffic for Rating: 5

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is a great option able to use both NTU & NT maps, does not require patching to use unlocked maps, and is full of features.
All Garmin devices are limited to 4Gb .img file size, just some older devices have a 2Gb limit.
There are plenty on-line including Lifetime map updates ,this nice

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has Integrated Traffic too, for $30

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There is no advertising "Pop ups" on any Garmin device I know of !