Review: Navigon 2110max satellite navigation

The Navigon 2110max doesn't offer much in the way of frills beyond its basic navigation, but it's very good at what it does.

It uses a 4.3in widescreen display that is clear and sharp, and while the maps lack the colour of, say, Tomtom's, that actually makes them clearer and easier to use.

The route is picked out in orange on a dark grey background, which makes it simple to follow.

Places of interest that appear on the route are picked out with an icon – in the case of chains such as Mcdonald's, with the logo as well – and a name.

Clicking the screen brings up a menu to switch from 3D to flat maps, find a car park or restaurant along the way (not all restaurants are listed, and some on the list were long gone, but it works in principle) and set a diversion route. It's not possible to set an itinerary, with a list of destinations, though.

It was easy to set the route in the first place, with the standard touch-screen letter keys and a good auto-complete for town and street names. Maps cover the whole of Europe.

It comes with similar lane-assistance technology to the Tomtom Go 930 we looked at recently, so you can see which lane you should be in on larger roads. The car-charger cable also contains a traffic antenna for updates on jams.

The voice commands were nice and clear, with plenty of warning given for turns, including a handy visual countdown to junctions. The map can be moved around using the magnifying glass icon in the bottom right, and elsewhere on the screen is speed information, including the speed of the current road – although this was wrong on a few of the roads we used.

So the Navigon 2110max (available from Pixmania) doesn't have Bluetooth connections, a music player or interchangeable voices, but aside from a few snags it does do navigation well, and at a reasonable price.

Note that there is a cheaper Navigon 2110 available from Amazon, which has a smaller screen.