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Becker Traffic Assist Z 100 Crocodile
Dimensions / Weight 137 x 90 x 20 mm / 241 gr
GPS Chipset / Antenna type SiRF Star III / Intégrée
Screen size / tactile 4,3 pouces (10,9 cm) / Oui
Autonomy Nc
Software / Maps Becker 8.3 / NavTeq
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Memory card / Countries included 2 Go interne et slot Mico-SD / Europe
Radar warning / Traffic info Oui / TMC
Multi-destination routing Oui
MP3 player / Photos Oui / Oui
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Vincent Lheur
Test date: January 12, 2009
One handy button
You won’t find a real button on top of a touch-screen on many sat navs. The Z201 has one that allows you to go back to the previous screen, which is very convenient. If you press the button any longer, it will switch on/off.
Becker’s Traffic Assist Z 100 Crocodile is named so because its shell is meant to look like crocodile skin.
Actually, it looks more like a tyre than anything reptilian. By giving it such a name, Becker wanted to stress the waterproof aspect of its Z 100. Well, splash-prooof or weather-proof really, as it will not stand any sort of water immersion.

This model is very similar to the Traffic Assist Z 201. The interface and the software are almost identical (over 95% similarities) so check out our test.
The only real difference we noticed is related to the speed camera warning that can here be turned on directly via the menu.
The particular design of the Crocodile makes it rather heavy :241 grams while most sat nav devices are under 200 grams.

Weather-proof features

It is a pity that Becker does not offer any options dedicated to hiking or to biking, which would make its weather-proof features really useful. All the more as they come at a rather costly price.

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weather-proof

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user-friendly

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fast route calculation

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Pre-installed maps for 42 European countries

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Weight

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No Bluetooth

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TMC traffic receiver

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The weatherproof quality cannot really be put to use (no hiking option for example)

The Crocodile is a mid-range device that sadly does not offer enough features to allow you to put its weatherproof qualities to test (no hiking option for example) and comes therefore at a rather high price.
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