Best GPS for a motorhome

I will not tell you what to buy as what I like most has been discontinued and there will be no replacement - ever.

I will tell you not to try to use anything web-dependent. Maybe (note maybe), if you never stray far from the interstates, you can get by. I won't try again. We tried one well published one as a replacement. I though that 3 & 4G coverage would be good enough that it would not matter.

Well, three different times in three different states we ended up having to go back to doing Lat/Long on the road atlas that we still carry. (And it is a good thing we did have it.)

Even if you print maps based on web-based data, they are only good as long as you can stay on the printed route for the entire excursion. In our case, that just can't happen, we are too adventurous for that.

If you try to go with web-based at all, carry a printer (we do) and plan on 2~3 hours each evening planing and plotting for the next day. And you have to do this every evening and sometimes at the mid-day break.

Matt

Interesting on the 770 - I may have to look at that as resolution and data were two of my chief complaints with the RV760LMT. I kept the RV760LMT from our 5er days and even with my complaints it is easier, larger and louder than the coach nav system, plus it mounts in a better viewing spot.

I use Waze on my phone

CoPilot is pretty hard to beat. You can buy the RV version for $45 bucks and I've not seen it drive me off a cliff or into one yet. And it has off line maps so it doesn't use your bandwidth to display your travel needs. If you purchase their just on time traffic updates it just sips at your bandwidth!

WE have Garmin 760 RV and like it a lot!!! Sometimes any GPS I have owned sends me around when I could have gone straight through but it gets me where I am going. We have two RVs, one big fifth wheel and truck and the other is a 36 ft Newmar Mountain Aire and is about 13 ft tall
I just bought the $50 GPS to see what that is like and so I do not have to remember the GPS and will leave one in my truck and the other in the Motor Home.

Mondooker wrote:
CoPilot is pretty hard to beat. You can buy the RV version for $45 bucks and I've not seen it drive me off a cliff or into one yet. And it has off line maps so it doesn't use your bandwidth to display your travel needs. If you purchase their just on time traffic updates it just sips at your bandwidth!

I'm still finding the CoPilot interface it be real clunky compared to a Garmin but yesterday I downloaded Tom Tom Go Mobile and am giving it a go. So Far, it's much smoother than the CoPilot and easier to use. If I like it, I'll spring for the upgrade.

No charge to download it and give it a try. While I do like the 10" screen on the tablet a 7" Garmin that is easy to use is still on the table.

I'm not sure that this applies to all manufacturers but with Garmin, I found out that THEY determine when your "Lifetime" updates will expire. I had two Garmin units that were working fine. When I went to update them, the website said that they no longer will support that particular device and that new updates were not available. I was given the opportunity to exchange my two older units for two smaller, units that sold for a lot less than the two that I had that were now becoming obsolete. Garmin also offered a 20% discount on any other unit that I wanted to purchase, which basically dropped their price down to what I could buy the same unit at a big box store.
Basically, all manufacturers update their products on a regular basis and the older units become obsolete and are no longer in production. When this happens, you may find that altho your GPS unit is working fine but that you can no longer get updates, even with your LIFETIME updates. Read the fine print on your LIFETIME agreement and you will see what I mean.
Basically you may want to purchase the most recent GPS product instead of a discounted GPS that may be near the end of it's production run.
On the Garmin products, the LIFETIME of your GPS is defined as follows:
The Garmin Lifetime program allows you to receive up to four updates per year during the useful life of that GPS product, or as long as Garmin receives map data from it's current third party supplier, whichever is SHORTER.

Hey VoodooMedicineMan,

The problem with Waze is they track your location even when you're not using it as a GPS. That's a non starter for me!

FYI for Garmin users.

There is an open source mapping project where you can get free updated maps of any part of the world for any Garmin. For Windows systems and others. You just download the selected maps, burn them to an SD, and insert it into your Garmin. I use Linux and have to admit it was a bit complicated to get the maps downloaded and into my old time Garmin Nuvi 360NA with its 3.5" screen but I was able to upgrade the US and add Mexico maps.

Here's the link: Free worldwide Garmin maps...

Mondooker wrote:
Hey VoodooMedicineMan,

The problem with Waze is they track your location even when you're not using it as a GPS. That's a non starter for me!

That's easily turned off in the settings.