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Summer’s officially here and it’s holiday season. If you’re planning on trips closer to home this year, we’ve picked out a few sat navs to help you on your way. From the traditional in-car sat navs to handheld GPS trackers, you’re sure to find something to suit you.

For an in-car system that’s a bit different, check out the Navman S30 3D. You can see all landmarks in 3D and you can upload all the info about them and local attractions via the Navdesk on your PC so that you have all the interesting facts with you as you travel.

If you’re planning a road trip, Che Guevara style, you’ll want a rider sat nav. The TomTom Rider 2nd Edition UK & Ireland has a 3.5″ glove-friendly touch screen, helmet connection and Secure RAM mount. It’s also waterproof so you can splash though as many puddles as you like.

For the treckers amongst you, check out the Garmin eTrex H. It’s built for tough conditions, it’s waterproof and it only has five buttons which can be easily operated with one hand. It will last up to 17 hours on just two AA batteries and will store up to 500 waypoints in its memory for easy retrieval. There’s also the TrackBack® system which will take you back to your starting point by reversing your track log.

If you’re not sure where to start, take a look at our sat nav buyers guide.  or look through the best sat navs on Reevoo.

What do you do when your sense of direction is about as accurate as a Fred Goodwin’s in a financial crisis? You buy a pair of these sat nav shoes, that’s what. Now I know I’ve talked about super shoes before but these are pretty cool. Just enter the postcode in your heel and you’re away.

Get directions from the LED DNav Bubble on the front of your left shoe which will point in the direction you need to walk and beep if you’re heading the wrong way. You can also use a Bluetooth headset so that you don’t walk around sounding like that guy out of Police Academy and you will hear instructions like “bear left at the next McDonalds”.

It runs on two rechargeable AA batteries and it’s speakers are waterproof so jumping in puddles is still very much on the cards. And do you remember the robot legs we featured a couple of months ago? These would go perfectly on the end of them for completely effortless travel!

So next time someone tells you to get lost, just pull up your trouser leg, show off your shoes and walk away, content with the notion that getting lost is very much a thing of the past.

Snatch these up at Firebox for £129.95 / $187.10.

It’s half term next week which means many of us will be carting the kids around for days out, going to visit relatives and possibly getting stuck trying to find things to do. Well, while you’re in the car, a little something called Sat-Nanny may be able to help when you need to stop-off somewhere with the kids or if you’re just trying to find fun things to do.

Sat-Nanny is a joint initiative from the folks over at www.childfriendly.co.uk and RoadTour. It’s a programme that works on most sat navs that will let parents know where the nearest child-friendly stops and activities for little tykes are.

Here are a couple of examples of some of the places it will pull up and the info it will give parents:

The Crown- Twickenham: This pub boasts a huge enclosed beer garden, with two fenced off play areas for children of different age groups, making it easy for adults to relax in the knowledge kids are happy and safe.  There is plenty of space for families to eat inside as well, and car parking available.  There is a children’s menu, but the food is limited to the stock options (pizza, fish fingers & macaroni cheese).  Food for adults is typical gastro pub fare - nothing extraordinary, but well priced.  There are baby-changing facilities.

The Mohair Centre- East Sussex: This is definitely a children’s farm with angora goats all ready to be stroked by the kids and other farm animals such as pigs, cows and chickens. In Spring, you’ll be able to watch the lambing and kidding. No kidding! There are also spinning and weaving demonstrations and a nature trail to help the kids, yours not theirs, explore life on the farm.

Hmmm, who was all up for getting it until they read that?!

Well, regardless of the strange lingo, it will help parents find some nice places to take their children. It only costs a one-off fee of £9.95 so it may be worth it. You can download it here: www.roadtour.co.uk.

You can also see a demo here: Sat-Nanny demo

If you’re still relying on traditional methods of navigation that force you to stop every so often to mess around with a big book of roads, treat yourself and get your hands on a nice, shiny satellite navigation system.

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